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    • johnpozJ Online
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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      Minnowboard is what $139… Can get the new Pi3 for $35, the unifi key is only $79 so maybe that is why they don't suggest them ;)

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      • jahonixJ Offline
        jahonix
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        You have neither worked in marketing nor sales; you are a technician, right? I'm with you, just trying to escape sometimes.  :)

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          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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          No never worked in marketing or sales, that sort of stuff never interested me..  Techy all the way for sure..  And that board looks good, have been meaning to pick up one to play with..  Sure it would rock running unifi controller for sure, prob make a pretty good plex server as well with that nice gig interface that pi3 is lacking..

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          • jahonixJ Offline
            jahonix
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            I see, you're trying hard now!  ;D

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            • I Offline
              ionutr
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              I'm not using NanoBSD and /var and /tmp aren't in RAM disk. I need to run it on a machine that is always up, so this way it can store all logs. If I use it on a machine that isn't always on, it saves logs only when the machine with the controller is on and I prefer to use it on the pfSense machine, since this is the only machine (at least, at the moment) that other users don't have access to :)

              I've searched and I have no unifi dir in /usr/local/share/java/ so… this should be the problem :) Any ideas?

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                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                not having db there is not really an issue, where unifi controller install on your pfsense box?  This is where the db should be under the unifi folder in data/db folder.

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                  ionutr
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                  Yep. It's /usr/local/UniFi/data/db I guess. So now I just have to figure out how to make sure I won't lose data if I reboot the machine or if it shutsdown due to power failure or stuff like that.

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                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                    so your saying when you do a normal shutdown, or even power loss those files are deleted, or their size changes to new files?

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                      ionutr
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                      After a reboot, those files are gone.

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                      • jimpJ Offline
                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                        Most likely whatever startup script/action you're running is wiping all that out then. Those aren't in a place that would be removed by the firewall itself.

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