https://github.com/jnovack/cloudkey
Rewrite of ck-ui to write to the Framebuffer LCD on the Ubiquiti CloudKey Gen2
https://github.com/jnovack/cloudkey
cloudkey framebuffer go golang ubiquiti
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Rewrite of ck-ui to write to the Framebuffer LCD on the Ubiquiti CloudKey Gen2
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jnovack/cloudkey
- Owner: jnovack
- License: other
- Created: 2018-09-08T11:51:35.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2022-05-12T02:19:53.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-06-20T15:03:28.862Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Topics: cloudkey, framebuffer, go, golang, ubiquiti
- Language: Go
- Size: 136 KB
- Stars: 22
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 4
- Open Issues: 6
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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# cloudkey
**cloudkey** is a replacement for `/usr/bin/ck-ui` on your Ubiquity Cloud Key
Generation 2 device.
*Note: Delay is slowed down to show fading between screens.*
## Installation
### Quick Start
1. `ssh ubnt@UniFi-CloudKeyG2`
2. `mv /usr/bin/ck-ui /usr/bin/ck-ui.original`
3. `curl -Lo /usr/local/ck-ui LINK_FROM_RELEASES_PAGE`
### Developers
1. Have a working Go environment.
2. `GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm go build cloudkey.go`
3. SCP the file over to your Cloud Key.
At this point, you can choose to backup and overwrite the `/usr/bin/ck-ui`
file or create a new systemd service, depending on your linux experience.
#### Using the `systemd` Service
Disable the old service first.
1. `systemctl disable ck-ui`
2. `systemctl stop ck-ui`
Install this one.
1. scp `cloudkey.service` to the `/lib/systemd/system/` directory.
2. `touch /etc/cloudkey.env`
3. `systemctl enable cloudkey`
4. `systemctl start cloudkey`
## Why?
I am an edge case. I do not use my Cloud Key device for Unifi. I think it is
a great sexy little hardware device, but to manage a network off of what is
essentially a POE SDCard, you are insane.
Issues with stability are [very well documented](https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000128688-UniFi-Troubleshooting-Offline-Cloud-Key-and-Other-Stability-Issues#4).
Using mongodb on an sdcard (limited write cycles) without *automatically*
reparing has lead me to have to recover 4 times in 2 years even with the
secondary USB power from the UPS. That is NOT remotely production stable.
Run Unifi on a server, not a "raspberry pi".
With that said, I am sure you are asking yourself *"Why do you have it all?"*
The Ubiquity Cloud Key Gen2 is a POE, ARMv7, Single-Board-Computer with
on-board battery backup and a 160x60 framebuffer display built-in. It is
sexy, for under $200. It looks like an iDevice.
Sure, you can buy a $35 Raspberry Pi, add a case, with a touchscreen, with
a power-supply, and blah blah, but I'll pay for quality and craftmanship so
it does not look like another Frankenstein project around my house.
I can ship it to my parents, tell them to plug one cable into the new-fangled
doo-hickey and tell them to call their ISP when it has a sad face on it
(feature not developed yet).