[PLUG] Unifi AC AP LR Linux...

Tue Mar 31 05:13:22 UTC 2020

+1

The release notes - where you downloaded .deb from - provide installation
instruction, including link describing where/how to get the mongoDB.

Google can find it too, but reading the installation instructions is probably
faster.

Tomas

On Mon, 2020-03-30 at 22:41 -0500, Chuck Hast wrote:
> This should take care of it, read through it first and you will see that
> there is a step where you download the dingbat mongodb stuff. I for-
> got to send you to this page:
> https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/220066768-UniFi-How-to-Install-and-Upd
> ate-via-APT-on-Debian-or-Ubuntu
> 
> It pulls down mongodb and takes care of that for you.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 6:46 PM <michael at robinson-west.com> wrote:
> 
> > I downloaded the deb file for unifi and am trying to install it on a
> > Buster AMD64 system.
> > 
> > How do I resolve the need for the ancient mongodb on my Athlon II based
> > server?
> > 
> > apt install mongodb-server
> >       ...
> > Package mongodb-server is not available, but is referred to by another
> > package...
> > E: Package 'mongodb-server' has no installation candidate
> > 
> > Worst comes to worst, I have a not the greatest Rasberry Pi 3b that I
> > could use to
> > configure the access point...  and power it down most of the time after
> > things are
> > set up.
> > 
> > March 30, 2020 12:05 AM, "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I run UniFi controller on a RPi, that is the best way to do it, yes that
> > 
> > old
> > > mongodb is a royal pita... Not sure why they are so stuck to it. I also
> > > have the UniFi controller on some other networks one where the router
> > > and the access points are Ubiquiti but the switches are what I could get
> > > at my local IT recycler (a 48 port PoE Gb switch with 4 SFP ports and a
> > 
> > 24
> > > port PoE Gb switch with two SFP ports) I needed the PoE and the price
> > > was right ($75 for one and a donation for the other one), I have the
> > 
> > unifi
> > > controller running on a Ubuntu Mate box that displays the cameras too.
> > > (not the DVR just the display) So download the unifi controller do a
> > 
> > factory
> > > reset on that Unifi AC AP LR, and then let the UniFi controller own it,
> > > --- Remember the ancient mongodb requirement--- and you will be good.
> > > Oh yes, make sure you keep a back up of the config file just in case
> > > the controller gets whacked. Of course if access to the AP is not too
> > > bad then it is pretty easy just to start anew, but having the config file
> > > makes it a LOT easier.
> > > 
> > > Here is the URL to the download site, when you open the page scan
> > > down to *Software, *under that heading you will see the packages for
> > > various OS.
> > > https://www.ui.com/download/unifi
> > > 
> > > Here is a how to for the RPi...
> > > https://pimylifeup.com/rasberry-pi-unifi
> > > This is a great use for the RPi that way you do not need to use a full
> > > sized computer to do this job.
> > > 
> > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 6:22 PM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Sat, 28 Mar 2020, Rich Shepard wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > The Ubiquity ER-X is a wired router. I interpreted your message as
> > > > wanting an AP that you'd use with your existing router.
> > > > 
> > > > It's a wired router and I meant to write about the Meraki AP which can
> > 
> > feed
> > > > into a wired router. Again, I mis-wrote.
> > > > 
> > > > You probably want to avoid the low-end SOHO wireless routers such as the
> > > > Linksys because they're easily hacked. I don't find the article that
> > > > discussed this in detail.
> > > > 
> > > > Rich
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