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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 Macha »

Already__Taken wrote: post #140
psyclobe wrote: post #131

I have nothing but good things to say about ubiquiti. I run their cameras door bell and network switches at my house and have had nearly 100% uptime for years. Their ui constantly improves and it’s very well integrated into home assistant. Lotta haters out there but this is just advanced as I want to get in my home lab; and the racks are just so cool even with their gimmicky front touch panel, it’s just so sexy when…

I just think £360 for an IP camera is too steep, half would be a no brainier over ring. Their new Lite switches replace stuff that was rack-mountable, not there's no ears are far as I can tell. The gateways are awesome value.

They have a lot of camera models, including a lot of cheaper models, starting at €180 for the G6 turret/bullet if you want 4k or €80 for the G5 turret if you want 1080p.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by favorited »

unethical_ban wrote: post #73
tiffanyh wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What issues did you encounter when using Unifi? From what I’ve seen, Unifi seems like the closest to an "Apple-like" experience - especially given how much more robust their capabilities are compared to most other providers.

I couldn't get my Elgato Key Light Air (or whatever its called) to work on my Unifi network - something was amiss with the WLAN settings that others reported was specific to unifi. I didn't like how they stopped supporting on-prem Unifi Video server, and only allow you to use it with a hardware appliance now. They moved beyond "just build good product" and into unwanted cloud services and closed ecosystem. If this is…

> Elgato Key Light Air (or whatever its called) to work on my Unifi network

I also have struggled with this, and spent many hours bashing my head against a specific setting in PFSense that requires a plugin to enable.

Then, I thought to try updating the firmware on my Unifi WiFi AP, and have had (almost) no problems ever since. It has taught me to think twice about spending $100+ on a piece of niche electronics that can only be controlled if it is compatible with your WiFi...

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by baby_souffle »

psyclobe wrote: post #131

I have nothing but good things to say about ubiquiti. I run their cameras door bell and network switches at my house and have had nearly 100% uptime for years. Their ui constantly improves and it’s very well integrated into home assistant. Lotta haters out there but this is just advanced as I want to get in my home lab; and the racks are just so cool even with their gimmicky front touch panel, it’s just so sexy when…

> Lotta haters out there but this is just advanced as I want to get in my home lab

IN all fairness, that hate is reasonable. Ubiquity has _some_ things done super well. As long as your needs are addressed by the config/options/UX/API that they expose, you'll have a pretty good experience. As soon as you need to do something that isn't easy, you're going to be fighting your core network infra the entire time and that's a miserable place to be.

Stick to unifi for switches and *basic* routing. Use their LED lighting / Cameras / Access Control and other side-projects at your discretion.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by baby_souffle »

Catbert59 wrote: post #38
s0ss wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As far as I can see, they still flirt with vendor lock in. None of their cameras supported ONVIF when I researched this previously. Nice hardware, lame software choices, IMO.

They support ONVIF now in their backend.

> They support ONVIF now in their backend.

Got a link? I'm curious about which profile(s) and does this mean that it's still proprietary between the NVR and camera but from the NVR I can get an onvif profile compatible feed?

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by philjohn »

Already__Taken wrote: post #140
psyclobe wrote: post #131

I have nothing but good things to say about ubiquiti. I run their cameras door bell and network switches at my house and have had nearly 100% uptime for years. Their ui constantly improves and it’s very well integrated into home assistant. Lotta haters out there but this is just advanced as I want to get in my home lab; and the racks are just so cool even with their gimmicky front touch panel, it’s just so sexy when…

I just think £360 for an IP camera is too steep, half would be a no brainier over ring. Their new Lite switches replace stuff that was rack-mountable, not there's no ears are far as I can tell. The gateways are awesome value.

Looking at the various options, £360 is on the upper end (until you get into the insane DSLR lens one)

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by pnw »

mtillman wrote: post #6

Recently switched from a UDM Pro Max to a Firewalla Gold Pro and couldn't be happier about the move. Software that works > software that has everything but requires magic to get checkboxes to adhere to a save state-this is a common issue with UniFi Network options. They need far better QA before I recommend anyone use them as an OS. 1 of numerous examples: https://community.ui.com/questions/Device-Static-IP-Not-Savi.…

A minor UI bug versus not patching multiple security vulnerabilities?

https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/44144642...

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by esseph »

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…

That's because Robert Pera, CEO/founder used to work for Apple for a few years when he was very young.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by Twey »

(As non-curmudgeonly as possible, this is a genuine question I promise!)

I see a bunch of projects and companies these days calling their product an ‘OS’. I'm not too much of a stick-in-the-mud to not see parallels between traditional OSes and things like Kubernetes (which actually doesn't brand itself as an OS, confusingly enough), but I'm genuinely very confused as to what it's supposed to signify in the branding of projects like these — e.g. this seems to just be a server that runs on Windows or Linux and provides a control panel for your UniFi devices and account. Could someone explain to me what the ‘OS’ is supposed to mean here? (Even if it's something very vague like ‘a sense of being a complete solution’!)

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by xyzzy123 »

beembeem wrote: post #43
xyzzy123 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It turned out to be surprisingly annoying to do this on Debian due to the MongoDB requirement. I forget the exact difficulties but I ended up having to punt and run the container from linuxserver.io.

What hardware were you using to host it?

Ahhh that's it, I think. It was on ODROID H3+, these run on pentium silver N6005 which don't support AVX, which means that "newer" MongoDB won't work without jumping through hoops to compile from source. I just ssh'd into the vm where I run it and it seems like I DID eventually get it working - with mongodb 4.4.x but it's not supported anymore :(
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