HPE Aruba Networking

HPE Aruba Networking is the networking business unit of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE HPE), born of Aruba Networks (founded 2002, acquired by HPE in 2015) and reinforced by the acquisitions of Silver Peak (SD-WAN, 2020), Axis Security (SSE, 2023), and Pensando (data processing units / smart switches, 2022). Its portfolio covers campus and branch Wi-Fi, AOS-CX and AOS-Switch data-center and campus switching, the Aruba Central cloud management plane, ClearPass network access control, EdgeConnect SD-WAN, the HPE Aruba Networking SSE cloud security service, the User Experience Insight synthetic-monitoring sensors, and the HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer data-center fabric controller. Aruba is one of the most API-first vendors in enterprise networking — its developer hub publishes REST, streaming, and webhook documentation; its GitHub org carries 50+ public repositories including Python SDKs (pycentral, pyaoscx, pyclearpass, pyedgeconnect, pyafc, pyhpeuxi, pyhpesse), a Go SDK (aoscxgo), Ansible collections, a Terraform provider, the Network Analytics Engine script library, and the YANG models that back AOS-CX.

HPE Aruba Networking is listed with 10 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Networking, Switching, Wi-Fi, SD-WAN, and NAC.

HPE Aruba Networking’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, support, engineering blog, YouTube channel, tooling, code examples, and 43 more developer resources.

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22.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 1/100 human only saas Full breakdown ↓
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10 APIs 22 Features

Networking Switching Wi-Fi SD-WAN NAC Network Access Control Cloud Networking AIOps Data Center Campus Branch Edge SSE SASE HPE

Kin Score

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scored 2026-10-23 · rubric v0.25.0

Composite quality — 22.4/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 1.4 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 7.3 / 17

Access Clarity 3.6 / 17

Operational Transparency 2.0 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 5.3 / 9

Regulatory Posture 2.1 / 15

Agent readiness — 1/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Network Edge (CDN, networking, peering, edge compute)	undeclared	-	-	-
Common Criteria Certified Products (ISO/IEC 15408, NIAP Product Compliant List)	undeclared	-	-	-
Wireless and Wired Connectivity Certification (Thread, USB-IF, Wi-Fi Alliance)	undeclared	-	-	-
NIST CMVP FIPS 140 Validated Cryptographic Modules (FIPS 140-1 / 140-2 / 140-3)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

APIs 10

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

HPE Aruba Networking Central REST API

The HPE Aruba Networking Central REST API is the primary programmatic surface for the Aruba Central cloud network management platform. It exposes configuration, monitoring, AIOp...

HPE Aruba Networking Central Streaming API

The Central Streaming API delivers real-time telemetry and event streams (location, presence, AppRF, audit, security, monitoring) over a long-lived connection. An official Pytho...

HPE Aruba Networking Central Webhooks

Central Webhooks deliver alert and event notifications to external endpoints with HMAC-authenticated payloads. They are the integration path for ITSM, SIEM, SOAR, and operations...

AOS-CX REST API

The AOS-CX REST API runs on-box on every AOS-CX switch (CX 6000/8000/9000/10000 series) and exposes the full switch configuration and state surface — system, VRFs, VLANs, interf...

HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager REST API

The ClearPass Policy Manager REST API exposes the network access control (NAC) surface of ClearPass — endpoints, devices, guests, onboarded users, sessions, policies, certificat...

HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator API

The EdgeConnect Orchestrator API (formerly Silver Peak Orchestrator) manages EdgeConnect SD-WAN appliances, business intent overlays, tunnels, segments, application definitions,...

HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer API

HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer (AFC) automates data-center fabric provisioning across AOS-CX leaf-spine, VSX, and EVPN-VXLAN deployments. The pyafc SDK and the hpeanfc-ans...

HPE Aruba Networking User Experience Insight API

The User Experience Insight (UXI, formerly Cape Networks) API exposes synthetic test results, sensor health, network and SaaS application performance scores, and incident data f...

HPE Aruba Networking SSE API

The HPE Aruba Networking SSE (Security Service Edge) API exposes the Axis Security / HPE SSE cloud-delivered ZTNA, SWG, and CASB surface for policy management, user/device enrol...

AOS-CX Network Analytics Engine (NAE)

The Network Analytics Engine (NAE) is the on-box programmable telemetry and analytics framework that runs Python agents inside AOS-CX switches. The official nae-scripts reposito...

