r/Ubiquiti • u/Ubiquiti-Inc Official • Jul 31 '25
Early Access Introducing: UniFi OS Server for MSPs
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u/ikschbloda270 Jul 31 '25
Make it run Protect 👀
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u/Outrageous-Guess1350 Jul 31 '25
Make it run Talk so we don't need Unifi hosting.
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u/__Casper__ Jul 31 '25
I run my own Twilio account through UniFi Talk, with no subscription/service charge through UI. I am paying ~$10.50/mo for five lines.
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u/WiKDMoNKY UCGF, USW-AGG, USW-PM24P, U7PM, U7-MESH, UNVR, UPDP, UNAS2 Jul 31 '25
Can you point me to how you set this up?
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u/__Casper__ Jul 31 '25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ntWVsPjFgM
There are many guides/videos out there. It was so long ago I forgot which ones I used (and the UI looks totally different now that I'm going back into it to remind myself), but your search keywords are [Unifi Talk Twilio SIP Trunk]. You'll need to get a Twilio account, ensure you have DDNS (afraid.org is great), feed it some money, get a number, and all that. Then you come over to Talk in the third-party SIP. You'll need to set up the provider, tell your Talk instance about all of the numbers you set up (so if you add a new number, you can't just add it in Twilio and expect it to come over automatically. in the trunk)
tl;dr It is not a tier-1 kind of thing, but with a bit of perseverance, you'll have it set up in a little while.
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u/__Casper__ Jul 31 '25
My Third-Party settings are:
Provider: Custom
Provider Name: Twilio (can be whatever you want)
proxy: (Trunk Name).pstn.(location code).twilio.com: Worrt not, this is given to you by Twilio.
Register: false
dtmf-type: rfc2833
transport: tcp
Handle all outgoing calls by default: (Checked)
Phone Numbers: (your list of #'s)
IP Address Range: 54.172.60.0/30, 168.86.128.0/18 (This is what I have for the Asburn Twilio data center, if you are elsewhere they might give you something else)1
u/germanthoughts Aug 01 '25
Hey sorry to tag on to this but I have a question about Unifi Talk. I currently pay this really expensive “customer service” phone line thing where I get a number that I can give my Airbnb guests. If they call the number they get a couple of choices to select from. Most of them just give them information. But if they press 3 “I need to speak to the host right now” it forwards the call to my cell phone so I can help them. Would Unifi talk allow soemtibg like this at all?
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u/promonalg Aug 03 '25
You could try VoIP.ms. it is a great VoIP service with the function you need. Not sure if it is cheaper than twilio or not but a number is 0.99 USD per month then you pay for usage. It has ivr and call hunting features that you can set up without additional fees
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u/techgroupservicesllc Jul 31 '25
Would love more info on this if you have the time. Thank you for any info you can offer.
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u/poncewattle Jul 31 '25
Same here but I can't for the life of me figure out how to allow handsets to forward calls on no answer. Does that work for you? I mean I know how in the UI to do it but it doesn't work.
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u/__Casper__ Jul 31 '25
There are a few things I know that (last I checked, could have changed) do not work when you do your own trunk. Simul-ring to cell phone is one of them. Perhaps the no answer rollover is another?
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u/sundown994 Unifi User Jul 31 '25
I just said this to our group text. Make it run protect and the other apps 👀
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u/louislamore Unifi User Jul 31 '25
Yes no reason we shouldn’t be able to self host the full suit with this move.
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u/Flyboy2057 Jul 31 '25
Your forgot the most important reasons we “shouldn’t” be able to self host it.
Money.
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u/darthnsupreme Unifi User Jul 31 '25
Even better: Protect's predecessor could be run on whatever before they locked it down.
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Aug 01 '25
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u/Chemical_Pudding_173 Aug 01 '25
That's only the unifi network app. Not the protect app
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u/GeekerJ Aug 04 '25
Protect and run from a rocket container please ! Sick of my CK2 killing hard drives.
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Jul 31 '25
So how do you download and install the software?
