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Watching without UniFi

Ferrule works without any UniFi equipment. It can watch only your servers and storage.

Set it up

  1. In your settings, use UNIFI_ENABLED=false instead of the UNIFI_ and PROTECT_ lines.
  2. Add at least one source: Proxmox VE, Proxmox Backup Server, vCenter, Synology, QNAP or TrueNAS.

Ferrule won't start with nothing to watch. With UniFi off and no source, the log says so.

What changes

The WAN, LAN and Cameras tabs don't appear. Everything else works the same: alerts, notifications, history, sign-in and backups.

Trying Ferrule beside another monitoring stack

UNIFI_ENABLED=false is also the way to try Ferrule next to a stack that already reads your UniFi console, so the console isn't read twice. See Running beside another stack.