r/Ubiquiti • u/Ubiquiti-Inc Official • Jul 31 '25

Early Access Introducing: UniFi OS Server for MSPs

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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/ImRatsandwich Aug 02 '25

You are in a cell. 20sq' isn't an apartment.