UniFi Network

Ubiquiti UniFi Network Application for managing UniFi access points, switches, and gateways.

Port	8443
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/unifi
Source	https://ui.com/
Website	https://ui.com/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  unifi:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/unifi:latest"
    container_name: unifi
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/unifi:/config"
    ports:
      - "8443:8443"
      - "8080:8080"
      - "8843:8843"
      - "8880:8880"
      - "6789:6789"
      - "3478:3478"
      - "10001:10001"
    annotations:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock: "true"
    restart: unless-stopped

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=unifi
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  unifi:
    name: unifi
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '8443:8443 proto:tcp' \
      - expose: '8080:8080 proto:tcp' \
      - expose: '8843:8843 proto:tcp' \
      - expose: '8880:8880 proto:tcp' \
      - expose: '6789:6789 proto:tcp' \
      - expose: '3478:3478 proto:udp' \
      - expose: '10001:10001 proto:udp' \
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - unifi: /config
volumes:
  unifi:
    device: '/path/to/containers/unifi'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/unifi:${tag}
SET allow.mlock=1

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name unifi \
  -p 8443:8443 \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -p 8843:8843 \
  -p 8880:8880 \
  -p 6789:6789 \
  -p 3478:3478 \
  -p 10001:10001 \
  --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock=true' \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/unifi:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/unifi:latest

AppJail

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="8443:8443 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="8080:8080 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="8843:8843 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="8880:8880 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="6789:6789 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="3478:3478 proto:udp" \
  -o expose="10001:10001 proto:udp" \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/unifi /config <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/unifi:latest unifi

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Ansible

- name: Deploy unifi
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: unifi
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/unifi:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "8443:8443"
      - "8080:8080"
      - "8843:8843"
      - "8880:8880"
      - "6789:6789"
      - "3478:3478"
      - "10001:10001"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/unifi:/config"
    annotation:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock: "true"

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Configuration and database directory

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
8443	TCP	Web UI (HTTPS)
8080	TCP	Device inform
8843	TCP	Guest portal HTTPS
8880	TCP	Guest portal HTTP
6789	TCP	Mobile throughput test
3478	UDP	STUN (UDP)
10001	UDP	Device discovery (UDP)

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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