rdc-proxy-unifi

UniFi/EdgeSwitch port-counter plugin for rdc-proxy.

Adds a "switch" side channel to the rdc-proxy dashboard containing live port counters polled via SSH from a UniFi/EdgeSwitch running swctrl.

Prerequisites

• rdc-proxy already installed on the same host (it provides the plugin loader + dashboard).
• A UniFi/EdgeSwitch (any model supporting swctrl port show counters).
• An SSH key that the rdc-proxy service user can use to log into the switch.

Install

Assuming rdc-proxy is already running at /opt/rdc-proxy:

# Clone and install into the rdc-proxy venv
sudo git clone https://github.com/andrewroydshayes/rdc-proxy-unifi.git /opt/rdc-proxy-unifi
sudo /opt/rdc-proxy/venv/bin/pip install /opt/rdc-proxy-unifi

# Place your SSH key where the service can read it (0600 root:root)
sudo cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa_unifi /etc/rdc-proxy/id_rsa_unifi
sudo chmod 600 /etc/rdc-proxy/id_rsa_unifi

# Configure via env vars in /etc/rdc-proxy/rdc-proxy.env (see below), then:
sudo systemctl restart rdc-proxy

The rdc-proxy service will log [plugins] loaded: unifi on startup.

Or use the included installer:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andrewroydshayes/rdc-proxy-unifi/main/install/install-unifi.sh \
  | sudo bash

Configuration

Add to /etc/rdc-proxy/rdc-proxy.env:

RDC_UNIFI_SWITCH_IP=10.0.0.97
RDC_UNIFI_SWITCH_USER=root
RDC_UNIFI_SSH_KEY=/etc/rdc-proxy/id_rsa_unifi
RDC_UNIFI_PORT_ID=9
RDC_UNIFI_POLL_INTERVAL=30
RDC_UNIFI_SIDE_CHANNEL=switch

All env vars have defaults — only set the ones you need to change.

How the side channel surfaces

The plugin calls state.update_side_channel("switch", {...counters...}) once per poll. rdc-proxy's dashboard collector merges all side channels into the JSON returned by /api/status, under side_channels. For UI back-compat the "switch" channel is ALSO mirrored at the top level as switch in each dashboard history point.

Development

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest

License

MIT.