UniFi Network

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
UniFi Network Host Port
UniFi Network /config Path

Ubiquiti UniFi Network Application for managing UniFi access points, switches, and gateways.

Requires ocijail with annotation support (≥ 0.6.0)

This image needs the jail permission allow.mlock, applied via OCI annotations. FreeBSD quarterly ships ocijail 0.4.0, which has no annotation support — the container starts but the permission is silently dropped, so the app can crash or misbehave. Point your pkg repos at the latest branch (ocijail ≥ 0.6.0) and run with the annotation flag shown below. See the ocijail guide.


Port	`8443`
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/unifi`
Daemonless	daemonless/unifi
Source	ui.com/
Website	ui.com

Version Tags

amd64aarch64

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users — recommended.
`pkg`	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
`pkg-latest`	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Staying current.

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest-aarch64`	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users — recommended.
`pkg-aarch64`	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
`pkg-latest-aarch64`	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Staying current.

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions, including the security model for host vs. container privileges.

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI AppJail Ansible

services:
  unifi:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/unifi:latest"
    container_name: unifi
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/unifi:/config"
    ports:
      - "8443:8443"
      - "8080:8080"
      - "8843:8843"
      - "8880:8880"
      - "6789:6789"
      - "3478:3478"
      - "10001:10001"
    annotations:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock: "true"
    restart: unless-stopped

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=unifi
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  unifi:
    name: unifi
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '8443:8443 proto:tcp'
      - expose: '8080:8080 proto:tcp'
      - expose: '8843:8843 proto:tcp'
      - expose: '8880:8880 proto:tcp'
      - expose: '6789:6789 proto:tcp'
      - expose: '3478:3478 proto:udp'
      - expose: '10001:10001 proto:udp'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - UNIFI_CONFIG_PATH: /config
volumes:
  UNIFI_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/unifi'

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/unifi:${tag}
SET allow.mlock=1

podman run -d --name unifi \
  -p 8443:8443 \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -p 8843:8843 \
  -p 8880:8880 \
  -p 6789:6789 \
  -p 3478:3478 \
  -p 10001:10001 \
  --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock=true' \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/unifi:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/unifi:latest

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="8443:8443 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="8080:8080 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="8843:8843 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="8880:8880 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="6789:6789 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="3478:3478 proto:udp" \
  -o expose="10001:10001 proto:udp" \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/unifi /config <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/unifi:latest unifi

- name: Deploy unifi
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: unifi
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/unifi:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "8443:8443"
      - "8080:8080"
      - "8843:8843"
      - "8880:8880"
      - "6789:6789"
      - "3478:3478"
      - "10001:10001"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/unifi:/config"
    annotation:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock: "true"

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`PUID`	`1000`	User ID for the application process
`PGID`	`1000`	Group ID for the application process
`TZ`	`UTC`	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
`/config`	Configuration and database directory

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
`8443`	TCP	Web UI (HTTPS)
`8080`	TCP	Device inform
`8843`	TCP	Guest portal HTTPS
`8880`	TCP	Guest portal HTTP
`6789`	TCP	Mobile throughput test
`3478`	UDP	STUN (UDP)
`10001`	UDP	Device discovery (UDP)

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64, aarch64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.1).
mlock: Requires --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock=true' (ocijail 0.5.0+)

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