• regular and timely application updates
• easy user mappings (PGID, PUID)
• custom base image with s6 overlay
• weekly base OS updates with common layers across the entire LinuxServer.io ecosystem to minimise space usage, down time and bandwidth
• regular security updates

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This image is deprecated. We will not offer support for this image and it will not be updated.

linuxserver/unifi-controller

Supported Architectures

Version Tags

Application Setup

From 2024-01-01 this image will be deprecated and it will no longer be updated. Please migrate to our Unifi Network Application image instead

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

Usage

docker-compose (recommended, click here for more info)

---
version: "2.1"
services:
  unifi-controller:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/unifi-controller:latest
    container_name: unifi-controller
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
      - MEM_LIMIT=1024 #optional
      - MEM_STARTUP=1024 #optional
    volumes:
      - /path/to/data:/config
    ports:
      - 8443:8443
      - 3478:3478/udp
      - 10001:10001/udp
      - 8080:8080
      - 1900:1900/udp #optional
      - 8843:8843 #optional
      - 8880:8880 #optional
      - 6789:6789 #optional
      - 5514:5514/udp #optional
    restart: unless-stopped

docker cli (click here for more info)

docker run -d \
  --name=unifi-controller \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=Etc/UTC \
  -e MEM_LIMIT=1024 `#optional` \
  -e MEM_STARTUP=1024 `#optional` \
  -p 8443:8443 \
  -p 3478:3478/udp \
  -p 10001:10001/udp \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -p 1900:1900/udp `#optional` \
  -p 8843:8843 `#optional` \
  -p 8880:8880 `#optional` \
  -p 6789:6789 `#optional` \
  -p 5514:5514/udp `#optional` \
  -v /path/to/data:/config \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  lscr.io/linuxserver/unifi-controller:latest

Parameters

Environment variables from files (Docker secrets)

-e FILE__MYVAR=/run/secrets/mysecretvariable

Umask for running applications

User / Group Identifiers

id your_user

uid=1000(your_user) gid=1000(your_user) groups=1000(your_user)

Docker Mods

Support Info

• Shell access whilst the container is running:

```bash
docker exec -it unifi-controller /bin/bash
```

• To monitor the logs of the container in realtime:

```bash
docker logs -f unifi-controller
```

• Container version number:

```bash
docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' unifi-controller
```

• Image version number:

```bash
docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' lscr.io/linuxserver/unifi-controller:latest
```

Updating Info

Via Docker Compose

• Update images:

* All images:

    ```bash
    docker-compose pull
    ```

* Single image:

    ```bash
    docker-compose pull unifi-controller
    ```

• Update containers:

* All containers:

    ```bash
    docker-compose up -d
    ```

* Single container:

    ```bash
    docker-compose up -d unifi-controller
    ```

• You can also remove the old dangling images:

```bash
docker image prune
```

Via Docker Run

• Update the image:

```bash
docker pull lscr.io/linuxserver/unifi-controller:latest
```

• Stop the running container:

```bash
docker stop unifi-controller
```

• Delete the container:

```bash
docker rm unifi-controller
```

• Recreate a new container with the same docker run parameters as instructed above (if mapped correctly to a host folder, your /config folder and settings will be preserved)
• You can also remove the old dangling images:

```bash
docker image prune
```

Via Watchtower auto-updater (only use if you don't remember the original parameters)

• Pull the latest image at its tag and replace it with the same env variables in one run:

```bash
docker run --rm \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  containrrr/watchtower \
  --run-once unifi-controller
```

• You can also remove the old dangling images: docker image prune

Image Update Notifications - Diun (Docker Image Update Notifier)

Building locally

git clone https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-unifi-controller.git
cd docker-unifi-controller
docker build \
  --no-cache \
  --pull \
  -t lscr.io/linuxserver/unifi-controller:latest .

docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static:register --reset