- #UNIFI CONTROLLER SYNOLOGY UPDATE#
- #UNIFI CONTROLLER SYNOLOGY SOFTWARE#
- #UNIFI CONTROLLER SYNOLOGY PASSWORD#
Point the NVR address on the camera to the Synology NAS server to 192.168.1.8 and hit save. Let’s imagine the ip of camera is 192.168.1.20 and that the Synology NAS has ip 192.168.1.8.īrowse to your camera’s web configuration () and enter the default username/password combination of ubnt/ubnt.
First, attach the camera to your network and find its ip address on your router’s network table. If you’re running a home setup, then the workaround is simple and maintainable, allowing you to keep the default and more secure network isolation. The alternative is running the container with -net=host which uses the host’s network stack, at the cost of no network isolation. This isolation is typically an obstacle when adopting UniFi cameras.
The default mode of Docker networking is bridge, which means each container creates a network stack on the default Docker bridge. Click on the (dubious) NVR Settings button.Open the UniFi Video Web interface and go to Settings.
#UNIFI CONTROLLER SYNOLOGY SOFTWARE#
To avoid getting out of space quickly, the UniFi Video software should be configured to automatically purge recordings.
#UNIFI CONTROLLER SYNOLOGY PASSWORD#
To ensure that no one can simply browse to the camera’s web interface and starts streaming its live feed, you should consider settings a good Camera Password (under UniFi Video Settings).Īs soon as a camera is adopted by the UniFi Video software, it changes the default username/password to ubnt/. Whenever a camera is adopted by the UniFi Video software, it automatically provisions its settings, updates its firmware and changes its default password. UniFi Video NVR Settings Configuring the camera password 7445/tcp: Video over HTTP (disable in my case).v /volume1/applications/unifi-video:/var/lib/unifi-video \ Then run the container mapping the ports that make sense for your setup: ❯ docker run -restart always \ If you haven’t created a Docker network for running your containers, do so: docker network create -d bridge iot There’s one caveat though… it requires Docker.Ī lot of the newer Synology NAS devices support running Docker (check the Applied Models footnote), which makes it very easy to run the UniFi Video software inside a container.įirst, login via ssh and create a directory where you’d like to store the controller data, including its database, metadata and videos: ❯ mkdir -p /volume1/applications/unifi-video However, if you already have a NAS - more specifically, a Synology one - you can take advantage of it by running the UniFi Video software there without any issues. It usually runs on a dedicated appliance (also sold by Ubiquiti) named NVR.
UniFi Video Cameras require a controller software called UniFi Video.
#UNIFI CONTROLLER SYNOLOGY UPDATE#
UPDATE 1 (): ctindel/unifi-video-controller:3.8.0 now uses port 7442 to securely manage cameras, therefore it has to be mapped. ❯ chmod -R 755 /volume1/applications/unifi-video Depending on your original mounted volume permissions, you may need an extra tweak on the host OS to ensure the script doesn’t fail: ❯ chown -R 107:109 /volume1/applications/unifi-video UPDATE 2 (): ctindel/unifi-video-controller:3.8.1 switches to the less permissive unifi-video user and attempts to chown the directory to that user during boot.
UPDATE 3 () added instructions on migrating to custom SSL certificates sing v3.8.1+.