Directions are loose. Follow on screen directions appropriately.

1. https://cloud.linode.com/linodes > Add a Linode
2. Choose a Distribution > Images > Debian 10
3. Generate an SSH Key if not present
4. $ ssh-keygen
5. ~ cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
6. Copy public key results
7. Add SSH Key from local computer
8. Label > id_rsa
9. SSH Public Key >
10. Create

The public IP Address of your linode can be found here.

# Replace IP Address with IP Address of Linode
$ ssh root@192.168.1.1

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1. SSH into your Linode as root.

$ apt-get update; apt-get install ca-certificates wget -y
$ rm unifi-latest.sh &> /dev/null; wget https://get.glennr.nl/unifi/install/install_latest/unifi-latest.sh && bash unifi-latest.sh

1. SSH into your Linode as root.

$ sudo service unifi restart
$ sudo service unifi status
$ sudo service unifi start
$ sudo service unifi stop

The default port for UniFi is 8443. You can use a web broser and navigate to https://ip.of.your.server:8443 or https://mydomain.com:8443

1. https://cloud.linode.com/domains > Add a Domain
2. Select Master
3. Domain > <yourdomain.com>
4. SOA Email Address > youremail@mail.com
5. Insert Default Records > Insert default records from one of my Linodes.
6. Linode >
7. Create

1. https://cloud.linode.com/domains > Edit DNS Records
2. Remove instances of mail server. They are not needed for unifi.

SSH into your Linode as root. Fill out the questionair presented by openssl.

$ mkdir /root/certs && cd /root/certs
$ openssl req -new -newkey rsa:4096 -x509 -sha256 -days 365 -nodes -out MyCertificate.crt -keyout MyKey.key

SSH into your Linode as root.

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install nginx

By default on Debian systems, Nginx server blocks configuration files are stored in /etc/nginx/sites-available directory, which are enabled through symbolic links to the /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ directory.

SSH into your Linode as root and create a Nginx configuration file. Port 80 is pointed towards port 443 (SSL).

$ nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/unifi.conf
--------------------
server {
  listen 80;
  listen [::]:80;

  server_name mydomain.com www.mydomain.com;

  return 301 https://mydomain.com/$request_uri;
}

server {
  listen 443 ssl;
  listen [::]:443 ssl;

  server_name mydomain.com www.mydomain.com;

  ssl on;
  ssl_certificate /root/certs/MyCertificate.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key /root/certs/MyKey.key;

  location / {
      proxy_pass https://192.168.1.1:8443/$request_uri;
  }
}

Create a symbolic link.

$ ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/unifi.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Test the configuration.

$ sudo nginx -t

If there are no errors, the output will look like this:

nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful

Restart Nginx.

$ sudo systemctl restart nginx

You should now be able to browse to https://mydomain.com and see the UniFi SDM Controller login page.