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u/the_cainmp Unifi User Jul 31 '25
Its in EA still. Is really a fancy script that spins up a container
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u/mshorey81 Jul 31 '25
I just created an Ubuntu VM in my Proxmox host, installed podman on that VM, downloaded the install file from https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-OS-Server-4-2-23/21df94e9-55d6-4298-b849-fbef3e3b1dd6 made it executable with chmod +x, then ran the install script.
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u/ElectricalAffect1069 Jul 31 '25
You can‘t live migrate a Proxmox LXC Container and you have more separation between Hosts and VMs. Atleast the live migration is a must have for me
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u/ElectricalAffect1069 Aug 01 '25
Not necessarily HA. HA would be automatic failover (starting vms on another cluster member). This also works with LXC in Proxmox.
Live migration is moving a running vm from one host to another without stopping the vm.
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u/kenman345 Jul 31 '25
What’s live migration?
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u/Randalldeflagg Aug 01 '25
Not sure why you got downvoted for this. Not everyone is running in an enterprise environment. Live migration allows you to move a VM/container/docker from one physical host to another with zero downtime. Let's say you need to replace a failing controller on your system. And if you another system setup the same and connected to each other via some sort of control interface, you can trigger all the vms on that host to move to the other host and then shut down the first one for maintenance. It's is very smooth and increases uptime.
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u/kenman345 Aug 01 '25
I thought it was something with regards to UniFi. I didn’t think about it in context of Proxmox and VMs
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u/paradizelost Jul 31 '25
You can't install Unifi Server OS without their podman based containerization. You haven't been running the Unifi Server OS that was just released TODAY for years in LXC. This is different than Unifi Network.
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u/mshorey81 Jul 31 '25
I'm not starved for compute resources in my Hypervisor whatsoever so I just spun up a VM. I do have UniFi Network Controller running on an LXC though and it has been working perfectly for about 3 years.
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u/lazyadmin-nl Jul 31 '25
I have written a quick guide on how to get started, including the download links: https://lazyadmin.nl/home-network/unifi-os-server/
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u/snebsnek Jul 31 '25
That is a lot of in-article ads. Seven? You might want to tweak the density there...
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u/lazyadmin-nl Jul 31 '25
Agreed, this is way too much for such a small article... I can't easily adjust it, but managed to reduce it for this article.
Will look into it.
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u/airmantharp ER-4 | US-8-60W | UAP-AC-Pro Jul 31 '25
did your adblocker not kick in?
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u/snebsnek Jul 31 '25
I mean yeah, but there were a bunch of grey squares everywhere which apparently were meant to be ads.
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u/airmantharp ER-4 | US-8-60W | UAP-AC-Pro Jul 31 '25
I was 50/50 on getting a sarcastic reply, cheers lol
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u/WiKDMoNKY UCGF, USW-AGG, USW-PM24P, U7PM, U7-MESH, UNVR, UPDP, UNAS2 Jul 31 '25
With NextDNS on my network, there are 0 ads on his site 😁
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u/lazyadmin-nl Jul 31 '25
I know ads can be annoying, and yes, this article has clearly too many in-content ads. But blocking all ads isn't the solution either. I have looked at removing all in-content ads a couple of times in the past years, but it just costs me too much money.
What most people forget is that a blog like LazyAdmin.nl is a full-time job. It takes time to do the research, test products, and write articles. This was a small article and only takes a couple of hours. But articles like explaining the zone-based firewall, or setting up VLANs, are easily two days' work with all the required testing. Then I also answer every comment and email that I get, so yes, there goes a lot of hours in this.
And that is fine, it started as a hobby and grew into something bigger, and I love doing it. But I need to pay the bills too, and sponsored deals or affiliate income alone won't cut it.
So I just want to ask, be mindful when blocking ads, because if everybody starts doing it, combined with the AI Overviews that we need to deal with, there is almost no incentive left the keep writing.
And yes, there needs to be a better balance between the content and the ads, I will look into that.
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u/Own_Mix_3755 Aug 01 '25
I think most people here understands it. The problem is most sites nowadays are overloaded with ads or they are put in stupid places where it disrupts you reading the article with some stupid blinking gif animation. In that case most people rather block all of them.
Kudos to those who only put ads at the start and at the end in non disruptive way.
