UniFi Controller assistance needed

[Thor]

Hello, so I always run the UniFi Controller on my PC in my home.

I later used the UniFi cloud Controller connected to the UniFi switch and used to access the website from outside my home now with the cloud controller it is still behind the internet so if the WAN goes down I cannot check what is going on etc.

Have any of you installed the UniFi Controller on a VPS or WHM hosting by any chance? That way I would also be able to run multiple sites.

 

[HvRooyen]

(Realise I am not answering your question, but comment may be useful)
Would it not be worthwhile running UniFi on a local Raspberry Pi, perhaps with VPN server as well so you can login remotely?

 

[Thor]

(Realise I am not answering your question, but comment may be useful)
Would it not be worthwhile running UniFi on a local Raspberry Pi, perhaps with VPN server as well so you can login remotely?

Meh, then I can just keep it on my main server since it will still be behind the internet, will use less power I guess.

I want ideally go to mydomain.com log into the controller and then have all my different physical sites hooked up. from there.

 

[Thor]

Does anyone of you run the controller in a VPS?

What are the requirements to run a multi site controller in the cloud on a VPS?

Pros and cons?

 

[paul5186]

I used to run one in cloud on AWS. Was easy to setup. However you have to perform a Layer3 adoption of the APs by basically SSH'ing to them and setting the controller IP to that of the aws server. Cant really remember the specs of the instance, but it was the cheapest basic one and worked well.

 

[Thor]

I used to run one in cloud on AWS. Was easy to setup. However you have to perform a Layer3 adoption of the APs by basically SSH'ing to them and setting the controller IP to that of the aws server. Cant really remember the specs of the instance, but it was the cheapest basic one and worked well.

ahh Layer 3 makes perfect sense.

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I do not like AWS's billing, I have a capitec card so want something locally if that is possible. Like a normal domains VPS, but not sure what OS is best, I assume ubuntu will work, but what is confusing the controller is a GUI app so I guess I cannot load ubuntu server? I will need ubuntu desktop?

 

[Sinbad]

ahh Layer 3 makes perfect sense.

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I do not like AWS's billing, I have a capitec card so want something locally if that is possible. Like a normal domains VPS, but not sure what OS is best, I assume ubuntu will work, but what is confusing the controller is a GUI app so I guess I cannot load ubuntu server? I will need ubuntu desktop?

It's a web app.

 

[paul5186]

Nah I used Ubuntu server, the gui can be accessed from another machine via a browser to the domain/IP and port.

 

[Thor]

Nah I used Ubuntu server, the gui can be accessed from another machine via a browser to the domain/IP and port.

It's a web app.

Blonde moment.