Homelab

Last week, I did write about resetting my unifi cloud key.

The main reason I did gain a renewed interest in the cloud key was because I wanted to add some more fixed IPs to my home network. One of the nice things about the unifi controller software is that it provides a single dashboard interface to manage everything network-related.

On the downside, the interface is overall quite limited. While it does offer DHCP (the fixed IPs) in this fashion, it does not offer built-in DNS (e.g. for naming dedicated hosts on the home network).

After my last password issues post, I still had some places for which I didn’t have an easy approach to reset the login. For my local network, I still use a unifi cloud key gen 1, to keep an overview of the network.

Cloud key

The ubiquiti unifi cloud key is a small client device on the local network, specifically running the ubiquiti unifi controller software. The controller software is there to e.g. provision new (ubiquiti) hardware, to configure the network (switch ports, VLANs, firewalls, …) but also to allow remote management from a web interface or phone app.