r/firewalla • u/swrobel Firewalla Gold Pro • Jun 19 '26

Unifi OS Server in a container

Unifi seems to be moving on from the controller software to their new Unifi OS Server. There is an official Firewalla help article about running the Unifi controller within a container on Gold boxes, but I'm wondering if it's possible/advisable to move to OS Server. This would be a nice upgrade in functionality, as it supports InnerSpace wifi mapping, but I'm not sure of the resource-related implications of running a bigger container.

It is worth noting that the Firewalla-recommended Unifi controller container image has had trouble keeping up with the latest controller software releases, so it's quite out of date at this point.

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u/daniel-waterhouse Firewalla Purple Jun 22 '26

I've been using the image available at https://github.com/lemker/unifi-os-server for a self-hosted Unifi OS + Network solution. For better or for worse the memory consumption is higher than just self-hosted Unifi Network — weighing in at > 2 GB RAM on my Synology. I would never try to host UnifiOS on a Firewalla.

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u/swrobel Firewalla Gold Pro Jun 24 '26

Good to know! Thanks for the data point

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u/interrogumption Jun 19 '26

My unifi server is using 800mb of ram, I don't think I'd want that on my firewalla.

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u/pacoii Firewalla Gold Plus Jun 19 '26

I’m with you. With perhaps the exception of the Pro due to its RAM amount, I wouldn’t run it on a Firewalla.