Unifi AP inside unifi controller stays in adopting

skank · December 4, 2019, 3:23pm

Hi
Im using unifi controller as addon for hass.io on my pi3
The controller works
Everything works (even pihole)
however all devices (usg, switch and 1 AP) are working , except my 2nd acces point
It stays in adopting
Dont know why. Even reset wont help.
I ask here, cause maybe its a port issue

If you read https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/204950304

you see the most commoon fault whens adopting fails

I hope someone here can help

i got hassio and 2 addons (pihole and unifi controller)

Thanks in advance

flamingm0e · December 4, 2019, 3:31pm

I have had this happen when my controller was advertising itself as a hostname, and the AP couldn’t resolve that hostname. I switched my advertisement to be an IP and I manually set the inform URL in the AP via SSH.

skank · December 4, 2019, 3:36pm

This sounds like somthing.
Could you explain more pls.
Where do i switch that advertisement?
and do i set the inform url?, i know how to ssh

flamingm0e · December 4, 2019, 4:04pm

Scroll down to the SSH section

skank · December 4, 2019, 4:09pm

mm its empty with me

gratis foto uploaden voor forum

Should i fill in?

flamingm0e · December 4, 2019, 4:13pm

Your AP doesn’t know where your controller is if you don’t have anything there.

See the Network Discovery piece?

skank · December 4, 2019, 4:26pm

i just typed in the ip under “controller hostname/IP” and checked the option “override inform host with controller hostname/IP”

and now the AP is provisioning, i hope it works !!
fingers crossed.

Strange cause i never did that in earlier setups

flamingm0e · December 4, 2019, 4:29pm

I think the default for the AP is http://unifi:8080 but if your system is not broadcasting its name as unifi, it won’t work.

skank · December 4, 2019, 4:34pm

Thank you mate !
Setting the ip in the controller then click the override thing, made it work !!!
Thank you a lot !
I didnt need to set the inform url in the ap via ssh

just filled in ipadres of controller and tick to override inform host with controller hostname/ip

Thanks ! Solved !

gorg · January 10, 2020, 8:36pm

Just in case anyone else stumbles on this problem, you can get the SSH credentials for existing devices on your network from a previously working controller from the SSH Authentication settings vai the Controller’s Web UI. If you are using Hassio you may have had to set the regular port to something other than 8080 (which was the case for me as it conflicted with something else), in which case you would need to manually re-associated your devices using one of the methods in the article above.

etxttul · February 7, 2020, 2:00pm

Thanks! That solved it for me too!!!

dereitz · March 2, 2020, 2:03am

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

strasharo · July 16, 2021, 1:13pm

Same here, thanks for the tip, you saved me.

jaaneo · July 27, 2022, 10:56pm

I love you friend, thanks so much

fabianhuisman · December 7, 2022, 9:31am

Just created an account to thank you! This was the sollution.

Gilltr · March 18, 2023, 2:50pm

I’m trying to adopt a U6 Pro in the unifi add on but it’s stuck in adopting.

I’ve tried these settings. But no succes.
The ip-address is the same as the one from home assistant.

I’ve even tried a different port for adapting, no succes.

Any ideas?