Installing a LetsEncrypt SSL Certificate with pfSense on an Internal Server

Ever since Google announced that Chrome would mark non-https connections as ‘Not Secure’ I’ve begun to fret about ssl certificates. These serve two purposes. First, they encrypt your data and prevent Man-in-the-middle attacks, and secondly, they verify that the site you visit is the site it claims to be. I used to think that the former was more important, but now I am more of the opinion that identity verification is most important, now that phishing attacks are commonplace. LetsEncrypt has recently stepped in to help solve this problem.

With this in mind, when I saw that my UniFi controller was marked:

Not Secure!

I wanted to fix it. Continue reading “Installing a LetsEncrypt SSL Certificate with pfSense on an Internal Server”

First Results of my New Ubiquiti UniFi WiFi Installation

First Impressions of Ubiquiti UniFi

I am really pleased with my Ubiquiti Unifi WiFi installation. My first impressions are very positive. The controller is great software. The interface makes all the configuration central and easy. Where I used to have to log into 3 APs (none of which I could keep straight), now I can just log into one place, and see everything.

UniFi Network Clients View — Network Clients

It lets you see everything that is connected, and its IP information. Further, you can edit the names for them so you can write a descriptive name if the system can’t figure out a DNS name.

The configuration is basically pretty simple, and incredibly comprehensive. Continue reading “First Results of my New Ubiquiti UniFi WiFi Installation”

Installing The Ubiquiti UniFi Controller On My Centos Server

We’re almost at the fun part of my project, but first I’m going to take another detour to show how to install the Ubiquiti UniFi Controller software onto my main Centos file/utility server.

Update 10/14/18: Don’t do this. Bad idea. I do over why in a later post.

I’m going to explain this in a bit of detail. I remember when I started out with Linux (Solaris, actually) and it was so obscure that I found it frustrating. So I’ll try and explain each step. Continue reading “Installing The Ubiquiti UniFi Controller On My Centos Server”