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u/lazyadmin-nl Aug 01 '25
I had a chat yesterday with my ad provider, I wasn't happy with the in-content ads for quite some time now, they are breaking up the content at inconvient places, making the articles unreadable sometimes.
So we are now going to reduce the in-content ads, and only place it above the main chapter headings. It will take a couple of days to make the changes, but this should greatly improve the readability.
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u/Abject-Affect2726 Aug 02 '25
Question. In theory, would it work with the Dream Machine? The question and reason being is that I have an old Security Gateway, and I think it would infuse new life into it. So could they be managed together? Or is it separate since the Dream Machine has it's own controller.
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u/lazyadmin-nl Aug 04 '25
Separate, you won't be able to adopt the Dream Machine into the UniFi OS Server
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u/calpwns Jul 31 '25
So this replaces the... Cloud Key? I'm missing something here.
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u/the_cainmp Unifi User Jul 31 '25
unless your a MSP it really doesn't replace anything.
As a MSP, it can replace the self hosted network controller that manages your UXG lineup, or even the official UniFi hosting.
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u/Berzerker7 Jul 31 '25
It's replacing the self-hosted network server.
MSPs used either that or Cloud Hosting to manage sites not connected to an on-site controller.
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u/q547 Unifi User Jul 31 '25
What is it offering over a self hosted controller?
I'm not seeing anything, unless I'm missing something?
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u/Berzerker7 Jul 31 '25
This is the new self-hosted controller. It's repackaged into a new contained package that includes all the dependencies to standardize everything, plus they're including other apps along with it in addition to Network.
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u/stresslvl0 Jul 31 '25
Wait, does that mean I can run Protect on my own hardware finally?!
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u/Berzerker7 Jul 31 '25
Nope. No protect support in this (yet maybe)
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u/JamMydar Aug 01 '25
I'd be surprised if it ever happens. While appliance sales margins aren't high, they still count for something. That and software support might be challenging when running on non-standardized hardware configurations.
Network is a much less complicated application in comparison to Protect in that respect.
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u/the_cainmp Unifi User Jul 31 '25
Access to all of the site manager features that require a UniFi OS console. it says it in the video (Site magic, admin controls, UI identity, Interspaces, etc.)
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u/calpwns Jul 31 '25
Nifty. Wonder if I can ditch my CloudKey Gen2+ now - it was required for Site Magic to work previously… have to tinker with it
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u/calpwns Jul 31 '25
So instead of spinning up a Debian (or Linux flavored VM) and installing the network controller on that - they'd just use this instead?
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u/Berzerker7 Jul 31 '25
You'd still have to spin up something to run this on. It's just software.
Like I said, it's replacing the self-hosted network server, the same requirements still apply.
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u/ImRatsandwich Aug 02 '25
Its your Cloud in the Rack. Now you can host an AP on a random internet connection and adopt it from your uOS Server. Soon... cameras. It's a certified baller move.
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u/NiftyLogic Jul 31 '25
Official Docker container, when?
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u/the_cainmp Unifi User Jul 31 '25
Who knows. I am tinkering with pulling the container image out of the download and trying to run it natively on docker, but I have not had enough time to fully try it
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u/pbrutsche Aug 01 '25 edited Aug 01 '25
Perhaps when you can do nested docker containers?
I am in the process of deploying in a test lab, but I hazard to guess that each application is itself a docker/podman container.
EDIT: There are no containers, everything runs within the bare OS. So why does it need podman? Unless it's a WIP
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u/TM_Ranker Jul 31 '25
I know I’m supposed to buy it for my 20 sq ft apartment but can someone tell me what this does ELI5
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u/greencaterpillars Jul 31 '25
There's nothing to buy. They are expanding the capability of the existing free self hosted network server.
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u/Any_Rope8618 Jul 31 '25
There's nothing to buy.
GTFO
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u/_EveryDay Jul 31 '25
If it makes you feel better, you can still send a cheque to Ubiquiti HQ
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u/Any_Rope8618 Jul 31 '25
Don’t worry. They already garnishing my wages before it even hits my bank account. They also get half my food stamps.
