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deprecated-helm-charts/stable/unifi

Ubiquiti Network's Unifi Controller

This is a helm chart for Ubiquiti Network's Unifi Controller.

TL;DR;

helm install stable/unifi

Introduction

This code is adopted from this original repo.

Installing the Chart

To install the chart with the release name my-release:

helm install --name my-release stable/unifi

Uninstalling the Chart

To uninstall/delete the my-release deployment:

helm delete my-release --purge

The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and deletes the release.

Configuration

The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the Unifi chart and their default values.

Parameter Description Default
image.repository Image repository jacobalberty/unifi
image.tag Image tag. Possible values listed here. 5.9.29
image.pullPolicy Image pull policy IfNotPresent
strategyType Specifies the strategy used to replace old Pods by new ones Recreate
guiService.type Kubernetes service type for the Unifi GUI ClusterIP
guiService.port Kubernetes port where the Unifi GUI is exposed 8443
guiService.annotations Service annotations for the Unifi GUI {}
guiService.labels Custom labels {}
guiService.loadBalancerIP Loadbalance IP for the Unifi GUI {}
guiService.loadBalancerSourceRanges List of IP CIDRs allowed access to load balancer (if supported) None
guiService.externalTrafficPolicy Set the externalTrafficPolicy in the Service to either Cluster or Local Cluster
controllerService.type Kubernetes service type for the Unifi Controller communication NodePort
controllerService.port Kubernetes port where the Unifi Controller is exposed - this needs to be reachable by the unifi devices on the network 8080
controllerService.annotations Service annotations for the Unifi Controller {}
controllerService.labels Custom labels {}
controllerService.loadBalancerIP Loadbalance IP for the Unifi Controller {}
controllerService.loadBalancerSourceRanges List of IP CIDRs allowed access to load balancer (if supported) None
controllerService.externalTrafficPolicy Set the externalTrafficPolicy in the Service to either Cluster or Local Cluster
stunService.type Kubernetes service type for the Unifi STUN NodePort
stunService.port Kubernetes UDP port where the Unifi STUN is exposed 3478
stunService.annotations Service annotations for the Unifi STUN {}
stunService.labels Custom labels {}
stunService.loadBalancerIP Loadbalance IP for the Unifi STUN {}
stunService.loadBalancerSourceRanges List of IP CIDRs allowed access to load balancer (if supported) None
stunService.externalTrafficPolicy Set the externalTrafficPolicy in the Service to either Cluster or Local Cluster
discoveryService.type Kubernetes service type for AP discovery NodePort
discoveryService.port Kubernetes UDP port for AP discovery 10001
discoveryService.annotations Service annotations for AP discovery {}
discoveryService.labels Custom labels {}
discoveryService.loadBalancerIP Loadbalance IP for AP discovery {}
discoveryService.loadBalancerSourceRanges List of IP CIDRs allowed access to load balancer (if supported) None
discoveryService.externalTrafficPolicy Set the externalTrafficPolicy in the Service to either Cluster or Local Cluster
unifiedService.enabled Use a single service for GUI, controller, STUN, and discovery false
unifiedService.type Kubernetes service type for the unified service ClusterIP
unifiedService.annotations Annotations for the unified service {}
unifiedService.labels Custom labels for the unified service {}
unifiedService.loadBalancerIP Load balancer IP for the unified service None
unifiedService.loadBalancerSourceRanges List of IP CIDRs allowed access to the load balancer (if supported) None
unifiedService.externalTrafficPolicy Set the externalTrafficPolicy in the service to either Cluster or Local Cluster
ingress.enabled Enables Ingress false
ingress.annotations Ingress annotations {}
ingress.labels Custom labels {}
ingress.path Ingress path /
ingress.hosts Ingress accepted hostnames chart-example.local
ingress.tls Ingress TLS configuration []
timezone Timezone the Unifi controller should run as, e.g. 'America/New York' UTC
runAsRoot Run the controller as UID0 (root user); if set to false, will give container SETFCAP instead false
UID Run the controller as user UID 999
GID Run the controller as group GID 999
mongodb.enabled Use external MongoDB for data storage false
mongodb.dbUri external MongoDB URI mongodb://mongo/unifi
mongodb.statDbUri external MongoDB statdb URI mongodb://mongo/unifi_stat
mongodb.databaseName external MongoDB database name unifi
persistence.enabled Use persistent volume to store data true
persistence.size Size of persistent volume claim 5Gi
persistence.existingClaim Use an existing PVC to persist data nil
persistence.storageClass Type of persistent volume claim -
persistence.accessModes Persistence access modes []
resources CPU/Memory resource requests/limits {}
nodeSelector Node labels for pod assignment {}
tolerations Toleration labels for pod assignment []
affinity Affinity settings for pod assignment {}
podAnnotations Key-value pairs to add as pod annotations {}

Specify each parameter using the --set key=value[,key=value] argument to helm install. For example,

helm install --name my-release \
  --set timezone="America/New York" \
    stable/unifi

Alternatively, a YAML file that specifies the values for the above parameters can be provided while installing the chart. For example,

helm install --name my-release -f values.yaml stable/unifi

Read through the values.yaml file. It has several commented out suggested values.

Regarding the services

  • guiService: Represents the main web UI and is what one would normally point the ingress to.
  • controllerService: This is needed in order for the unifi devices to talk to the controller and must be otherwise exposed to the network where the unifi devices run. If you run this as a NodePort (the default setting), make sure that there is an external load balancer that is directing traffic from port 8080 to the NodePort for this service.
  • discoveryService: This needs to be reachable by the unifi devices on the network similar to the controller Service but only during the discovery phase. This is a UDP service.
  • stunService: Also used periodically by the unifi devices to communicate with the controller using UDP. See this article and this other article for more information.