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Features 22

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Aruba Central — single-pane-of-glass cloud network management for AP, switch, gateway, and SD-WAN fleets

AOS-CX — modern data-center / campus switch operating system with full on-box REST API and YANG models

AOS-Switch — classic Aruba (HPE ProCurve lineage) switching with REST and CLI automation paths

ClearPass Policy Manager — RADIUS / TACACS / 802.1X NAC with REST API and ClearPass Exchange ecosystem

EdgeConnect SD-WAN (Silver Peak) — Orchestrator and on-box APIs with business intent overlays

HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer — automated EVPN-VXLAN leaf-spine fabric provisioning

User Experience Insight (UXI) — synthetic sensor monitoring for Wi-Fi, wired, and SaaS application health

HPE Aruba Networking SSE — cloud SASE / ZTNA / SWG / CASB built on the Axis Security acquisition

Network Analytics Engine (NAE) — on-box Python analytics agents inside AOS-CX

Aruba IoT Operations — BLE/Zigbee/USB IoT gateway services on Aruba access points

Aruba User Experience Insight, AirWave, and Aruba Sensor portfolio

Aruba Central API Gateway with OAuth 2.0 and per-customer API tokens

Webhooks with HMAC-signed delivery for Central alerts and events

Streaming API for real-time monitoring, location, presence, and AppRF telemetry

Official Python SDKs — pycentral, pyaoscx, pyclearpass, pyedgeconnect, pyafc, pyhpeuxi, pyhpesse, pyarubaimc

Go SDK — aoscxgo

Ansible — aruba-central, aoscx, aos-switch, and hpeanfc collections

Terraform — terraform-provider-aoscx for declarative AOS-CX configuration

Central Automation Studio — graphical front-end for chaining Central API workflows

HPE Aruba Networking Developer Hub (devhub.arubanetworks.com) — public docs, code exchange, and tutorials

Airheads Community — large active forum across networking, security, and automation

Backed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise — public NYSE company, Fortune 500

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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Aruba Hpe Domain Security

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Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

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Portal

Documentation 8

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

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Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Versioning

Versioning

Build 27

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

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SDKs

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Tools

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube

YouTube

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Forums

Support

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Twitter

Twitter

Source (apis.yml)

