unifi-force-provision.sh

#!/bin/sh

# This is an example script to force provision a UniFi network device using the controller API

# If you are running this externally then replace localhost with the hostname
baseurl=https://localhost:8443

# I would make a dedicated admin user for this
username=<username_here>
password=<password_here>

# If you want to make this re-usable for multiple sites/devices then use argument varibles ${1} and ${2}
# Site is typically just 'default' but could also be an eight character string found in the controller URL
site=<site_here>
mac=<mac_here>

cookie=$(mktemp)

# If you have a valid cert then remove --insecure
curl_cmd="curl --cookie ${cookie} --cookie-jar ${cookie} --insecure"

${curl_cmd} --data "{\"username\": \"${username}\", \"password\": \"${password}\"}" ${baseurl}/api/login
${curl_cmd} --data "{\"mac\": \"${mac}\", \"cmd\": \"force-provision\"}" ${baseurl}/api/s/${site}/cmd/devmgr