Categorygithub.com/resurrection2981/cloudkey
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Repository: https://github.com/resurrection2981/cloudkey.git
Documentation: pkg.go.dev
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# README

cloudkey

cloudkey is a replacement for /usr/bin/ck-ui on your Ubiquity Cloud Key Generation 2 device.

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Note: Delay is slowed down to show fading between screens.

Source

https://fullduplextech.com/turn-unifi-cloud-key-gen-2-into-a-headless-linux-server

Installation

Upgrade to Ubuntu20.04 https://github.com/jmewing/uckp-gen2

Quick Start

  1. ssh ubnt@UniFi-CloudKeyG2
  2. mv /usr/bin/ck-ui /usr/bin/ck-ui.original
  3. curl -Lo /usr/local/ck-ui LINK_FROM_RELEASES_PAGE

Developers

  1. Have a working Go environment.
  2. GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm go build cloudkey.go
  3. SCP the file over to your Cloud Key.

At this point, you can choose to backup and overwrite the /usr/bin/ck-ui file or create a new systemd service, depending on your linux experience.

Using the systemd Service

Disable the old service first.

  1. systemctl disable ck-ui
  2. systemctl stop ck-ui

Install this one.

  1. scp cloudkey.service to the /lib/systemd/system/ directory.
  2. touch /etc/cloudkey.env
  3. systemctl enable cloudkey
  4. systemctl start cloudkey

Why?

I am an edge case. I do not use my Cloud Key device for Unifi. I think it is a great sexy little hardware device, but to manage a network off of what is essentially a POE SDCard, you are insane.

Issues with stability are very well documented. Using mongodb on an sdcard (limited write cycles) without automatically reparing has lead me to have to recover 4 times in 2 years even with the secondary USB power from the UPS. That is NOT remotely production stable. Run Unifi on a server, not a "raspberry pi".

With that said, I am sure you are asking yourself "Why do you have it all?" The Ubiquity Cloud Key Gen2 is a POE, ARMv7, Single-Board-Computer with on-board battery backup and a 160x60 framebuffer display built-in. It is sexy, for under $200. It looks like an iDevice.

Sure, you can buy a $35 Raspberry Pi, add a case, with a touchscreen, with a power-supply, and blah blah, but I'll pay for quality and craftmanship so it does not look like another Frankenstein project around my house.

I can ship it to my parents, tell them to plug one cable into the new-fangled doo-hickey and tell them to call their ISP when it has a sad face on it (feature not developed yet).

Another Project

https://bitbucket.org/dskillin/cloudkey-g2-display/