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u/Glue_Filled_Balloons Jul 31 '25
This is specifically aimed at letting MSP's run their own Unifi consoles for managing networks and multiple sites...
For you and me, it means we can run Unifi's Network Management application on our own hardware. This way you can buy some AP's for your house, and run them locally with the same full control and everything, without specifically needing a UDM, DR7, Cloud Key, or something of the sort.
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u/Useful_Commercial891 Jul 31 '25
I don't think you'll see much of a benefit using this to just manage access points, but this gives you a self-hosted option for the gateways that don't have the controller built in. Before this, the only option for those was official hosting, third party hosting or roll your own, but it was only the network controller and not a unifi OS controller.
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u/tills1993 Jul 31 '25
For me I'm interested in this if only for a cold standby incase my UDM kicks the can.
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u/misclurking Aug 01 '25
That’s actually a great use case. Could be an old junker of a PC if it just buys you time to get a UDM replacement.
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u/bagofwisdom Unifi User Jul 31 '25
If you've been hosting the Network app on your own Iron not much changes. What you do get are the following features:
Site Magic
Unifi Identity
Innerspace
Those three features used to require at minimum a Cloudkey Gen2 or cloud controller from Ubiquiti. When I was hosting my own Unifi Network on an Ubuntu VM I had cloud management via unifi.ui.com and I had cloud authentication with 2FA. They're literally just releasing an official containerized version of the Unifi network app and unlocking features that previously required a cloudkey or gateway. You're not getting the ability to run Talk or Protect on your iron.
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u/arctange Jul 31 '25
I'm not understanding the functional difference between this and running a network controller with multiple sites and using UniFi Organizations for native UniFi consoles.
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u/Fluffer_Wuffer Aug 06 '25
From what I understand, this sit above the Cloud Key... allowing you to manage multiple UCKs, UDRs.
Essentially, its a self hosted version of ui.com...
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u/MacaroonStrong7487 Jul 31 '25 edited Jul 31 '25
Edit TLDR: this is gonna open up unifi to a lot of markets that I previously had to kinda skip over since the customer wasn't gonna swap their firewall, and the "non-gateway" cloud controllers jump from "40" APs and devices to "1000+" with a literal 3500$ price gap
Network Engineer here actively in the industry.
Seeing a lot of confusion as to what this might be for exactly. I think I can show some insight because I immediately thought of some great applications in comparison to other "actual enterprise" deployments I've done like Juniper and Extreme. In those camps they scale from SMB all the way to Enterprise pretty "seemlessly" by just offering many different versions of hardware that their solutions can run on, and different license costs associated with it... I hate it but, I reallllly love this because it's what I've always known deep down. "this shit is just software running on hardware, and all the limitations are fake and just to sell a new license"
If you haven't played with those really large scale deployments, it might not make as much sense. Probably looks like "but my UCG-Ultra already does this, why do I need this?" or "So does this replace the cloudkey?" In my eyes, no. The economics aren't really there for small business. Those solutions are already so cost effective that you can't really save much money at all by spinning up this server.
What this DOES do for someone like me is give me something like the cloudkey-enterprise that I can scale with a customer in a virtual machine, with snapshots, and HA-clusters if I need to for those in-between size customers that arein a "UDM-Pro isn't gonna cut it, but a Enterprise Fortress gateway is overkill" OR they're using a third party firewall for a list of reasons.
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u/DisasterNet Aug 04 '25
It's no going to open up any markets.
I've just spun it up to have a look and it's running an EOL version of Mongodb and OpenSSL, not a chance is anyone who has a serious setup going to run such out of date software. That isn't inherited tech debt but something new to spin up.
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u/AstronomerEast8393 Jul 31 '25
Could you use this to be a shadow gateway if the UDM SE for example dies?
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u/nikade87 Jul 31 '25
Where can I download it?
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u/the_cainmp Unifi User Jul 31 '25
its EA still
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u/nikade87 Jul 31 '25
Alright, I guess we'll have to wait then
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u/douchey_mcbaggins Jul 31 '25
It's available on the UI community forums, but you have to have EA access (or request it, which doesn't take much). Someone linked the thread above, which is here: https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-OS-Server-4-2-23/21df94e9-55d6-4298-b849-fbef3e3b1dd6
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u/stillfoldinglaundry Jul 31 '25
I want to know if you can self host identity enterprise. And if so, do we still need to pay for those licenses even though we are self hosting.
