Aruba Devices API
Device inventory management including listing, searching, and managing devices across the Aruba Central platform.
Device inventory management including listing, searching, and managing devices across the Aruba Central platform.
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
title: Aruba Central Access Points Devices API
description: RESTful API for managing the HPE Aruba Networking Central cloud platform. Provides unified network management, AI-based analytics, device monitoring, and configuration for wired, wireless, and SD-WAN networks. Aruba Central serves as a single pane of glass for managing access points, switches, gateways, and SD-WAN appliances across distributed enterprise environments.
version: 2.5.8
contact:
name: HPE Aruba Networking Developer Hub
url: https://developer.arubanetworks.com/central/
license:
name: Proprietary
url: https://www.arubanetworks.com/company/legal/
termsOfService: https://www.arubanetworks.com/company/legal/
x-logo:
url: https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/img/aruba-central-logo.png
servers:
- url: https://apigw-prod2.central.arubanetworks.com
description: US-2 Production API Gateway
- url: https://app1-apigw.central.arubanetworks.com
description: US-1 Production API Gateway
- url: https://apigw-useast1.central.arubanetworks.com
description: US-East-1 Production API Gateway
- url: https://apigw-prod2.central.arubanetworks.com
description: EU-1 Production API Gateway
- url: https://apigw-apac1.central.arubanetworks.com
description: APAC-1 Production API Gateway
- url: https://apigw-canada1.central.arubanetworks.com
description: Canada-1 Production API Gateway
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Devices
description: Device inventory management including listing, searching, and managing devices across the Aruba Central platform.
paths:
/platform/device_inventory/v1/devices:
get:
operationId: getDevices
summary: List All Devices
description: Retrieves a list of all devices in the Aruba Central device inventory including access points, switches, gateways, and SD-WAN appliances. Supports filtering by device type, status, and other attributes.
tags:
- Devices
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/offsetParam'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/limitParam'
- name: sku_type
in: query
description: Filter by device type (IAP for access points, HP for switches, CONTROLLER for gateways).
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- IAP
- HP
- CONTROLLER
- GATEWAY
- SWITCH
- VGW
- name: macaddr
in: query
description: Filter by device MAC address.
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: serial
in: query
description: Filter by device serial number.
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: model
in: query
description: Filter by device model name.
required: false
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Successful retrieval of device list.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DeviceListResponse'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
/platform/device_inventory/v1/devices/{serial}:
get:
operationId: getDeviceBySerial
summary: Get Device by Serial Number
description: Retrieves detailed information about a specific device identified by its serial number, including model, firmware, group assignment, site, and connectivity status.
tags:
- Devices
parameters:
- name: serial
in: path
description: The serial number of the device.
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Successful retrieval of device details.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Device'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
delete:
operationId: deleteDevice
summary: Remove Device From Inventory
description: Removes a device from the Aruba Central inventory by serial number. The device must be in an unassigned state before deletion.
tags:
- Devices
parameters:
- name: serial
in: path
description: The serial number of the device to remove.
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Device successfully removed.
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
/central/v2/sites/{site_id}/associate:
post:
operationId: associateDevicesToSite
summary: Associate Devices to a Site
description: Associates one or more devices to a site by providing their serial numbers. Devices must exist in the inventory before association.
tags:
- Devices
parameters:
- name: site_id
in: path
description: The unique identifier of the site.
required: true
schema:
type: integer
format: int64
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SiteDeviceAssociation'
responses:
'200':
description: Devices associated to site successfully.
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
responses:
RateLimited:
description: Rate limit exceeded. The API Gateway enforces rate limits per client ID. Retry after the interval specified in the Retry-After header.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
headers:
Retry-After:
description: Number of seconds to wait before retrying.
schema:
type: integer
Forbidden:
description: Authorization failed. The authenticated user does not have permission to perform this operation.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
NotFound:
description: The requested resource was not found.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
Unauthorized:
description: Authentication failed. The access token is missing, expired, or invalid.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
BadRequest:
description: Invalid request. The request body or parameters are malformed or contain invalid values.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
schemas:
SiteDeviceAssociation:
type: object
required:
- device_id
- device_type
properties:
device_id:
type: array
description: List of device serial numbers to associate.
items:
type: string
example: '500123'
device_type:
type: string
description: Type of devices being associated.
enum:
- IAP
- SWITCH
- CONTROLLER
- GATEWAY
example: IAP
DeviceListResponse:
type: object
properties:
total:
type: integer
description: Total number of devices matching the query.
example: 10
count:
type: integer
description: Number of devices returned in this response.
example: 10
devices:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Device'
example: []
Device:
type: object
description: Represents a device in the Aruba Central inventory including access points, switches, gateways, and SD-WAN appliances.
properties:
serial:
type: string
description: Unique serial number of the device.
examples:
- CNBRJM0ABC
macaddr:
type: string
description: MAC address of the device.
examples:
- aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
device_type:
type: string
description: Type classification of the device.
enum:
- IAP
- HP
- CONTROLLER
- GATEWAY
- SWITCH
- VGW
example: IAP
model:
type: string
description: Hardware model name.
examples:
- AP-515
firmware_version:
type: string
description: Current firmware version running on the device.
examples:
- 10.4.0.0_85559
status:
type: string
description: Current operational status.
enum:
- Up
- Down
example: Up
group_name:
type: string
description: Name of the configuration group the device belongs to.
example: example_value
site:
type: string
description: Name of the site the device is assigned to.
example: example_value
ip_address:
type: string
format: ipv4
description: IP address of the device.
example: example_value
labels:
type: array
description: Labels assigned to the device.
items:
type: string
example: []
aruba_part_no:
type: string
description: Aruba part number for the device hardware.
example: example_value
customer_id:
type: string
description: Customer ID associated with the device.
example: '500123'
customer_name:
type: string
description: Customer name associated with the device.
example: example_value
ErrorResponse:
type: object
properties:
description:
type: string
description: Human-readable error message.
example: A sample description.
error_code:
type: string
description: Machine-readable error code.
example: example_value
service_name:
type: string
description: The API service that generated the error.
example: example_value
parameters:
limitParam:
name: limit
in: query
description: Maximum number of results to return per request.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
default: 20
minimum: 1
maximum: 1000
offsetParam:
name: offset
in: query
description: Pagination offset (starting index for results).
required: false
schema:
type: integer
default: 0
minimum: 0
securitySchemes:
bearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT
description: OAuth 2.0 bearer token obtained through the Aruba Central API Gateway three-step OAuth flow. Tokens expire after 7200 seconds (2 hours) and can be refreshed using the refresh_token grant type.
externalDocs:
description: Aruba Central API Documentation
url: https://developer.arubanetworks.com/central/docs