Ubiquiti Unifi Protect Viewport API - Enable SSH/ADB Access

By default Ubiquiti's Viewport only has port 8080 open for management through Unifi Protect. But it does also support plaintext credentials in HTTP POST requests. After a factory reset the default credentials are ubnt:ubnt or ui:ui on some devices.

To enable SSH and ADB you need to send a POST request to the `settings` endpoint with a json object containing:

{
  "username": "ubnt",
  "password": "ubnt",
  "device": {
    "ssh": true,
    "adb": true
  }
}

Example curl command:

curl -kvH 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"username": "ubnt", "password": "ubnt", "device": {"ssh": true, "adb": true}}' https://192.168.0.0:8080/api/settings

Now ssh is enabled on port 22 and adb is listening on port 5555, this will stay until factory reset

You can also force a firmware update with the `update_fw` endpoint:

curl -kvH 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"username": "ubnt", "password": "ubnt", "uri": "https://fw-download.ubnt.com/data/unifi-protect-box/0182-android-1.4.23-55f665f0-129d-464e-b505-d459b5cee641.zip"}' https://192.168.0.0:8080/api/update_fw

You can find the latest firmware by querying https://fw-update.ubnt.com/api/firmware/{FWID}?embed=next with your devices FWID which can be found in android prop ro.ubnt.firmware.id

If you're running Protect on a isolated network where multicast doesn't work then you can force the inform url with the set_inform endpoint:

curl -kvH 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"username": "ubnt", "password": "ubnt", "inform_url": "192.168.0.0"}' https://192.168.0.0:8080/api/set_inform

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