How to upgrade Unify controller 5 -> 6 on Jail.

[georgelza]

Hi all

Looking for someone that's done this.

attempted pkg upgrade unifi6 .... this did report that it sees unifi5 present and will be removed, it boots into what looks like a new dashboard, but then nothing is selectable... (was thinking I can upgrade and then potentially restore a backup).

Also did a pkg delete unifi5 followed by a pkg install unifi6 ... same as above.

Advise, from someone thats done this.

G

 

[Jailer]

Try clearing your browser cache after you install unifi6.

 

[georgelza]

going with new Jail, same IP, fresh install and a restore of the backup.

Loosing old traffic data is not a issue for me.

G

 

[ThreeDee]

delete the jail and start with a fresh 12.2 p[latest] jail with same IP and run the pkg install unifi6 and then restore from your back up. That's what I did to upgrade from unifi5 to unifi6 .. (I also took a long detour to install unifi6 from ports that also worked fine not nearly as easy)

Code:

pkg update && pkg upgrade
ee /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf

change "quarterly" to "latest" and then hit escape, then "a" ..and then "a" again to save

Code:

pkg install unifi6
sysrc unifi_enable=YES
service unifi start

now you can pull up your unifi controller in browser and restore from backup

Alternatively, you can upload backup file

let it go for a bit and if it doesn't come up after a couple minutes, just restart the jail and you should be good to go

I just did this as I changed to a a new "Jail" drive that is a bit bigger than the one I was using and it worked just peachy