== Install Ubiquiti Networks !UniFi Controller on CentOS 6 == The following installation was performed on a {{{EL6.x86_64}}} server. {{{ # uname -nri hamster 2.6.32-696.16.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 # }}} 1. Download, install MongoDB **2.4.14** server package. **No need to start the server.** {{{ # url=http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/redhat/os/x86_64/RPMS # wget $url/mongo-10gen-2.4.14-mongodb_1.x86_64.rpm # wget $url/mongo-10gen-server-2.4.14-mongodb_1.x86_64.rpm # rpm -i mongo-10gen*-2.4.14-mongodb_1.x86_64.rpm # chkconfig mongod off # }}} 2. Install Java **1.8** JDK. {{{ # yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk [...] Complete! # # rpm -qa --last |head -7 java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.151-1.b12.el6_9.x86_64 Tue 26 Dec 2017 07:25:03 PM PST xorg-x11-fonts-Type1-7.2-11.el6.noarch Tue 26 Dec 2017 07:25:01 PM PST ttmkfdir-3.0.9-32.1.el6.x86_64 Tue 26 Dec 2017 07:25:01 PM PST java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.151-1.b12.el6_9.x86_64 Tue 26 Dec 2017 07:25:00 PM PST xorg-x11-font-utils-7.2-11.el6.x86_64 Tue 26 Dec 2017 07:24:53 PM PST libXfont-1.5.1-2.el6.x86_64 Tue 26 Dec 2017 07:24:53 PM PST libfontenc-1.1.2-3.el6.x86_64 Tue 26 Dec 2017 07:24:53 PM PST # # which java /usr/bin/java # java -version openjdk version "1.8.0_151" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_151-b12) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.151-b12, mixed mode) # }}} 3. Download !UniFi software from the Ubiquiti Networks web site @ http://dl.ubnt.com/unifi/5.6.26/UniFi.unix.zip 4. Create a shell user that will be used to run the daemon (instead of {{{root}}}). {{{ # groupadd -r unifi # useradd -r -g unifi -c UniFi -M -d /opt/UniFi -s /bin/bash unifi # }}} 5. Unpack the !UniFi software, assign an owner. {{{ # unzip -q UniFi.unix.zip -d /opt # chown -R unifi.unifi /opt/UniFi # # mv /opt/UniFi /opt/UniFi-5.6.26 # ln -s UniFi-5.6.26 /opt/UniFi # }}} 6. Create a run-control script. {{{ # vi /etc/rc.d/init.d/unifi # chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/unifi # # pr -to3 /etc/rc.d/init.d/unifi #!/bin/sh # # unifi This shell script takes care of starting and stopping # Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Controller # # chkconfig: - 84 16 # description: Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Controller for Linux # PROG=`basename $0 .sh` LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/$PROG UNIFI_USER=unifi UNIFI_HOME=/opt/UniFi start() { echo $"Starting Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Controller: " /bin/su - $UNIFI_USER -c "(cd $UNIFI_HOME ; java -Xmx1024M -jar lib/ace.jar start)" & RETVAL=$? [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $LOCKFILE return $RETVAL } stop() { echo $"Stopping Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Controller: " /bin/su - $UNIFI_USER -c "(cd $UNIFI_HOME ; java -jar lib/ace.jar stop)" RETVAL=$? [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $LOCKFILE return $RETVAL } # See how we were called. case "$1" in start) start ;; stop) stop ;; *) echo $"Usage: $PROG {start|stop}" exit 2 esac exit $? ### End-Of-File # # chkconfig --add unifi # chkconfig unifi on # chkconfig --list unifi unifi 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off # }}} 7. Start the daemon. About half a minute later check the processes running. {{{ # service unifi start Starting Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Controller: # # sleep 30 # ps -ef |grep unifi |grep -v grep root 9165 1 0 20:26 pts/3 00:00:00 /bin/su - unifi -c (cd /opt/UniFi ; java -Xmx1024M -jar lib/ace.jar start) unifi 9167 9165 0 20:26 ? 00:00:00 -bash -c (cd /opt/UniFi ; java -Xmx1024M -jar lib/ace.jar start) unifi 9176 9167 0 20:26 ? 00:00:00 -bash -c (cd /opt/UniFi ; java -Xmx1024M -jar lib/ace.jar start) unifi 9177 9176 2 20:26 ? 00:02:04 java -Xmx1024M -jar lib/ace.jar start unifi 10013 9177 0 20:26 ? 00:00:42 bin/mongod --dbpath /opt/UniFi-5.6.26/data/db --port 27117 --unixSocketPrefix /opt/UniFi-5.6.26/run --logappend --logpath /opt/UniFi-5.6.26/logs/mongod.log --nohttpinterface --bind_ip 127.0.0.1 # }}} 8. Check the TCP ports in use. {{{ # netstat -tanp | egrep 'PID|LISTEN.*java' Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6789 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 9177/java tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8843 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 9177/java tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8880 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 9177/java tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8080 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 9177/java tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8443 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 9177/java # # netstat -tanp | egrep 'PID|LISTEN.*mongod' Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:27117 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 10013/bin/mongod # }}} 9. Connect to the !UniFi controller in a web browser. Perform initial configuration, then adopt your !UniFi AP(s). {{{ #!html
}}} === See Also === https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Updates-Blog/UniFi-5-6-26-Stable-has-been-released/ba-p/2165432 \\ !UniFi 5.6.26 Stable has been released