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# unifi
The UniFi network controller, running as a container on [`sfh`](../README.md). It manages the
home UniFi switch `brian` (see [switches.md](../../switches.md)).
- **Source:** [`nixos/boxes/home/palace/vms/sfh/containers/unifi.nix`](../../../../../nixos/boxes/home/palace/vms/sfh/containers/unifi.nix)
- **Host:** NixOS container on `sfh`
- **nixpkgs:** `mine`
## Role
- **UniFi controller** (`services.unifi`, `pkgs.unifi` on `mongodb-7_0`, firewall open; TCP 8443
allowed).
- Not a deploy-rs target (`my.deploy.enable = false`) — it's rendered via `my.asContainer` and
started by `sfh`'s `my.containers.instances`.
## Network assignments
See the consolidated [network assignments](../../../../networking.md#box-assignments) table (this box: `unifi`).
## Status
**Currently enabled.** The container spent a while disabled — its import was commented out of
[`containers/default.nix`](../../../../../nixos/boxes/home/palace/vms/sfh/containers/default.nix)
while there was no UniFi gear to manage — and was re-enabled when the UniFi switch `brian` was
added, gaining a `core` interface (`unifi-ctr-core`) at the same time so it can reach the switch on its
management network. It is imported, listed in `sfh`'s `my.containers.instances`, and
`services.unifi.enable = true`.
## Networking
Two MACVLAN interfaces come from `sfh`'s container NICs: `host0` on `ctrs-hi` carries the `hi`
assignment (`unifi-ctr`, default gateway via the VIP), while `lan-core` on `ctrs-core` carries
the gatewayless `core` assignment (`unifi-ctr-core`). The `core` interface is how the controller
talks to `brian` and the other switches on their management network.
## Notable config files
- [`nixos/boxes/home/palace/vms/sfh/containers/unifi.nix`](../../../../../nixos/boxes/home/palace/vms/sfh/containers/unifi.nix) —
container system: UniFi service, assignments.
- [`nixos/boxes/home/palace/vms/sfh/default.nix`](../../../../../nixos/boxes/home/palace/vms/sfh/default.nix) —
the `sfh` side: container instance, MACVLAN wiring.