{"id":4954,"date":"2016-05-11T12:45:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T16:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chriscolotti.us\/?p=4954"},"modified":"2016-05-11T11:01:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T15:01:27","slug":"using-ubiquiti-unifi-controller-federated-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chriscolotti.us\/technology\/using-ubiquiti-unifi-controller-federated-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Using The The Ubiquiti Unifi Controller Federated Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Continuing on with some of my recent posts I wanted to put some quick information out there about the Ubiquiti operated Unifi Federated Cloud. \u00a0There are multiple ways to run the Unifi Controller I have talked about. \u00a0You can run a public cloud based option, locally on windows, Mac, or Linux, or most recently on the Unifi Cloud Key<\/a>. \u00a0Something all these options share is the ability to federate them into a cloud view located at http:\/\/unifi.ubnt.com<\/a> that is operated and maintained by Ubiquiti. \u00a0There are a few things I’ve played with thus far that people may find of interest.<\/p>\n

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Connecting to the Ubiquiti Unifi Cloud<\/h3>\n

The first thing you need to do is create a login at\u00a0http:\/\/unifi.ubnt.com<\/a> or use an existing one. \u00a0Once you login you will not see much, but once your account is created you can connect any number of Unifi Controllers to it. \u00a0Log into the Unifi Controller click “Cloud Access” on the left side.<\/p>\n

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Click “Enable Cloud Access” and you will be asked for the credentials you just setup and click “Enable Cloud Access”<\/p>\n

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Once complete the Unifi Controller will show it’s connected and you have the option of removing or disabling access. \u00a0Basically that’s it to get it connected.<\/p>\n

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Once you have competed this you can log back into\u00a0http:\/\/unifi.ubnt.com<\/a>\u00a0and see the Unifi Controllers you have connected. \u00a0In the case below you can see both a software based install and a Unifi Cloud Key.<\/p>\n

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Working with the Unifi Federated Cloud<\/h3>\n

Once you get things connected there is a couple interesting things about the way the architecture appears to work. \u00a0Initially what you notice is you can see dashboard information about not only a controller but all sites configured in that controller.<\/p>\n

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This is useful for basic information, but what is really cool is you can click “Launch Site” and be connected to the controller. \u00a0The way this works is it first tries a direct connection. \u00a0So if you are on the LAN where the controller IP is located, as in the case with a local Cloud Key, you will be directed to that local IP address and connected. \u00a0If you are NOT local to it the site uses WebRTC<\/a> to tunnel to the controller. \u00a0So even if your external to your LAN based controller you can still connect to it securely without any port forwarding rules. \u00a0That’s pretty cool and just works, with some exceptions I’ll speak to in a bit.<\/p>\n

Adding Additional Administrators<\/h3>\n

There are really two ways to add additional administrators depending on how they will connect.<\/p>\n