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In this step, your network will go briefly offline. Go back to the OLD controller, and confirm the migration in the Export site wizard
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Confirm the migration in the OLD controller.Give your site a name and select the backup file that we have just downloaded with the export site wizard. See the import method below for versions 6.4 and higher If you don’t see the Import Site option, then turn of the new User Interface first under Settings -> System Settings -> New UI -> Deactivate. Open your new controller and click on Import Site in the top bar. Scroll all the way down and click on Export Site.ĭownload the backup file in the migration wizard. Make sure you have selected the correct site in the top barĤ.
#TRANSFER UNIFI CONTROLLER TO NEW COMPUTER OFFLINE#
Your network will probably offline for a minute or so.įirst, we are going to export the site in the old controller.ġ. Migrating the Unifi Controller will only take a couple of minutes. Make sure the controller is updated to the latest firmware, or at least the same or higher version as your old Unifi controller. You only need to create the admin credentials or connect it with your Ubiquiti account. You don’t need to add any devices and you also don’t need to create a wireless network. Prepare the new controller by walkingthrough the initial setup wizard. If you are using the new settings screen, then make sure you disable it first: You can migrate your Unifi controller in the old settings screen. You can check the controller version under Setting > Controller or under Settings > System Settings > Maintenance if you are running version 6 or higher. Requirements to Migrate Unifi Controllerīefore we can migrate our Unifi Network to a new controller we need to make sure that the firmware of the new controller is the same version or higher than the old controller. This will require changing all the inform addresses on each device manually. But I am not really a fan of this, because the new controller will have (probably) another IP Address. If you don’t want this, then your only option is to use the backup and restore method. It comes with one downside, you will have 2 sites in the new controller, the default site (which will be empty) and your migrated site. This is the easiest method to migrate your Unifi network to a new controller. We are going to use the export site function for the migration. That can be the Cloud Key Gen2 or maybe the UDM-Pro, but also a docker image or a new Raspberry Pi. No matter which platform you are coming from, you can migrate your Unifi Network to any other suitable server for the Unifi Controller. Sometimes you need to migrate your Unifi Controller to a new server, because your current one is getting too slow or when it’s time for simply something new.