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- aid: aruba-hpe:aruba-central-rest-api
  name: HPE Aruba Networking Central REST API
  tags:
  - Networking
  - Cloud
  - Network Management
  - Configuration
  - Monitoring
  humanURL: https://devhub.arubanetworks.com/docs/aruba-central
  properties:
  - url: https://devhub.arubanetworks.com/docs/aruba-central
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://devhub.arubanetworks.com/docs/aruba-central/v2.5.8/overview/aruba-central-api-overview
    type: Documentation
  description: The HPE Aruba Networking Central REST API is the primary programmatic surface for the Aruba Central cloud network
    management platform. It exposes configuration, monitoring, AIOps, troubleshooting, AppRF visibility, user management,
    and MSP workflows across Aruba access points, AOS-CX and AOS-Switch hardware, and gateways. The API uses OAuth 2.0 access
    tokens issued through an API Gateway and is documented at v2.5.8 with regional gateway endpoints for US, EU, APAC, Canada,
    and China clusters.
- aid: aruba-hpe:aruba-central-streaming-api
  name: HPE Aruba Networking Central Streaming API
  tags:
  - Networking
  - Streaming
  - Event
  - Real-Time
  - Monitoring
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  - Networking
  - Streaming
  - Events
  - Real Time
  - Monitoring
  humanURL: https://devhub.arubanetworks.com/docs/aruba-central
  properties:
  - url: https://devhub.arubanetworks.com/docs/aruba-central
    type: Documentation
  description: The Central Streaming API delivers real-time telemetry and event streams (location, presence, AppRF, audit,
    security, monitoring) over a long-lived connection. An official Python streaming client is published through Aruba's developer
    hub for consuming events at scale across customer tenants.
- aid: aruba-hpe:aruba-central-webhooks
  name: HPE Aruba Networking Central Webhooks
  tags:
  - Networking
  - Webhook
  - Event
  - Alerts
  tags_raw:
  - Networking
  - Webhooks
  - Events
  - Alerts
  humanURL: https://devhub.arubanetworks.com/docs/aruba-central
  properties:
  - url: https://devhub.arubanetworks.com/docs/aruba-central
    type: Documentation
  description: Central Webhooks deliver alert and event notifications to external endpoints with HMAC-authenticated payloads.
    They are the integration path for ITSM, SIEM, SOAR, and operations tooling that needs to react to Aruba Central alerts
    without polling.
- aid: aruba-hpe:aos-cx-rest-api
  name: AOS-CX REST API
  tags:
  - Networking
  - Switching
  - Data Center
  - Configuration
  - Routing
  tags_raw:
  - Networking
  - Switching
  - Data Center
  - Configuration
  - Routing
  - Data-Center
  humanURL: https://github.com/aruba/pyaoscx
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/aruba/pyaoscx
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/aruba/aoscx-yang
    type: Schema
  description: The AOS-CX REST API runs on-box on every AOS-CX switch (CX 6000/8000/9000/10000 series) and exposes the full
    switch configuration and state surface — system, VRFs, VLANs, interfaces, LAGs, OSPF, BGP, EVPN, VSF, VSX, ACLs, QoS —
    backed by a YANG model. It is the foundation for the pyaoscx Python SDK, the aoscxgo Go client, the AOS-CX Ansible collection,
    and the AOS-CX Terraform provider.
- aid: aruba-hpe:clearpass-rest-api
  name: HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager REST API
  tags:
  - Networking
  - Security
  - NAC
  - Identity
  - Policy
  humanURL: https://github.com/aruba/pyclearpass
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/aruba/pyclearpass
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/aruba/clearpass-exchange-snippets
    type: CodeExamples
  description: The ClearPass Policy Manager REST API exposes the network access control (NAC) surface of ClearPass — endpoints,
    devices, guests, onboarded users, sessions, policies, certificates, TACACS, and OnGuard posture. It is the integration
    backbone for ClearPass Exchange partners and is wrapped by the official pyclearpass Python SDK.
- aid: aruba-hpe:edgeconnect-orchestrator-api
  name: HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect Orchestrator API
  tags:
  - Networking
  - SD-WAN
  - WAN
  - Orchestration
  humanURL: https://github.com/aruba/pyedgeconnect
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/aruba/pyedgeconnect
    type: Documentation
  description: The EdgeConnect Orchestrator API (formerly Silver Peak Orchestrator) manages EdgeConnect SD-WAN appliances,
    business intent overlays, tunnels, segments, application definitions, security policies, and performance telemetry. The
    official pyedgeconnect Python SDK wraps both the Orchestrator and the on-box EdgeConnect APIs.
- aid: aruba-hpe:fabric-composer-api
  name: HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer API
  tags:
  - Networking
  - Data Center
  - Fabric
  - Automation
  tags_raw:
  - Networking
  - Data Center
  - Fabric
  - Automation
  - Data-Center
  humanURL: https://github.com/aruba/pyafc
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/aruba/pyafc
    type: Documentation
  description: HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer (AFC) automates data-center fabric provisioning across AOS-CX leaf-spine,
    VSX, and EVPN-VXLAN deployments. The pyafc SDK and the hpeanfc-ansible-collection wrap its REST API for programmatic fabric
    design, day-0 provisioning, and lifecycle management.
- aid: aruba-hpe:uxi-cloud-api
  name: HPE Aruba Networking User Experience Insight API
  tags:
  - Networking
  - Monitoring
