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Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by greycol »

alt227 wrote: post #77
oceanplexian wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I stopped buying Ubiquiti when I reset my UDM Pro and took it to another house without internet access, and it refused to "activate" without an Internet Connection or a phone app connection. Seems they are more interested in selling a lifestyle rather than actual production network equipment.

Im not excusing Ubiquiti here, I agree thats pretty annoying. However a UDM pro is a router (as well as other things). The expectation is that it is connected to WAN. Unifi switches and access points etc do not have the same online requirement.

You can't actually configure the wan connection fully without internet connectivity (at least last i checked).

This meant for instance if your WAN required VLAN like New Zealand you couldn't actually set it up without another router. Their fix is to add 1 more option to the WAN configuration options rather than the full suite of WAN configuration options you get once it's talked home.

The partial fix does make it clear that the philosophy of "you must talk to the mothership" is a guiding one that ubiquiti sticks to.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by alt227 »

cowpig wrote: post #95
alt227 wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fair enough, the Unifi brand is a consumer/prosumer brand after all. I guess if you have strict privacy requirements then you would be looking more at enterprise gear anyway.

Why does strict privacy requirements imply enterprise gear?

Because it generally has much stricter firewalls, more granular policies, better/more comprehensive logging, no device phone home, and no requirements to sign up for online accounts. All of which make it all much more secure by default due to standard enterprise company requirements, and easier to customise to the users specific secure needs.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by ThatPlayer »

alt227 wrote: post #63
millzlane wrote: post #3

It would be cool if they brought back the self-hosted security camera solution UniFi Protect.

Im pretty sure it never went away?

I think he means self-hosted on your own hardware, rather than requiring their Unifi Protect appliances. You used to be able to with their old Unifi Video .

Unofficially (and therefore not supported), you can just take their binaries and run it on your own hardware. But since they only support their own hardware and it's arm64 hardware, you only get arm64 binaries: https://github.com/dciancu/unifi-protect-unvr-docker-arm64

With them adding generic onvif camera support, I might try it again because the other options aren't amazing either.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by jp191919 »

JCBird1012 wrote: post #37
johann8384 wrote: post #32

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

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'm not seeing an official docker image...

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by alt227 »

aspenmayer wrote: post #96
JonathonW wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are off-the-shelf all-in-one Asus home routers that do VLANs?

Many Asus home routers advertise compatibility with and/or run OpenWRT internally, so yes to a certain reading. Here's a random example I found: https://www.asus.com/networking-iot-servers/modem-routers/al... | https://web.archive.org/web/20250704161852/https://www.asus....

Installing a custom firmware on a router does not count as 'off-the-shelf' imo.

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Post by crimsontech »

oceanplexian wrote: post #69
alt227 wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still dont understand why this is such a big issue, and I have been reading threads about it for a year now. Just turn on cloud access, accept the t&cs and then turn it off again. If you are really scared then you can isolate that device in a vlan or DMZ temporarily. I run many commercial and residential networks, and this is definitely a non issue for me.

I stopped buying Ubiquiti when I reset my UDM Pro and took it to another house without internet access, and it refused to "activate" without an Internet Connection or a phone app connection. Seems they are more interested in selling a lifestyle rather than actual production network equipment.

I stopped buying them when I saw users posting on reddit that they were logging in to their systems and seeing other peoples camera feeds and networks.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ubiquiti-user...

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Post by ThePowerOfFuet »

jeremywho wrote: post #76
oceanplexian wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I stopped buying Ubiquiti when I reset my UDM Pro and took it to another house without internet access, and it refused to "activate" without an Internet Connection or a phone app connection. Seems they are more interested in selling a lifestyle rather than actual production network equipment.

What are you using instead?

OPNsense.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by ThePowerOfFuet »

jauntywundrkind wrote: post #106

I really wish PC with some good m.2 wifi cards in it were more of an option for wireless. PC based routers are awesome, there's great software. It's just the wifi situation keeping us tethered to very special boxes. Even openwrt has severe limits. It's up to you to flap on all manners of optimizations and tweaks to what is basically a hostapd.cond file. Hostapd.conf is the gatekeeper of one of the most important conn…

I use OPNsense with a Ruckus standalone AP. It has been bulletproof.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by ThePowerOfFuet »

amluto wrote: post #46
carimura wrote: post #2

After many (many!) years I finally got around to my childhood dreams of building a home network rack, centered around the Unifi stack. I've got the new 10 gig switch, the dream machine SE, a bunch of cameras, and I've been very impressed with their stuff. The experience "just works" and feels like they take inspiration from Apple. The whole camera setup can be "closed" by shutting off outside access, this self-hostin…

My general impression is that it “Just Works” if you don’t do anything remotely interesting with it. Want to create a VLAN with no Internet connectivity? Better test that it actually has no Internet connectivity because the setting doesn’t actually work. Want to use the firewall? Better test all the rules — it’s amazingly buggy. Want to change a WiFi setting without WiFi going down for a minute or two? Good luck — Un…

This was absolutely my experience. I ended up tearing it all out and selling it on eBay.

I run OPNsense now with a Ruckus standalone AP, and it has been bulletproof.

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