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.
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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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name: HPE Aruba Networking Central REST API
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- Configuration
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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.
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description: The Central Streaming API delivers real-time telemetry and event streams (location, presence, AppRF, audit,
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hub for consuming events at scale across customer tenants.
- aid: aruba-hpe:aruba-central-webhooks
name: HPE Aruba Networking Central Webhooks
tags:
- Networking
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- Event
- Alerts
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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
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- Routing
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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
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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
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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
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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
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- Networking
- Security
- SSE
- SASE
- Zero Trust
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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
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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.
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- Network Access Control
- Cloud Networking
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- Branch
- Edge
- SSE
- SASE
- HPE
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- SSE
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name: pyaoscx — AOS-CX Python SDK
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- url: https://github.com/aruba/pyclearpass
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- url: https://github.com/aruba/pyedgeconnect
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- 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
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name: aruba-central-ansible-collection
type: Tools
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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
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name: aoscx-ansible-workflows
type: CodeExamples
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name: aoscx-ansible-dcn-workflows — Data Center
type: CodeExamples
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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
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specificationVersion: '0.23'
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Yes. APIs.io lists 10 APIs from HPE Aruba Networking, including HPE Aruba Networking Central REST API, HPE Aruba Networking Central Streaming API and HPE Aruba Networking Central Webhooks, and 7 more.
Is the HPE Aruba Networking API ready for AI agents?
HPE Aruba Networking has a Kin Score of 20.7 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 1.3 (human-only), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.
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