{"id":75,"date":"2022-01-06T14:54:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T22:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liljegrens.org\/?p=75"},"modified":"2023-08-08T10:45:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T18:45:25","slug":"build-unifi-controller-on-amazon-web-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liljegrens.org\/?p=75","title":{"rendered":"Build Unifi Controller on Amazon Web Server"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Set up account in AWS and navigate to EC2 console. Here we will create a new instance, look at the left menu bar for “Instances”. At top right click “Launch Instances”. Following are the Amazon steps to create instance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Chose an AMI – Select Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS – this should be Free tier eligible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 2: Chose an Instance Type – t2.micro runs Unifi fine with a few sites and devices<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 3 Configure Instance Details – not much to do here, leave as default<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 4: Add Storage – use 30gb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 5: Add Tags – no need<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 6: Configure Security Groups – select the group you created<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finish and launch: Chose a key pair you already own<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ssh into instance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update Ubuntu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Check java version – remove java if present<\/p>\n\n\n\n
java -version<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
install java 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo apt install openjdk-8-jre-headless<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
install certs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates apt-transport-https<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
add new source list<\/p>\n\n\n\n
echo 'deb https:\/\/www.ui.com\/downloads\/unifi\/debian stable ubiquiti' | sudo tee \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/100-ubnt-unfi.list<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
add gpg keys<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo wget -O \/etc\/apt\/trusted.gpg.d\/unifi-repo.gpg https:\/\/dl.ui.com\/unifi\/unifi-repo.gpg<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
hold java 11 install<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo apt-mark hold openjdk-11-*<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
update with apt-get and install unifi<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install unifi<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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