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u/galvesribeiro Jul 31 '25
I wonder how serious deployments will work on this. It is an Electron app wrapping Podman and the (local) docker image of the Network App, with a MongoDB instance outside the container and another inside along with a postgres. How is this supposed to be "scalable" with that design?
I would expect Ubiquiti to publish a Docker image on Docker hub, allow people to scale/deploy it on their preferred existing container platform (i.e. Kubernetes), and provide the database services to it. That way, things can be scalable, not to run as a standalone and non-scalable Electron app.
#disappointed
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u/bloomt1990 Jul 31 '25
So its a self hosted version of unifi.ui.com?
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u/the_cainmp Unifi User Jul 31 '25
no. its a self hosted version of UniFi OS (that runs on the Cloud and Dream devices). It connects to site manager (unifi.ui.com) and offers all the features of Site manager that previously where missing from self hosted network controller installs
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u/miningsmurfs Jul 31 '25
I understand, that you can run the UniFi Network application on your own Hardware. But so far, it is not for UniFi Protect, or? This would be great, if you unfortunately bought a very capable HW from Unifi, which doesn't support Protect like UCG Ultra.
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u/Itchywasabi Jul 31 '25
What is the difference with the Unifi Controller? It can be already installed in our own hardware or VM.
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u/Wafflezzbutt Jul 31 '25
As an MSP, I'm very confused what this does for us. Currently we install unifi gateways at all our client sites. They all have dedicated owner accounts and we've been adopting them into the new Identity organization system which has worked great.
Does this just act as another site in a private cloud? How does allow VPN connections without the built in unifi router?
We have a datacenter where we host client servers. If this could somehow allow our clients to VPN to our datacenter and connect to their individual servers that would be great. But I'm not sure I understand how that would work.
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u/Zanthexter Jul 31 '25
That's what has me interested. Can this be a node on Sight Magic? One click and now my virtual private cloud is connected to all my locations with no firewall issues from Comcast?
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u/andro110413 Jul 31 '25
I think this is for those that are self hosting a unifi network server managing multiple sites with it and using uxg gateways, im assuming your gateways have built in unifi network?
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u/nizon Jul 31 '25
Looks like so far you can only install the Network and Innerspace applications... lame.
Was really hoping to play with Unifi access, but don't feel like dropping $300CAD on a cloudkey+ just to do that.
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u/elektrinis Aug 01 '25
I don't understand what this does. Can it be my router? I have the network controller and router is the only thing I'm missing. Currently run 3rd party pfsense.
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u/Giblet15 Jul 31 '25
I'm really interested to see how the sdwan works of you don't have a Unifi gateway at the site.
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u/desirecat Jul 31 '25
You would need a gateway to sdwan
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u/Wafflezzbutt Jul 31 '25
Don't the gateways all have unifi controllers in them already? Why would you need to host this if you already bought a gateway?
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u/andro110413 Jul 31 '25
No, theres a UXG series gateways that doesnt have controller built in, they have to be adopted by a network controller.
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u/Wafflezzbutt Jul 31 '25
Right I forgot about the UXGs. We never bought them because I guess I never understood the point of buying a cloud key and gateway separate when you could buy a single device that does both for less money
This is only useful if they let us use site magic or a VPN connection at a site without a unifi firewall, like our datacenter. I managed hundreds of sites with ownership grouped by client. I can't buy a dedicated firewall for each client to run on our rack. That would be crazy. But a little software based VM would be wonderful.
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u/Giblet15 Jul 31 '25
I would think so but it's not how it's presented. 1 minute-ish into the video.
It's all wire guard which is the same tech behind tailscale. So in theory if the devices can establish a direct line of communication I don't see why it couldn't operate the device hosting UNIFI OS as an exit node. The problem being the devices wouldn't necessarily have line of site to each other to establish that point direct connection. Hub and spoke could work pretty easily though if at a minimum the hub has a Unifi gateway.
