#Upgrade unifi controller ubuntu upgrade#
Some customers will need the version right away, usually because they have a Cloud Key on the newer version and they are unable to import it to their HostiFi server due to the version mismatch, so we can upgrade their servers manually, although we do warn them that the version has not been fully vetted by us yet. When a new Stable release comes out and before it is pushed to the repos, we will begin testing internally on a handful of our test servers and customers who volunteer to be upgraded early. You can see that mentioned in the Stable promotion comment by UI-MikeD above - "It will be pushed out to the repos in the near future and a notice will be made at that time".
#Upgrade unifi controller ubuntu install#
Once promoted to Stable, all the controllers will begin receiving the notice that a new update is available and alerting about it when you log in, however, the repos (for updating on Ubuntu or Debian with apt-get update & apt-get install unifi) are not updated until at least 1-2 weeks later, in order to give some time for any bugs to be discovered still. Usually a release will start off as a Release Candidate, and then be promoted to Stable in the same forum thread. In addition there are "Testing" and "Unstable" versions which you can learn more about here: How Stable releases work These are versions that are suggested to become Stable, but have not been confirmed as Stable yet. You may also notice on the Ubiquiti forums that Release Candidate or "RC" versions of UniFi will be posted. We keep all of our customers on the latest Stable releases, and update only after extensive internal testing. Recommended System RequirementsĪll of our servers follow Ubiquiti's recommended system requirements for UniFi, putting us in the best position to avoid bugs.
If we find any major problems during testing, we will skip the release entirely and wait for a new Stable release, then begin our testing process again. Our time frame for a "good" update to be pushed out is 2-3 weeks after a new release is marked as Stable, but varies depending on when, or if, Ubiquiti decides to push the release out to the Ubuntu/Debian repos, and the results of our testing phase. This article will describe our release process. We have avoided many problems for our customers since then because of our thorough testing process. We have a long history of successful updates going back to August 2018 with UniFi version 5.8.28. This is one of the biggest values that we can provide as part of our service, which involves testing UniFi updates and firmware versions in order to shield our customers from buggy releases. At HostiFi, we take care of all Linux and UniFi updates for our customers.