====== Ubiquiti - Site - Change the Default Site ======

It is not possible to change which site is considered the default within the UniFi UI.

  * This can be done by manipulating the mongo database.

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===== Access the CLI =====

SSH into the UniFi controller.

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===== Start the Mongo Database =====

<code bash>
mongo --port 27117
</code>

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===== Switch to the UniFi database =====

<code>
use ace
</code>

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===== List the sites in the database =====

<code>
db.site.find()
</code>

returns:

<code>
{ "_id" : ObjectId("[hex number 1]"), "name" : "default", "desc" : "Default", "attr_hidden_id" : "default", "attr_no_delete" : true }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("[hex number 2]"), "desc" : "Site 2", "name" : "utn68o25", "location_lat" : 10.3245, "location_lng" : -24.5703, "location_accuracy" : 0 }
</code>

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  This should list several sites.

  * Notice the differences in properties between the default site and the the other sites.

</WRAP>

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===== Change the properties for the replacement default site =====

Remove the default properties from the current default site and assign them to the site which is to become the new default site

<code sql>
db.site.update({ _id: ObjectId("[hex number 1]") },{ $unset: { attr_hidden_id: "",attr_no_delete: ""}})
db.site.update({ _id: ObjectId("[hex number 2]") }, { $set: { attr_hidden_id: "default", attr_no_delete: true}})
</code>

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===== Verify the changes =====

<code sql>
db.site.find()
</code>

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===== Exit the mongo CLI =====

<code bash>
exit
</code>

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  Restart the UniFi service for the changes to take effect.
</WRAP>

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===== Optionally delete the original default site =====

After the UniFi controller has restarted, the original default site can be deleted on the Site page of the UniFi Settings.

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  Once the old default site is deleted from within the controller UI:

  * Re-enter mongo
  * Update the replacement site as the default site name to **default** so that it is addressable with **default** in the controller URL <https://unifi:8443/manage/default>

<code sql>
db.site.update({ _id: ObjectId("[hex number 2]") }, { $set: { name: "default"}})
</code>

</WRAP>

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===== Rename the old default site =====

The old default site does not have to be deleted.  

  * But the name of the old site will need to be changed; so that two sites are not both named **default**:

<code sql>
db.site.update({ _id: ObjectId("[hex number 1]") }, { $set: { name: "[any unique 8-char alphanumeric string]"}})
</code>

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