Home Assistant Community Add-on: UniFi Controller

@RogueThorn I am running the new version too as HA add-on in 2 locations. I do have the option of Wiregard available in my house with the new UxG. In my other location it is not and that is running the older USG. It therefore depends on your gateway device.

I have the UXG lite running, too. It replaced the old USG3. Everything is very smooth with the add-on. But I have a Raspi as a backup. which I just need to plug in.

Btw: The Unifi Network application has been updated to 8.0.24 today.

I´ve created a pull request for the update. Version update to 8.0.24 by renewoensdregt · Pull Request #469 · hassio-addons/addon-unifi (github.com)

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I’m having the exact same issue. I don’t see any responses or follow-up. So, I’m very curious in if and how you solved this wrong Server IP issue.

I really would to get the 8.0.7 version. Will this be included in upcoming updates of this addon? I saw the merge regarding this but don’t fully understand how GitHub works.

Yes, it will be.

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Thank you!

Current version of the add-on is 3.0.2 and you can see in the changelog that that has UniFi Network Application version v8.0.26 (latest released version), so we are already past 8.0.7.

Yeah I noticed. Thank you for the info. Did some reading and i also learned that my USG-3P doesn’t support the Wireguard client config. That’s a bummer… :slightly_frowning_face:

Yes. You’ll need to upgrade to the UxG. That will give you Wireguard or OpenVPN options.

I just got the UXG Lite to replace my USG-4

It works like a charm, has much more computing power and uses about 10 watts less, so with the electricity prices (tax part actually) here it will not take about 4-5 years, and it has paid for itself in electricity savings :slight_smile:

Oh and i sold the old USG-4 for about 2/3 of the price of the UXG, so in reality 1-2 years and i am making money on that swap :slight_smile:

Hello!!!
did anybody test Unifi s captive portal for guest access with this addon?

My UniFi addon rapidly gains disk use on a daily basis filling my HA storage.

My HA storage grows by about 1gig per day since installing Unifi. My disk filled the other week and I needed to delete a load of tar files within the Unifi storage

What do people do for backup settings within Unifi to stop this happening?


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Yikes. Was about to install but that would be a dealbreaker for me. May roll the dice but would be comforting to see some responses indicating whether or not this is a widespread issue.

Add-on: UniFi Network Application
Manage your UniFi network using a web browser

Add-on version: 3.0.3
You are running the latest version of this add-on.
System: Home Assistant OS 12.0 (aarch64 / raspberrypi4-64)
Home Assistant Core: 2024.2.4
Home Assistant Supervisor: 2024.02.0

Normally I’m running the latest version of the application.
I’ve had this problem since the beginning and never got it working, now I want to resolve this.
Problem:
When opening the webui. A webpage is opened but gets a time out. The link of the page is my nabucasa account with port 8443.
I tried opening the port on my router but no result. Does anybody have a thought wat could be the issue?

Addons you install won’t automatically be exposed publicly via your Nabu Casa remote URL.

If you want to expose an addon publicly, I suggest looking at cloudflared addon.

However, in this case why not use UniFi’s own remote access? i.e. https://network.unifi.ui.com/

I’m only running 2 AP. No controller is in the house. So thats why I wanted HA to have a controller.
If I log in to the remote access of unifi. I see my 2 AP. But they keep saying that they are being adopted. And also dropping offline.
So I think I will reset them and start from scratch.

@Alec You say publicly exposed? So if I try it with the local IP adres, it should work?
Offcourse when i’m home :slight_smile:

Even if you open the port?

I believe so, yes.

Besides, you shouldn’t want to be opening random ports on your router, as it’s a security risk.

The Cloudflared addon provides a simple and secure way to expose these services, without opening ports.

If I log in to the remote access of unifi. I see my 2 AP. But they keep saying that they are being adopted. And also dropping offline.

Before worrying about remote access, you should get your UniFi network configured correctly.

You say publicly exposed? So if I try it with the local IP adres, it should work?
Offcourse when i’m home :slight_smile:

Correct. If you install this addon, it should be available at e.g. https://homeassistant.local:8443/ on your local network (behind an SSL warning).

@Alec I’ve editted my previous post.
Cloudflared requires a webpage to be hosted. Correct?

Cloudflared requires that you own a domain, not a web page.

If you don’t want to expose it publicly, another option is Tailscale.

With Tailscale setup and the addon installed, you can access all your home services remotely via a VPN connection. This is even more secure, as the service is not exposed publicly.