Device Onboarding
PyCentral Workflow
This workflow allows users to onboard devices to the HPE Aruba Networking's Central application from Greenlake's device inventory & deploy them using a group and site using a Python script that utilizes the PyCentral library. This script automates the complete device onboarding workflow. This workflow is an enhanced version of the Device Provisioning workflow
Workflow Overview
![Device Onboarding Flowchart](https://files.readme.io/b2aef6e-image_5.png)
Device Onboarding Flowchart
Assign Devices to Central Application
The script assigns devices to the Central application from HPE Greenlake's device inventory.
Assign Central Subscriptions to Devices
Once devices are assigned to a Central Application, the script assigns Central subscriptions to the devices.
Group Creation
The script creates a group on Central. A group is the primary configuration element that functions as a container for device management, monitoring, and maintenance. The group that the script creates is a CLI-based configuration template group
Upload Configuration to group
After the group is created it has to be provided with configuration. The script uploads template files that hold CLI-based configuration. The script allows each device type(for eg. AP, AOS-CX Switch, etc.) to have one configuration file.
Move Device(s) to group
After the group is configured, devices can be moved into it. These devices will get the configuration as defined in the group.
Site Creation
While groups handle configuration, a site in Central refers to a physical location where a set of devices are installed. The script creates a site to indicate where the devices will be located.
Associate Device(s) to Site
After the site is created, the script then associates the devices to the site. This indicates to Central that the physical location of the devices.
Script's Input Files
As a user, you only need to input details in the following files before running the script
central_token.json
-> This file has the Central API Gateway Base URL & Access Token. These details are needed for the script to connect with Central via REST APIsworkflow_variables.json
-> This file has the following details relevant to the workflow-- Group - Details of the group like name, attributes, & configuration file paths.
- Site - Details of the site like name & address
- Device - Details of devices like serial numbers, mac address & central subscription type.
Sample Files
You can check out the sample files here - central_token.json & workflow_variables.json
You can find the complete script & installation instructions for this workflow here.
Please check out other Central workflows utilizing PyCentral in central-python-workflows GitHub repository.
Updated about 1 month ago