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Install Ubiquiti Unifi Controller on Ubuntu 20.04
# Install Ubiquiti Unifi Controller on Ubuntu 20.04.
# As tested on a fresh install of ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server, August 22nd 2020.
# Thanks to https://gist.github.com/tmuncks for posting the updated install steps.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --yes apt-transport-https
echo 'deb https://www.ui.com/downloads/unifi/debian stable ubiquiti' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/100-ubnt-unifi.list
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/unifi-repo.gpg https://dl.ui.com/unifi/unifi-repo.gpg
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --yes openjdk-8-jre-headless unifi
sudo apt clean
sudo systemctl status --no-pager --full mongodb.service unifi.service
# Now log into https://unifi_controller_hostname:8443/
## ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
## Previous install steps from when unifi still required mongodb-server <= 3.4.
## unifi has since been updated to work with mongodb-server 3.6. Which is available from the Ubuntu 20.04 main repository.
## ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# sudo apt install --yes ca-certificates apt-transport-https
# echo 'deb https://www.ui.com/downloads/unifi/debian stable ubiquiti' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/100-ubnt-unifi.list
# sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 06E85760C0A52C50
# wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-3.4.asc | sudo apt-key add -
# echo 'deb https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.4 multiverse' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.4.list
# sudo apt-mark hold openjdk-11-*
# sudo apt update
# # mongodb 3.4 dependency
# wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl1.0/libssl1.0.0_1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.3_amd64.deb -P /tmp
# sudo apt install --yes /tmp/libssl1.0.0_1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.3_amd64.deb
# rm /tmp/libssl1.0.0_1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.3_amd64.deb
# sudo apt install --yes mongodb-org
# sudo apt install --yes unifi
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I have tested the code that I have published in my git repository below and works fine for me.
https://github.com/shahkamran/unifi-network-ubuntu-server/blob/main/unifi_ubuntu_22.04.sh

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