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HPE Aruba

HPE Aruba

aruba

Aruba Central cloud management platform. Uses OAuth2 client credentials for API access to AP, client, and presence analytics data.

Configuration schema

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
controller_urlstringYesAruba Central API gateway URL (e.g., https://apigw-uswest4.central.arubanetworks.com).
client_idstringYesOAuth2 client ID from Aruba Central API Gateway settings.
client_secretstringYesOAuth2 client secret. Encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM.

Setup instructions

1

Log into Aruba Central and navigate to Account Home > API Gateway.

2

Create a new API client with "Network Operations" scope.

3

Copy the Client ID and Client Secret.

4

Note the API gateway base URL for your region.

5

Register the integration via POST /api/venues/:id/integrations with connector_type "aruba".

Webhook / polling format

aruba-webhook.json
// Aruba Central uses polling via REST API
// The connector calls these endpoints:
// GET /monitoring/v2/clients    — connected clients
// GET /monitoring/v2/aps        — access points
// GET /presence/v1/analytics    — presence data

Normalized canonical event

After normalization, the connector output becomes a standard GNCanonicalEvent:

canonical-event.json
{
  "event_type": "device_connected",
  "venue_id": "v_def456",
  "zone_id": "z_floor2",
  "device_hash": "hmac_sha256_c3d4e5f6a7b8",
  "timestamp": "2026-03-15T16:30:00.000Z",
  "connector_type": "aruba",
  "metadata": {
    "signal_strength": -38,
    "ssid": "Corporate-WiFi",
    "ap_name": "AP-515-Floor2",
    "os_type": "iOS"
  }
}

Next steps