CloudKeys are nice – but if we already have a Raspberry lying around, why not use that to host the UniFi Controller? Here are the steps to do so.
We’ll update the Raspbian installation, add the necessary packages (openjdk8) circumvent the slow startup time which occurs because of the lack of harvesting mouse movement as base for randomness (haveged) and finally, add the UniFi repo and key to our sources and install the controller itself. Let’s go!
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y && sudo apt-get autoremove -y && sudo apt-get autoclean -y
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre-headless -y
sudo apt-get install haveged -y
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https -y
echo 'deb https://www.ui.com/downloads/unifi/debian stable ubiquiti' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/100-ubnt-unifi.list
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/unifi-repo.gpg https://dl.ui.com/unifi/unifi-repo.gpg
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install unifi -yNow all that’s left is to point your browser to https://<raspberry_ip_address>:8443 and enjoy your shiny new controller!