Backup UniFi Controller to FTP/SFTP
This is our super simple guide to backing up your Ubiquiti® UniFi Controller or Cloud Key to your own FTP or SFTP account.
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2 min readMar 3, 2020
What you will need
- A UniFi Controller — This can be any sort of controller like a Cloud Key, Raspberry Pi, your own server or a hosted server. It needs to be accessible over the internet or you can whitelist it to our IP (details in out portal) but it does need a permanent IP or Hostname.
- A BackiFi.com account. Don’t worry, it’s free.
- An FTP or SFTP account to connect to and backup.
We are using DLPTEST for this demo and testing purposes
Instructions
- Login to your BackiFi account, connect at least one controller, create at least one schedule and then go to the
Storages
and click the purple + button to add a new storage location. - Select
FTP/SFTP
from the dropdown and enter in all your FTP/SFTP details. - Our app will send a test file to confirm that our app has the appropriate permissions — you can find this as
test.txt
. You can also delete this at any time if you like. - You will be redirected back to BackiFi.com and you can now edit the row and set a nickname for this FTP/SFTP connection.
- You can add as many different FTP/SFTP accounts or any other storage types that you like, once done, go to the
Configurations
tab and setup some scheduled automated backups.
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