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Using Ubiquiti Account and Services
This article will explain why you may want to use your Ubiquiti Account to manage your controller along with the extra services this enables.
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Overview
Using your Ubiquiti account to manage your UniFi Network Controller has a number of advantages. These advantages include the ability to enable MFA (Multi Factor Authentication), using Cloud Mail for notifications and Push Alerts for Mobile. The main disadvantage is the Ubiquiti Cloud SSO API needs to be operational for you to login to your controller.
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Remote Management
You can enable or diable Remote Management to your controller from the Ubiquiti Site Manager by going to Settings/System/Advanced then check to enable or uncheck to disable Remote Management.
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Add Ubiquiti User Accounts
Create a Ubiquiti account at (https://account.ui.com) and invite the user account to your UniFi Network Application
NOTE: You can enable MFA (2 Factor Authentication) on your Ubiquiti account to further secure your login.
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Enable Ubiquiti Email Services
Ubiquiti Email Services allows you to send email notifications, forgot password requests and invite new users. Go to Settings/System/Advanced then click "SSO Email" next to Email Services.
NOTE: "Remote Access" and "Sync Local Admin with Ubiquiti SSO" must be enabled to use Ubiquiti Email Services
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Ubiquiti Site Manager
You can manage sites from all UniFi Network Application controllers connected to your Ubiquiti user account from the same place. Ubiquiti Site Manager
Site Manager access can be enabled using the Remote Management option on your UniFi controller. Go to Settings > System > General and look for the Remote Management option to enable this feature.
NOTE: If your sites are showing offline on the Site Manager, try using the Remove option for Remote Management and then enable the feature again. Make sure to select Remove (not "Disable") as shown below.
