Deploy an Ubiquiti UNIFI WIFI6 network using Raspberry PI 5 as controller

Welcome to my Channel!
In this video I'll show you how to deploy an Ubiquiti UNIFI WIFI6 network using Raspberry PI5 as controller. This is a very nice solution that allows you to control the Access Points and the users on the network.
Ubiquiti is known to sell very high quality networking equipment and by using Linux with UNIFI service we are able to fully control what happens on our Wireless LAN.
I have been using for the past 4 years, UNIFI on raspberry PI 3,4 and no 5. No issues or incompatibilities so far.
The solution uses the Raspberry PI OS 64bit. I've installed desktop version but changed the boot to multi-user.target using systemctl command. This way, the hardware boots linux on command prompt only. No graphical environment loaded.
Here are the relevant commands (execute them under sudo or direct root account):
apt install rng-tools
nano /etc/default/rng-tools-debian
- uncomment line with #HRNGDEVICE=/dev/hwrng
systemctl restart rng-tools
wget ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/o/o... -O libssl1.0.deb
dpkg -i libssl1.0.deb
wget repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu/d... -O mongodb.deb
NOTE: always check for latest versions.
dpkg -i mongodb.deb
systemctl enable mongod
systemctl start mongod
echo "deb [arch=amd64
signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/ubiquiti-archive-keyring.gpg]
www.ui.com/downloads/unifi/de... stable ubiquiti" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/100-ubnt-unifi.list redirect_here /dev/null
curl dl.ui.com/unifi/unifi-repo.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/ubiquiti-archive-keyring.gpg redirect_here /dev/null
apt update
apt install openjdk-17-jre-headless unifi
Finally, visit UNIFI portal:
your_ip_address:8443
Enjoy!
Hope you find this video useful. Thanks a lot for watching.
Regards,
Rodrigo Matias.

[@SamuelRios-l7z]

Great video. Well explained and all worked. Thank you!

[@hyper_S.O.]

the wget libssl doesn't work anymore

[@robertorgan6037]

Very informative and helpful! Please keep the videos coming.

[@linuxtechschool4841]

Hi thanks for your feedback! Regards, Rodrigo Matias.

[@Brocollipy]

Awesome, thanks so much for this.

[@BDnederland]

The links for the ssllib and monogo db are shortend???

[@r.al-shukaili5467]

Hi, we can keep the ips as static ips for the access point and other servers on the network if we buy Raspberry PI 5

[@homeassistantiptv8068]

Thank you, how do you keep up with the Unifi Controller updates? Also how do you keep up with Rasp Pi OS updates?

[@GronaldoSr]

please explain steps. why old versions to install, foi instance?

[@PileofKyle]

I agree, would be helpful

[@benkeeling1935]

Great video, could a PI 4 be used for this project?

[@linuxtechschool4841]

Hi, yes, for sure. I’m using RPI3 for Unify and it also works fine.

[@maguynuz]

Please, can you give the links to paste on the rasp?

[@linuxtechschool4841]

Hi, already included the commands in the comments section. Enjoy. Regards, Rodrigo Matias.

[@BDnederland]

@@linuxtechschool4841 They are shortend and not working any more.