The requirements of the Unifi Controller do not allow a direct installation. But with a few manual steps a successful setup is possible!
Basic requirements
apt install wget gnupg2 ca-certificates apt-transport-https dirmngr gnupg software-properties-common multiarch-support
Enable installation of MongoDB 3.4
wget -qO — https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-3.4.asc | apt-key add —
echo «deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian jessie/mongodb-org/3.4 main» | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.4.list
Install old libssl required by MongoDB
wget http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl1.0.0_1.0.1t-1+deb8u12_amd64.deb
dpkg -i libssl1.0.0_1.0.1t-1+deb8u12_amd64.deb
Install JDK 8
add-apt-repository —yes https://adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io/adoptopenjdk/deb/
wget -qO — https://adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io/adoptopenjdk/api/gpg/key/public | apt-key add —
apt update && apt install adoptopenjdk-8-hotspot
Set JDK for Unifi
echo «JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/adoptopenjdk-8-hotspot-amd64» > /etc/default/unifi
Install Unifi Controller
apt-key adv —keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com —recv 06E85760C0A52C50
echo ‘deb https://www.ui.com/downloads/unifi/debian stable ubiquiti’ | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/100-ubnt-unifi.list
apt update && apt install unifi