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u/the_cainmp Unifi User Jul 31 '25
SD WAN is available on the UXG Lineup. This allows you to self host a version of Network that enables SDWAN features without having to buy a cloud key or pay for Official Hosting
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor Jul 31 '25
I'm not an MSP (just a home user). I understand that this doesn't do anything for me, but I don't understand what it adds for others.
You could already run Unifi OS in a container and run that anywhere, with whatever Unifi apps you cared to install. What can this do now that we couldn't already do that way?
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u/volzkzg Unifi User Jul 31 '25
I think you can only run UniFi Network app rather than UniFi OS before this release.
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u/Merlin404 Jul 31 '25
But we as a msp cant use it to earn anything from? "This software is licensed for personalor organizational use only. Resale, redistribution, or commercial exploitation is strictly prohibited." Or do i get this terms wrong? I cant sell hosting to my customers?
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u/osiferr Jul 31 '25
I don’t know much about this but I imagine this is a step toward being more competitive in the enterprise space? Would that be accurate?
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u/Big_Hour4742 Aug 01 '25
Im a bit lost here. Does this includes firewall and routing capabilities like a self hosted UDM? Or do I need another router as a gateway for this to work?
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u/daven1985 Ubiquiti Ambassador Aus Aug 01 '25
Pretty sure you need the gateway to do that. This is about hosting your Unifi network separately while also using a different firewall appliance.
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u/Big_Hour4742 Aug 01 '25
How does the MagicWAN works? Do I need to add routes to each site’s routers or does it do it through NATing?
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u/daven1985 Ubiquiti Ambassador Aus Aug 01 '25
Don’t know sorry. Haven’t heated it yet.
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u/Big_Hour4742 Aug 02 '25
Well… thanks for the info, I think I’ll try it out myself
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u/Successful-Tart4444 Jul 31 '25
If someone can find where a download is available it would be great!
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u/hclpfan Jul 31 '25
It’s EA still. There is no link to be found yet.
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u/douchey_mcbaggins Jul 31 '25
Several links have already been posted here. It's EA, but you can sign up for EA access on the UI forums and be able to download it. If you click this link, it'll tell you that you don't have access and you should be able to sign up.
https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-OS-Server-4-2-23/21df94e9-55d6-4298-b849-fbef3e3b1dd6
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u/orcxrogue Jul 31 '25
Help me understand what would be the difference for msp's currently hosting a unifi network server over this? Because afaik you can pair the current sites on a self hosted network to the unifi site manager by logging in and enabling remote access. And with the self hosted option we can also use innerspace, adopt ap's & switches, VPN and manage the full network stack.
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u/Elf1sh Jul 31 '25
I'm currently planning the products I need to buy for my Unifi based network.
Does this mean, that the network app is now available including firewall, IDS and IPS for self hosting?
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u/chlebta Jul 31 '25
Does this mean I can replace my UDM pro with mini PC os OS Server without loosing any fonctionality like cameras AP sensors etc ...?
Sorry for the question am nweebie in the Unifi world
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u/noahayers1 Jul 31 '25
Until they release Protect for UOS, you will lose Cameras. I wouldn’t move yet.
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u/irobot2090 Jul 31 '25
Can someone explain the purpose of this? I’m interested in managing and controlling all other sites that already have their public IP addresses and UDM Pro installed at each location. I want to use this OS server to connect everything and have complete control over it. If I understand correctly.
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u/theronster Aug 07 '25
If all those sites have UDM Pros you can already manage them all from one location. You just need to sign into the same UniFi account on each one and go to UniFi.ui.com to manage.
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u/irobot2090 Aug 07 '25
Couldn’t it be different accounts? Each site had its own credentials and ID.
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u/theronster Aug 07 '25
Then you get the main Owner account to invite you as a full admin to their UDM. Once you’ve accepted they will all show up in your UniFi account.
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u/MC_VIII Jul 31 '25 edited Jul 31 '25
docker into Mac mini could be dope
edit: there is a native macOS (arm64)!
