docker-documentation/images/docker-unifi-controller.md

linuxserver/unifi-controller

The Unifi-controller Controller software is a powerful, enterprise wireless software engine ideal for high-density client deployments requiring low latency and high uptime performance.

Supported Architectures

Our images support multiple architectures such as x86-64, arm64 and armhf. We utilise the docker manifest for multi-platform awareness. More information is available from docker here and our announcement here.

Simply pulling linuxserver/unifi-controller should retrieve the correct image for your arch, but you can also pull specific arch images via tags.

The architectures supported by this image are:

Architecture	Tag
x86-64	amd64-latest
arm64	arm64v8-latest
armhf	arm32v7-latest

Usage

Here are some example snippets to help you get started creating a container from this image.

docker

docker create \
  --name=unifi-controller \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -p 3478:3478/udp \
  -p 10001:10001/udp \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -p 8081:8081 \
  -p 8443:8443 \
  -p 8843:8843 \
  -p 8880:8880 \
  -p 6789:6789 \
  -v <path to data>:/config \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  linuxserver/unifi-controller

Version Tags

This image provides various versions that are available via tags. latest tag provides the latest stable build from Unifi, but if this is a permanent setup you might consider using the LTS tag.

Tag	Description
latest	releases from the latest stable branch.
LTS	releases from the 5.6.x "LTS Stable" branch.
5.9	releases from the 5.9.x branch.
5.8	releases from the 5.8.x branch.
5.7	releases from the 5.7.x branch.

Common problems

When using a Security Gateway (router) it could be that network connected devices are unable to obtain an ip address. This can be fixed by setting "DHCP Gateway IP", under Settings > Networks > network_name, to a correct (and accessable) ip address.

docker-compose

Compatible with docker-compose v2 schemas.

---
version: "2"
services:
  unifi-controller:
    image: linuxserver/unifi-controller
    container_name: unifi-controller
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
    volumes:
      - <path to data>:/config
    ports:
      - 3478:3478/udp
      - 10001:10001/udp
      - 8080:8080
      - 8081:8081
      - 8443:8443
      - 8843:8843
      - 8880:8880
      - 6789:6789
    restart: unless-stopped

Parameters

Docker images are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate <external>:<internal> respectively. For example, -p 8080:80 would expose port 80 from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port 8080 outside the container.

Ports (-p)

Parameter	Function
3478/udp	Unifi communication port
10001/udp	required for AP discovery
8080	required for Unifi to function
8081	Unifi communication port
8443	Unifi communication port
8843	Unifi communication port
8880	Unifi communication port
6789	For throughput test

Environment Variables (-e)

Env	Function
PUID=1000	for UserID - see below for explanation
PGID=1000	for GroupID - see below for explanation

Volume Mappings (-v)

Volume	Function
/config	All Unifi data stored here

User / Group Identifiers

When using volumes (-v flags), permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container, we avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user PUID and group PGID.

Ensure any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic.

In this instance PUID=1000 and PGID=1000, to find yours use id user as below:

  $ id username
    uid=1000(dockeruser) gid=1000(dockergroup) groups=1000(dockergroup)

Application Setup

The webui is at https://ip:8443, setup with the first run wizard.

For Unifi to adopt other devices, e.g. an Access Point, it is required to change the inform ip address. Because Unifi runs inside Docker by default it uses an ip address not accessable by other devices. To change this go to Settings > Controller > Controller Settings and set the Controller Hostname/IP to an ip address accessable by other devices.

Alternatively to manually adopt a device take these steps:

ssh ubnt@$AP-IP
mca-cli
set-inform http://$address:8080/inform

Use ubnt as the password to login and $address is the IP address of the host you are running this container on and $AP-IP is the Access Point IP address.

Support Info

• Shell access whilst the container is running:
  • docker exec -it unifi-controller /bin/bash
• To monitor the logs of the container in realtime:
  • docker logs -f unifi-controller
• Container version number
  • docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' unifi-controller
• Image version number
  • docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' linuxserver/unifi-controller

Versions

• 23.03.19: - Switching to new Base images, shift to arm32v7 tag.
• 10.02.19: - Initial release of new unifi-controller image with new tags and pipeline logic