  - Synthetic Testing
  - User Experience
  humanURL: https://github.com/aruba/pyhpeuxi
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/aruba/pyhpeuxi
    type: Documentation
  description: The User Experience Insight (UXI, formerly Cape Networks) API exposes synthetic test results, sensor health,
    network and SaaS application performance scores, and incident data for UXI sensors deployed at customer sites. The pyhpeuxi
    Python SDK is the official client.
- aid: aruba-hpe:sse-api
  name: HPE Aruba Networking SSE API
  tags:
  - Networking
  - Security
  - SSE
  - SASE
  - Zero Trust
  humanURL: https://github.com/aruba/pyhpesse
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/aruba/pyhpesse
    type: Documentation
  description: The HPE Aruba Networking SSE (Security Service Edge) API exposes the Axis Security / HPE SSE cloud-delivered
    ZTNA, SWG, and CASB surface for policy management, user/device enrollment, and event reporting. The pyhpesse Python SDK
    provides programmatic access.
- aid: aruba-hpe:network-analytics-engine
  name: AOS-CX Network Analytics Engine (NAE)
  tags:
  - Networking
  - Analytics
  - Telemetry
  - Scripts
  - Switching
  humanURL: https://github.com/aruba/nae-scripts
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/aruba/nae-scripts
    type: Documentation
  description: The Network Analytics Engine (NAE) is the on-box programmable telemetry and analytics framework that runs Python
    agents inside AOS-CX switches. The official nae-scripts repository contains analytics agents for BGP, OSPF, EVPN, link
    health, hardware counters, and security events that consume the AOS-CX REST and Time Series database APIs.
name: HPE Aruba Networking
tags:
- Networking
- Switching
- Wi-Fi
- SD-WAN
- NAC
- Network Access Control
- Cloud Networking
- AIOps
- Data Center
- Campus
- Branch
- Edge
- SSE
- SASE
- HPE
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- Networking
- Switching
- Wi-Fi
- SD-WAN
- NAC
- Network Access Control
- Cloud Networking
- AIOps
- Data Center
- Campus
- Branch
- Edge
- SSE
- SASE
- HPE
- Data-Center
kind: contract
deliveryModel:
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  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
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  generated: '2026-08-28'
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  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
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  label: Unknown
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common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/aruba-hpe-domain-security.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.arubanetworks.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://devhub.arubanetworks.com/
- type: Documentation
  name: HPE Aruba Networking Developer Hub
  url: https://developer.arubanetworks.com
- type: Documentation
  name: Aruba Central API Documentation
  url: https://devhub.arubanetworks.com/docs/aruba-central
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aruba
- type: GitHubOrganization
  name: HPE Networking on GitHub (also aruba/)
  url: https://github.com/aruba
- url: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/aruba-networking.html
  name: HPE Aruba Networking
  type: Portal
- url: https://www.hpe.com
  name: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  type: Portal
- url: https://community.arubanetworks.com/
  name: Airheads Community
  type: Forums
- url: https://www.arubanetworks.com/support-services/
  name: Aruba Support
  type: Support
- url: https://asp.arubanetworks.com/
  name: Aruba Support Portal
  type: Support
- url: https://www.arubanetworks.com/support-services/end-of-life/
  name: End of Life Policy
  type: Versioning
- url: https://www.arubanetworks.com/blog/
  name: Aruba Blog
  type: Blog
- url: https://www.arubanetworks.com/resource/
  name: Resource Library
  type: Documentation
- url: https://www.arubanetworks.com/about-us/security-bulletins/
  name: Security Bulletins
  type: Documentation
- url: https://www.arubanetworks.com/legal/privacy-statement/
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://www.arubanetworks.com/legal/terms-of-use/
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://www.arubanetworks.com/contact-us/
  type: Support
- url: https://www.arubanetworks.com/company/about-us/
  name: About Aruba
  type: Documentation
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hpe-aruba-networking/
  type: LinkedIn
- url: https://twitter.com/HPE_Networking
  type: Twitter
- url: https://www.youtube.com/@HPENetworking
  type: YouTube
- url: https://github.com/aruba/pycentral
  name: pycentral — Aruba Central Python SDK
  type: SDKs
- url: https://github.com/aruba/pyaoscx
  name: pyaoscx — AOS-CX Python SDK
  type: SDKs
- url: https://github.com/aruba/pyclearpass
  name: pyclearpass — ClearPass Python SDK
  type: SDKs
- url: https://github.com/aruba/pyedgeconnect
  name: pyedgeconnect — EdgeConnect / Orchestrator Python SDK
  type: SDKs
- url: https://github.com/aruba/pyafc
  name: pyafc — Fabric Composer Python SDK
  type: SDKs
- url: https://github.com/aruba/pyhpeuxi
  name: pyhpeuxi — UXI Python SDK
  type: SDKs
- url: https://github.com/aruba/pyhpesse
  name: pyhpesse — HPE SSE Python SDK
  type: SDKs
- url: https://github.com/aruba/pyarubaimc
  name: pyarubaimc — Aruba IMC Python SDK
  type: SDKs
- url: https://github.com/aruba/aoscxgo
  name: aoscxgo — AOS-CX Go SDK
  type: SDKs
- url: https://github.com/aruba/aruba-central-ansible-collection
  name: aruba-central-ansible-collection
