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License: Free — part of the universal collection tier.

UniFi Controller

The unifi probe monitors a Ubiquiti UniFi Controller via its REST API (cookie session authentication, stdlib HTTP), reporting device inventory, per-device CPU and memory utilization, AP client counts and satisfaction scores, WAN throughput and connected-client totals.

Quick start

probes:
  - name: unifi
    type: unifi
    params:
      endpoint: https://localhost:8443
      username: readonly
      password: changeme

Parameters

Parameter Default Description
endpoint https://localhost:8443 UniFi Controller base URL
username required Controller local user username
password required Controller local user password
site default Controller site name to monitor
verify_tls true Set to false to accept self-signed certificates (lab use only)

Metrics

Metric Unit Description
senhub.unifi.up 1 1 when the controller answered login and stat endpoints
unifi.devices.total {device} Known devices by type (uap/usw/ugw), tagged with device_type
unifi.devices.adopted {device} Adopted devices by type
unifi.clients.connected {client} Currently connected wireless and wired clients
unifi.device.cpu.utilization 1 CPU utilization ratio per device, tagged with device_name / device_type
unifi.device.memory.utilization 1 Memory utilization ratio per device
unifi.ap.satisfaction 1 AP user experience satisfaction score (0–100 normalized to 0–1), per AP
unifi.ap.clients.connected {client} Clients associated per AP
unifi.wan.bytes.received By WAN bytes received (gateway devices, monotonic)
unifi.wan.bytes.sent By WAN bytes sent

Operational notes

  • Create a read-only local user in the UniFi Controller under Settings → Admins. The "Read Only" role is sufficient.
  • For UniFi OS (UDM/UDR), use https://<controller>/proxy/network as the endpoint, not the legacy :8443 port.
  • verify_tls: false should only be used for home lab controllers with self-signed certificates. In production, install a valid certificate.