How to Easily Migrate or Move Sites from one Unifi Controller to Another

This video gives a quick demonstration of how easy it is to move sites and all their devices to a new Unifi Controller!

[jig]

That was super easy, I've done the move before, going from an ubuntu install to a docker install and it went fine. I think I just made a backup file and imported it but I couldn't get the devices to adopt this time. Your method was super simple and worked like a charm. Thank you

[stephenbruce]

Thank you for the quick video. It was a great help...

[kittiesandcolas]

bro.. why was this vid so hard to find? You're a lifesaver (subbed) ...

[vmethod]

Straight to the point without going off topic. Thank you!

[cmontenegro]

Thank you, This was very helpful. When I did this, about half my devices didn't migrate over. But that was an easy fix.

[isafctat]

How would this process apply to moving from a Ubiquiti Dream Machine to the new Dream Machine Pro?

[a.jol.sr_photography]

question? currently we have a Mac that's running our unify software. Its tough to access the mac during services. Would this be a way of having unify running on two seperate machines?

[markgutierrez]

Do the controllers need to be the same firmware ? Can I do this from a version 5.3.8 to a most updated controller ?

[haroldgreen]

where to find the controller inform URL?

[alonzosmith]

Hello, I currently have a non unifi router and cloud key gen2, with 4 APs, 4 switches. Can I migrated the site to a UDM-PRO? Thanks

[milonurv]

Hello, It seems to be easy, does this apply if I want to move a site from a local controller to a cloud one? Thanks

[---GOD---]

Do the IP's of the two controllers need to match? I want to migrate from my PC to my raspberry pi

[umbrellahole]

Would this same process be used to migrate from a PC based controller to a UDM-SE?

[Medalavi]

What if I have to server, and want to have the same controller so I can access to the access point from each!?

[cowlumbus]

The latest firmware (as of april 2020) does have the same process. It gives me no option to delete the devices. I wish I knew what todo so as I don't do the wrong thing!

[sonemati]

Hello, how are you? Thanks for the video, at 1:45, what IP should I enter?

[johanljungman]

I will try this next week.. Still scared something bad will happen.. Question: Do I need to have the same version of the controller on both machines? Or can the new have the lastest controller while the old have 6.0.45?

[thecrimsonraven]

Thank you. I need to migrate my Unifi controller from a Raspberry Pi to a VM. Hopefully all goes well.

[iPondrio]

Nice Video! I have a client that has all the UniFi setup (gateway, switch, cloud key, APs) working, the thing is that the controller is not working; another thing is that the username and password for that controller got lost. I'm thinking of doing factory reset to all the UniFi devices, however I've read in forums that sometimes the devices get readopted by the controller, do you have any experience with that scenario?

[VaibhavShinde-oijp]

Hello - Can you guide me on below - The system which hosted the Unifi controller is down (Corrupted ) can't be recovered. How we can host site on another device ? Currently the devices are running and we are able to access the network but we don't have access to admin console