What is Aruba Central? #
Aruba Central is a cloud-native management console for all Aruba network infrastructure. As the single point of visibility and control for Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform), Aruba Central delivers AIOps, workflow automation, and advanced security features across campus, branch, data center, and remote work environments.
Why Should You Use the Connector? #
The Aruba Central connector provides visibility into the network assets in your environment. You can use this visibility to:
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ensure network assets are managed per your security policies
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derive relationships between network assets, locations, users, applications, and data
How Does This Connector Work? #
Lucidum executes read-only requests to the Aruba Central REST API and ingests only meta-data about Aruba Central devices. Lucidum does not retrieve any data stored on your assets.
Configuring the Connector in Lucidum #
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Field |
Description |
Example |
|---|---|---|
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URL |
The URL for the Aruba Central API. |
https://app1-apigw.central.arubanetworks.com |
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Username |
User name for a Aruba Central account with read access. |
|
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Password |
The password for the Aruba Central account. |
 ************ |
|
Customer ID |
The unique identity number of for your Aruba Central account. To find your customer ID, click the the person (profile) icon in the top right corner Aruba Central web portal. |
 ************ |
|
Client ID |
A unique ID for each application defined in Aruba Central. For details on defining an application and copying the client ID, see https://developer.arubanetworks.com/aruba-central/docs/api-gateway-creating-application-token |
 ************ |
|
Client Secret |
A unique password for each application defined in Aruba Central. For details on defining an application and copying the client secret, see https://developer.arubanetworks.com/aruba-central/docs/api-gateway-creating-application-token |
 ************ |
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Verify SSL. |
For future use. |
N/A |
Source Documentation #
Creating Credentials #
Contact your Lucidum Sales Representative for help with creating credentials.
For details on creating user accounts, see:
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https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/central/latest/content/nms/user-mgmt/cfg-user-roles.htm#User
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For older systems, you can view Configuring System Users in https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/central/2.5.3/content/pdfs/user-guide.pdf
For details on defining an application and copying the client ID and client secret, see
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https://developer.arubanetworks.com/aruba-central/docs/api-gateway-creating-application-token
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For older systems, you can view the section on Creating Application and Token in https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/central/2.5.4/content/pdfs/central/api-reference-guide.pdf
Required Permissions #
The user account used for the Aruba Central connector must meet the following requirements:
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system user
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access to the Network Operations application
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readwrite access
You can also use the predefined Aruba Central view edit Role.
Contact your Lucidum Sales Representative for help with permissions.
