UniFi Controller Provisioner

Here, we'll discuss how to provision a freshly imaged SD card to run UniFi Controller software.

Creating Base Image

STEP 1

Spin-up & SSH into the Vagrant box if you are not using Linux.

vagrant up && vagrant ssh
cd base_image

STEP 2

Run the script with sudo.

sudo ./init-base.sh

Provisioning Raspberry Pi

We use Ansible for this. If you don't have it on your computer, go here to get it done.

STEP 1

Goto provision directory & install prerequisites (one-off thing)

ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml

STEP 2

Initialise Raspberry Pi

ansible-playbook -i raspberrypi.local, -u pi initialise.yml -k

STEP 3 - INITIALISE FOR DEV

Run

ansible-playbook -i unifi-controller.local, -u pi initialise_dev.yml -k

STEP 4 - Install dependencies & UniFi Controller

ansible-playbook -i unifi-controller.local, -u pi install.yml

STEP 5 - INITIALISE FOR PROD

ansible-playbook -i unifi-controller.local, -u pi initialise_prod.yml

TROUBLESHOOTING

Changed host key error

Just run,

ansible-playbook -i unifi-controller.local, ssh_keyscan.yml

or

ssh-keyscan unifi-controller.local >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts 

No SSHPASS error

If you received the following error when trying to connect to the hosts with password (with -k)

fatal: [raspberrypi.local]: FAILED! => {"msg": "to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords or pkcs11_provider, you must install the sshpass program"}

then run the following (on Mac),

brew tap esolitos/ipa
brew install sshpass