UniFi Protect & Home Assistant
UniFi Protect integrates Ubiquiti’s camera ecosystem with Home Assistant, providing live video streams, motion/person/vehicle detection events, camera settings control, and NVR recording management. The integration communicates directly with the UniFi Protect NVR (Cloud Key Gen2+, Dream Machine, or NVR) over your local network.
Unlike cloud-dependent camera systems, UniFi Protect operates entirely locally. All recording, AI detection, and event processing happens on the NVR hardware. Home Assistant receives real-time event notifications via WebSocket, making automations highly responsive.
HA DocumentationHow UniFi Protect Works with Home Assistant
Getting UniFi Protect connected to Home Assistant and running reliably.
Connect & configure
Add UniFi Protect through the Home Assistant integrations panel. Cameras, sensors, and alarm panels appear as entities you can control and automate.
Live feeds & alerts
View camera streams directly in your dashboard. Set up notifications for motion events, door openings, or alarm triggers.
Cross-device automation
Build automations that coordinate UniFi Protect with lights, locks, and speakers. Motion at the front door can trigger a light, a camera recording, and a notification — simultaneously.
Common UniFi Protect Issues
The problems installers run into with UniFi Protect and Home Assistant — and how a managed setup prevents them.
UniFi OS updates break integration
Ubiquiti's UniFi OS updates sometimes change the Protect API without notice. Major updates have repeatedly broken Home Assistant integration, sometimes for days until a patch is released.
Adoption failures after NVR restart
After NVR restarts or firmware updates, cameras occasionally fail to re-adopt properly, showing as 'disconnected' in both Protect and Home Assistant until manually readopted.
High bandwidth consumption on dashboard
Displaying multiple UniFi Protect camera streams on a Home Assistant dashboard simultaneously consumes significant bandwidth and can overwhelm the NVR's streaming capacity.
Why installers choose managed UniFi Protect setups
- UniFi OS update testing before deployment to avoid integration breakage
- Camera adoption monitoring with automatic recovery procedures
- Stream configuration optimized for HA dashboard viewing with sub-stream support
- Dedicated camera network with PoE switches and proper VLAN segmentation
UniFi Protect devices we deploy
Hardware from the Selora catalog that runs on this integration. Every unit is tested and supported as part of a managed installation.
Cameras & Doorbells
14 devicesUniFi Doorbell Lite
The UniFi Doorbell Lite is a compact 5MP PoE video doorbell with two-way audio and a tall 3:4 view that frames a visitor head to toe. Home Assistant's local UniFi Protect integration exposes its stream, ring event, and smart detections.
UniFi G4 Doorbell Pro PoE Kit
The UniFi G4 Doorbell Pro PoE Kit is a dual-camera wired video doorbell with a PoE chime, recording to a UniFi Protect console. Home Assistant gets the streams, ring events, and package detection, all over the local network.
UniFi G5 Turret Ultra
The UniFi G5 Turret Ultra is a compact 4MP PoE turret for dense, budget-conscious Protect deployments. Home Assistant's local UniFi Protect integration exposes its stream, motion sensor, and smart detection events.
UniFi G6 180
The UniFi G6 180 stitches two sensors into one 16MP, 180-degree panoramic view, covering a wall-to-wall span from a single PoE+ drop. Home Assistant's local UniFi Protect integration exposes its stream and smart detection events.
UniFi G6 Bullet
The UniFi G6 Bullet is a 4K PoE bullet camera that records to a UniFi Protect console on-site. Home Assistant's local UniFi Protect integration exposes its streams plus person, vehicle, and animal detection events.
UniFi G6 Dome
The UniFi G6 Dome is a 4K vandal-proof (IK10) PoE dome for high-traffic areas, recording to a UniFi Protect console on-site. Home Assistant's local UniFi Protect integration exposes its streams and smart detection events.
UniFi G6 Instant
The UniFi G6 Instant is a palm-sized 4K camera with two-way audio that runs on Wi-Fi and USB-C power out of the box, or on wired PoE with an optional adapter. Home Assistant's local UniFi Protect integration exposes its stream, speaker, and smart detection events.
UniFi G6 Mini Dome
The UniFi G6 Mini Dome is a compact indoor 4K PoE dome with two-way audio, sized to disappear into a hallway or retail ceiling. Home Assistant's local UniFi Protect integration exposes its stream, speaker, and smart detection events.
UniFi G6 Pro 360
The UniFi G6 Pro 360 is a 12MP fisheye camera that covers an entire room or courtyard from one ceiling mount, with digital pan-tilt-zoom into the panorama. Home Assistant's local UniFi Protect integration exposes its streams and smart detection events.
UniFi G6 Pro Bullet
The UniFi G6 Pro Bullet is a 4K PoE+ bullet camera with a large 1/1.2-inch sensor and 2.36x optical zoom for long-range, low-light coverage. Home Assistant's local UniFi Protect integration exposes its streams and smart detection events.
UniFi G6 Pro Dome
The UniFi G6 Pro Dome is the top of the fixed-lens G6 line: 4K on a 1/1.2-inch sensor with 2.36x optical zoom inside a vandal-proof dome. Home Assistant's local UniFi Protect integration exposes its streams and smart detection events.
UniFi G6 Pro Turret
The UniFi G6 Pro Turret pairs the 1/1.2-inch 4K sensor and 2.36x optical zoom of the Pro line with a tamper-resistant turret housing. Home Assistant's local UniFi Protect integration exposes its streams and smart detection events.
UniFi G6 PTZ
The UniFi G6 PTZ is an all-weather 4K dual-lens camera with 10x hybrid zoom and motorized pan-tilt-zoom tracking for driveways, lots, and acreage. Home Assistant's local UniFi Protect integration exposes its streams and smart detection events.
UniFi G6 Turret
The UniFi G6 Turret is a 4K PoE turret camera with the same 1/1.8-inch 8MP sensor and G6 AI engine as the G6 Bullet, in a low-profile housing. Home Assistant's local UniFi Protect integration exposes its streams and smart detection events.
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