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## Description
Ubiquiti makes networking devices like switches, gateways (routers) and wireless
access points. They have a line of equipment named UniFi that uses a controller
to keep stats and make it easy to configure the network devices. This controller
can be installed on Windows, macOS and Linux. Ubiquiti also provides a dedicated
hardware devices called a CloudKey that runs the controller software.
[Ubiquiti](https://www.ui.com) makes networking devices like switches, gateways
(routers) and wireless access points. They have a line of equipment named
[UniFi](https://www.ui.com/products/#unifi) that uses a
[controller](https://www.ui.com/download/unifi/) to keep stats and network
device configuration This controller can be installed on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Ubiquiti also provides a dedicated hardware devices called a CloudKey that runs
the controller software.
Unifi-Poller is a smaller application that runs on macOS, Linux or Docker. It
polls your controller every 30 seconds for metric data and stores that data in
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produces nearly 3000 fields (metrics).
This application requires your controller to be running all the time. If you run
a Unifi Controller, there's no excuse not to install Influx, Grafana and this app.
a Unifi Controller, there's no excuse not to install
[Influx](https://github.com/davidnewhall/unifi-poller/wiki/InfluxDB),
[Grafana](https://github.com/davidnewhall/unifi-poller/wiki/Grafana) and this app.
You'll have a plethora of data at your fingertips and the ability to craft custom
graphs to slice the data any way you choose. Good luck!