Configure Aruba IoT Operations

Our step-by-step guide to configure Aruba AP & compute infrastructure with Pareto Anywhere.

Aruba IoT Operations configuration with Pareto Anywhere

The TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't Read)

Configure (AOS 10.x) APs as IoT infrastructure for reelyActive's open source middleware

What will this accomplish?
The APs will forward Bluetooth Low Energy and/or EnOcean Alliance packets to a Pareto Anywhere instance.
What's Pareto Anywhere?
Pareto Anywhere is open source IoT middleware that makes the data from just about anything usable.
AOS 10.x only?
APs running AOS 8.x are also compatible with Pareto Anywhere (see Alternatives below).

Alternatives

Tutorials to consider instead

Prerequisites

One or more HPE Aruba Networking access points.

  • Aruba Central
  • AOS 10.x

Create a Connector   Step 1 of 3

Instantiate an IoT Connector on the AP(s) or on an external server.

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Browse to IoT Operations Part 1

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Add an Aruba IoT Connector

Create the Connector Part 2

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Create an Aruba IoT Connector

Confirm operation Part 3

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Aruba IoT Connector deploying
Aruba IoT Connector deployed

Select the IoT Applications   Step 2 of 3

Choose IoT Applications to classify the devices of interest.

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Browse to IoT Applications Part 1

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Manage Aruba IoT Apps

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Aruba IoT Apps

Install an IoT App Part 2

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Install an Aruba IoT App

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Aruba IoT Apps status

Observe device classification Part 3

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Aruba IoT Operations devices table column selection

Create a Transport Profile   Step 3 of 3

Create an IoT Transport Profile.

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Browse to Transport Part 1

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Manage Aruba IoT Transports

Observing data in Pareto Anywhere requires no additional action if an instance based on the pareto-anywhere package is running, or, for quick-and-dirty validation, run barnowl-aruba as described below.

If a Pareto Anywhere installation based on the pareto-anywhere package is already present and running on the target computer on the host network, the data forwarded by the IoT Transport Profile should be available in both the web apps and APIs.

Add the corresponding certificate.pem and key.pem files to the /config folder of pareto-anywhere. Pareto Anywhere will automatically detect these files on boot and use HTTPS & WSS for secure operation, which is required by IoT Operations.

To quickly validate that data is correctly received on the target computer on the host network, it is possible to run barnowl-aruba standalone to initiate a WebSocket server on port 3001 using the /aruba/aos10 route as follows: 

git clone https://github.com/reelyactive/barnowl-aruba.git
npm install
npm start

If the access point is correctly configured, and at least one compatible Bluetooth Low Energy device is advertising in range, raddec data should appear in the console.

AOS 10 requires secure WebSockets (wss://): consult the barnowl-aruba documentation regarding the npm run secure option.

Enjoy the real-time data stream

Our cheatsheet details the raddec, dynamb and spatem JSON output from the open source IoT middleware.

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Tutorial prepared with ♥ by jeffyactive.

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