Auto Reboot Ubiquiti Devices with ubntmod.sh

Most of the heavy lifting is done by the ubntmod.sh script. All you need is the IP addresses for the access points. The script will figure out the connected devices, reboot them first, then reboot the AP.

Here is a quick run down of the steps we need to perform.

  1. Create list of AP’s and put them into an ap.lst file
  2. Install ubntmod.sh script
  3. Configure usernames and passwords to use with ubntmod.sh
  4. Setup crontab to automatically run

Create list of AP’s and put them into an ap.lst file

This is really as simple as creating the ap.lst file and filling it with the access point IP addresses. One per line. The script uses wstalist to discover connected devices.

nano ap.lst

Install ubntmod.sh script

Installing the script is really hard. 2 lines to get setup.

wget http://incredigeek.com/home/downloads/ubntmod/ubntmod.sh
chmod +x ./ubntmod.sh

More information can be found here.

https://www.incredigeek.com/home/ubntmod/

Setup usernames and passwords to use with ubntmod.shd

When you first run ubntmod.sh without the -y option, it should prompt you to setup usernames and passwords to use. After this is setup, the script automatically reads from the config file for future use.

You can manually modify the ubntmod.conf file update any usernames or passwords.

Example contents of ubntmod.conf file.

unpw=( "ubnt,ubnt"
"ubnt,password"
"admin,password"
)

Setup crontab to automatically run

Open up crontab with

crontab -e 

Configure the time. Refer to here for crontab date syntax

10 1 * * * cd /home/bob/ && ./ubntmod.sh -A

That’s it. Should be good to go.

UBNTMOD check range of IP addresses and see if they resolve DNS

The following uses the ubntmod.sh script to check a device then report if it is resolving DNS or not. ip=”192.168.1.” specifies the first part of the ip, the “for ((i=1; i<=254;i++))” tells it to go from 192.168.1.1 – 192.168.1.254, change the beginning and ending number if you want to change the ip range.

ip="192.168.1." && for ((i=10; i<=30;i++)); do if ( fping ${ip}$i -r1 | grep alive); then ./ubntmod.sh -i ${ip}${i} -e ; else echo ${ip}$i not alive; fi ; done 

Broken out for easier reading.

ip="192.168.1." 
for ((i=10; i<=30;i++))
do
if ( fping ${ip}$i -r1 | grep alive); then
./ubntmod.sh -i ${ip}${i} -e
else echo ${ip}$i not alive
fi
done

If the script is able to log into the device and resolve DNS you should get

192.168.1.1 Resolves DNS

Configure AirOS SNMP settings over ssh

In this post we’ll see how we can configure AirOS SNMP settings from the command line.

ubntmod command with save without rebooting.

./ubntmod.sh -i 192.168.1.20 -s "private;monitor@incredigeek.com;[30.69636, -88.04811]" -X '/usr/etc/rc.d/rc.softrestart save'

Alternative manual method.

ssh ubnt@192.168.1.20

Open config file

vi /tmp/system.cfg

Find the SNMP settings and modify as needed. Example below

snmp.community=private
snmp.contact=monitor@incredigeek.com
snmp.location=[30.69636, -88.04811]

Save and exit file with :x

Apply settings

/usr/etc/rc.d/rc.softrestart save

Upgrade Firmware on Ubiquiti Airmax Equipment from the Command Line/SSH

Upgrading the firmware via the command line is super easy.  Basic steps are

  1. Upload firmware file to radio using ftp, scp, or download directly to radio using wget
  2. Move the firmware the /tmp and rename to fwupdate.bin
  3. Upgrade the firmware by running
ubntbox fwupdate.real -m fwupdate.bin

More Detail explanation

Downloading Firmware to Radio

There are a couple of ways to get the firmware uploaded to the radio

  1. Download from Ubiquiti’s website and upload via ftp, scp, filezilla or like
  2. Download directly to the radio using wget

Using wget

ssh into the radio.  Change username and ip address as needed.

ssh ubnt@192.168.1.20

cd to the /tmp directory

cd /tmp

Find the firmware file on Ubiquiti’s website, accept the terms, copy the link and paste the link in the terminal after wget.  Replace the below link with the appropriate firmware link.

wget https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/XC-fw/v8.4.2/WA.v8.4.2.35930.171017.1722.bin

Installing Firmware

Rename firmware

mv *.bin fwupdate.bin

Start the upgrade

ubntbox fwupdate.real -m fwupdate.bin

The radio will now upgrade and reboot

Another Method.  Using the ubntmod.sh script

Another way to upgrade a radios firmware from the command line is to use the UBNTMOD tool.  More info on the UBNTMOD script is available here.

Make sure you have the firmware downloaded to your computer and run ubntmod.sh with the “-U” upgrade option.

Example,

bob@localhost:~$ ./ubntmod.sh -i 192.168.1.20 -U WA.v8.4.2.35930.171017.1722.bin