  type: Tools
- url: https://github.com/aruba/aoscx-ansible-collection
  name: aoscx-ansible-collection
  type: Tools
- url: https://github.com/aruba/aos-switch-ansible-collection
  name: aos-switch-ansible-collection
  type: Tools
- url: https://github.com/aruba/hpeanfc-ansible-collection
  name: hpeanfc-ansible-collection — Fabric Composer
  type: Tools
- url: https://github.com/aruba/terraform-provider-aoscx
  name: terraform-provider-aoscx
  type: Tools
- url: https://github.com/aruba/central-python-workflows
  name: central-python-workflows
  type: CodeExamples
- url: https://github.com/aruba/central-automation-studio
  name: Central Automation Studio
  type: Tools
- url: https://github.com/aruba/nae-scripts
  name: AOS-CX Network Analytics Engine scripts
  type: CodeExamples
- url: https://github.com/aruba/aoscx-yang
  name: AOS-CX YANG models
  type: Schema
- url: https://github.com/aruba/clearpass-exchange-snippets
  name: ClearPass Exchange integration snippets
  type: CodeExamples
- url: https://github.com/aruba/clearpass-csv2api
  name: clearpass-csv2api CLI
  type: Tools
- url: https://github.com/aruba/sdwan-edgeconnect-performance-monitoring
  name: EdgeConnect performance monitoring scripts
  type: CodeExamples
- url: https://github.com/aruba/aoscx-ansible-workflows
  name: aoscx-ansible-workflows
  type: CodeExamples
- url: https://github.com/aruba/aoscx-ansible-dcn-workflows
  name: aoscx-ansible-dcn-workflows — Data Center
  type: CodeExamples
- url: https://github.com/aruba/central-integration-snippets
  name: central-integration-snippets
  type: CodeExamples
- url: https://github.com/aruba/central-large-public-venue-monitoring-dashboard
  name: Central large public-venue monitoring dashboard
  type: CodeExamples
- url: https://github.com/aruba/aruba-iotops-example-ble
  name: Aruba IoT Operations BLE example
  type: CodeExamples
- url: https://github.com/aruba/openlocate-ble-beacons
  name: OpenLocate BLE beacon specification
  type: Documentation
- type: Features
  data:
  - Aruba Central — single-pane-of-glass cloud network management for AP, switch, gateway, and SD-WAN fleets
  - AOS-CX — modern data-center / campus switch operating system with full on-box REST API and YANG models
  - AOS-Switch — classic Aruba (HPE ProCurve lineage) switching with REST and CLI automation paths
  - ClearPass Policy Manager — RADIUS / TACACS / 802.1X NAC with REST API and ClearPass Exchange ecosystem
  - EdgeConnect SD-WAN (Silver Peak) — Orchestrator and on-box APIs with business intent overlays
  - HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer — automated EVPN-VXLAN leaf-spine fabric provisioning
  - User Experience Insight (UXI) — synthetic sensor monitoring for Wi-Fi, wired, and SaaS application health
  - HPE Aruba Networking SSE — cloud SASE / ZTNA / SWG / CASB built on the Axis Security acquisition
  - Network Analytics Engine (NAE) — on-box Python analytics agents inside AOS-CX
  - Aruba IoT Operations — BLE/Zigbee/USB IoT gateway services on Aruba access points
  - Aruba User Experience Insight, AirWave, and Aruba Sensor portfolio
  - Aruba Central API Gateway with OAuth 2.0 and per-customer API tokens
  - Webhooks with HMAC-signed delivery for Central alerts and events
  - Streaming API for real-time monitoring, location, presence, and AppRF telemetry
  - Official Python SDKs — pycentral, pyaoscx, pyclearpass, pyedgeconnect, pyafc, pyhpeuxi, pyhpesse, pyarubaimc
  - Go SDK — aoscxgo
  - Ansible — aruba-central, aoscx, aos-switch, and hpeanfc collections
  - Terraform — terraform-provider-aoscx for declarative AOS-CX configuration
  - Central Automation Studio — graphical front-end for chaining Central API workflows
  - HPE Aruba Networking Developer Hub (devhub.arubanetworks.com) — public docs, code exchange, and tutorials
  - Airheads Community — large active forum across networking, security, and automation
  - Backed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise — public NYSE company, Fortune 500
  sources:
  - https://www.arubanetworks.com
  - https://devhub.arubanetworks.com/
  - https://github.com/aruba
  updated: '2026-05-25'
created: '2026-05-25T00:00:00.000Z'
modified: '2026-05-25'
position: Producing
description: HPE Aruba Networking is the networking business unit of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE HPE), born of Aruba
  Networks (founded 2002, acquired by HPE in 2015) and reinforced by the acquisitions of Silver Peak (SD-WAN, 2020), Axis
  Security (SSE, 2023), and Pensando (data processing units / smart switches, 2022). Its portfolio covers campus and branch
  Wi-Fi, AOS-CX and AOS-Switch data-center and campus switching, the Aruba Central cloud management plane, ClearPass network
  access control, EdgeConnect SD-WAN, the HPE Aruba Networking SSE cloud security service, the User Experience Insight synthetic-monitoring
  sensors, and the HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer data-center fabric controller. Aruba is one of the most API-first
  vendors in enterprise networking — its developer hub publishes REST, streaming, and webhook documentation; its GitHub org
  carries 50+ public repositories including Python SDKs (pycentral, pyaoscx, pyclearpass, pyedgeconnect, pyafc, pyhpeuxi,
  pyhpesse), a Go SDK (aoscxgo), Ansible collections, a Terraform provider, the Network Analytics Engine script library, and
  the YANG models that back AOS-CX.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
  X: apievangelist
  url: https://apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'

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