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#MOVE UNIFI CONTROLLER MAC#
Run a scan and find the IP address that corresponds to the MAC address from the ifconfig before. You must be on the same LAN as the access point to use this. If you do not have a static IP reservation in DHCP, then the Ubiquiti Device Discover Tool for Chrome is quite useful for finding the device. You can view the logs on the access point with the following commands: ~] $ tail /var/log/messages In this case I had to run the set-inform command again on the access point, then I had the option to adopt again on the controller. They would go through the process of adopting, then after five minutes, the status would still say adopting. The last time I did this, the access points did not adopt straight away. The access point will now be managed by the new controller. ~] $ set-inform Open a browser and go to Login, go to Devices, then click Adopt on the access point. Now tell the access point to talk to the new controller by invoking the set-inform command. Ping it until you receive a reply, so you know when it is ready to be adopted by the new controller. The access point can take about a minute to reset. Then finally, reset the access point to its factory defaults. Next, note down the MAC address by doing an ifconfig. Here you will need to use the superadmin login of the previous controller.
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Superadmin login of the previous controller.I needed to do this in the past to move a bunch of access points from a failing Cloud Key, and onto a new controller running on a virtual machine. If you have an access point that is already tied to an existing UniFi controller, you can migrate it to a new one without having to physically touch the device. You may want to fine tune some settings on the UCK (Manage Cloud Key) like the timezone or the device name.Migrating a UniFi access point to a new controller Everything should be setup on the new UniFi Controller running on the UniFi Cloud Key Gen.2. Re-enable remote access and Ubiquiti SSO: Enable remote access and Ubiquiti SSO Especially when you created a new Ubiquiti account for the UCK setup. Otherwise you need to re-enable to remote access and SSO to be able to login with the Ubiquiti account. If you had already an Ubiquiti account and enabled the remote access and SSO prior to the move, you won't need to do anything here. Step 6: Re-enable cloud access and SSO (when overridden by UC backup restore) Import UC settings only backup file into the new UC running on the UCK: Restore backup file on the UniFi Controller running on the UCK restore the backup on the new UniFi Controller.
#MOVE UNIFI CONTROLLER UPDATE#
Optional sub step - Update the UCK IPv4 address:įinally import e.g.
#MOVE UNIFI CONTROLLER SOFTWARE#
We have the controller software set up on a machine that is used for. So I stopped the old UC and updated the IPv4 of the new UCK to be the same as for the old UniFi Controller. At my warehouse, we use Ubiquiti UniFi APs.
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In my case, I wanted to have the new UCK using the same static IPv4 as the old UniFi Controller. You should now stop the old UniFi Controller. Step 5: Stop the old UniFi Controller and import backup file to the new UC on the UCK Or you can navigate to Settings -> System Settings -> Maintenance -> Update to update. Now login to the UniFi Controller on the UCK and update to the latest version: Step 4: Update UniFi Controller on the UCK Login page when connecting to UCK using IPv4 address in your BrowserĬlick on Manage Cloud Key and update the firmware: Update Firmware on the UCK
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Step 2: Setup the UniFi Cloud Key Gen.2 using the UniFi Network app Step 1: Create a "settings only" backup of the existing UniFi Controller Create a "settings only" backup of the existing UniFi Controller I'll explain all the steps i did in this blog article. I finally bought a UniFi Cloud Key Gen.2 (UCK) and will now move my existing UniFi Controller (running on a Ubuntu LXC container) to the new UCK.