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Comment by johann8384

2 days ago

How is this different than the docker container I am running now? I must be missing a detail or two.

You're probably running what's currently called, I think, UniFi Network Server (at one point it was UniFi Controller?).

That lets you configure networking devices but it isn't the "full" Ubiquiti ecosystem (Identity, Site Manager/SD-WAN/Teleport).

Basically before you could run one "app" (the network management one) locally, but Unifi ship a grid of cloud "apps" that you see when you log into unifi.ui.com .

Now they're shipping the thing that hosts the grid itself (enabling multi-site stuff like SD-WAN and the firmware update server), some more of the apps (Identity) and presumably they'll roll out more apps in the future.

1. This is an official Docker image/container from Ubiquiti themselves - no more relying on LinuxServer.io/jacobalberty, etc...

2. With the "UniFI OS" branding, the door is open to the possibility of being able to run Talk, Protect, Access, etc... on your own hardware in the future.

  • I toast jacobalberty once or twice a year when I login to my Synology / Docker / UniFi Controller app and gaze upon the pretty graphs and throughput visualizer.

    Love it. Thank you kind sir for your work!

    As others have said, UniFi had some tough years but that early stuff just works and my uptime is in years.

  • I'm not seeing an official docker image...

    • It’s there - just built into the binary. ;)

      but yeah that was upsetting - I was hoping they’d push them to a registry and make them… more available.