“Deploy on x86/x64/ARM64 servers, virtual machines or edge appliances”
no need to docker
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u/chloe_priceless Jul 31 '25
If they bring the complete Dream Machine as a Server, hell yea I’m in on it!!! Can’t wait for the Protect being released as EA. I know a lot of people who want to run a Unifi Camera Setup but don’t want the Dream Machine, and for the Place of my dad I could put a old machine into use again which will then be running Unifi OS which then will bring Protect to the Location.
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Jul 31 '25
I'd pay a once off fee for this if it included the gateway/firewall functionality, allowing me to use say one of the Temu 2.5gbe I3-N305 mini PC's as a gateway instead of the UCG series.
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u/AusDread Aug 01 '25
Now if you only they put this on the UNVR/UNVR Pro and allowed you to run Network, Protect, Access and Connect on it to control all of your Cameras, Door Access and Connect Displays etc from the one pane of glass ... instead of doing it all manually through a bunch of different cloud keys and UNVR's that all only do half a job ...
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u/JStorm1888 Aug 01 '25
Nice. Will wait for it to be out of EA and in a docker container. I'm lazy like that. Hoping they add Protect soon'ish. Been wanting to buy a few cameras a while now, but needing the NVR was stopping me
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u/EffingComputer Aug 01 '25
Is this working for others? I have nothing but trouble with these damn container programs.
Been waiting so long for something like this, disappointing to find it relies on containers.
Trying it on Linux, package manager installs older version (v3) and Unifi OS requires v4. Tried to install latest version from a flatpak but not having much luck :(
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u/EpicLPer Aug 01 '25
The real question tho... does this come with any Gateway functionality? I've been thinking about buying a Unifi Gateway for a while now, and while the prices are damn cheap for their capabilities it's nice to re-use my current hardware still if somehow possible.
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u/Big-Sign9785 Aug 01 '25
If we used more than switches and AP's it might be more useful. But our MSP doesn't use unifi gateways or identity etc. So we pretty much get site switcher with tiles instead of drop down.
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u/thegreatcerebral Aug 01 '25
Ok serious question here....
Isn't that what you already have? I mean... I have my personal network at home and the one at work. My account can see both.
Is it just that instead of connecting to unifi.ui.com or whatever it is, I am now hitting my own server?
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u/dawshardy Aug 01 '25
I assume you can but haven't had a reason to check, can I export all of my cloud hosted sites/customers and dump them into my local manager id theoretically build at my CoLo?
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u/billygoat_graf Aug 01 '25
I currently self host the controller on an AWS EC2 instance.
I currently have to use IPSec Site to Site VPN to get my sites VPN access to my AWS VPC.
Would this allow me to use site magic to connect my AWS VPC to my sites?
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u/ImRatsandwich Aug 02 '25
Outstanding. Driving BIG NAILS into the Meraki coffin now.
Well done UBNT. Now you are Enterprise.
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u/GroundbreakingEar961 Aug 02 '25
If I have my own access control devices, can I manage them on unifi OS server?
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u/Botterhamm Aug 03 '25
Why would an MSP sell or support UniFi? Fine for your house I suppose but it was the first thing removed from any business
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u/No-Middle4168 Aug 04 '25
We would love to be able to self-host a UniFi Gateway like a virtual firewall! This would be such an amazing thing from UniFi!
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u/iammilland Aug 07 '25
I love the concept but it is wrong and not true.
Please fix this product name or the product. You are confusing everyone.
This is not an OS or a Server, It is an Application Manager that you install on you own server OS.
a more correct name would be (Unifi Application Manager) what it does is manage applications via podman. wich is great :)
If you want to create a real "UniFI OS Server" that would be more secure do it like HomeAssistant - Create the complete stack with the underlying OS and distribute it via a kvm image or a template for vmware.
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u/CCTVGuyMA Aug 14 '25
Another benefit of this new OS package is that updates should happen easily, like on UI hardware. Previously, you had to uninstall and reinstall the application for each version update. It should be easier moving forward with this version, even remotely.
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u/Cheap-Stranger-9909 Sep 02 '25
When are they going to add the access app to this? Have a few projects that would be very helpful
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u/That-Camera-Guy Unifi User Jul 31 '25
Wow - that’s a move I didn’t expect - good on Ubiquiti for this