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title: HPE Aruba Integration with Basking
description: "The following article explains how to set up the Basking Aruba integration. There are 2 general approaches, depending on your configuration: on-prem and cloud-based."
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# HPE Aruba Integration with Basking

## The following article explains how to set up the Basking Aruba integration. There are 2 general approaches, depending on your configuration: on-prem and cloud-based.

![Basking.io_Workplace-Occupancy_powered-by-HPE-Aruba](https://support.basking.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Basking.io_Workplace-Occupancy_powered-by-HPE-Aruba.png?width=688&height=117&name=Basking.io_Workplace-Occupancy_powered-by-HPE-Aruba.png)

### Requirements for the Integration

The following graph displays the general architecture of the integration between the HPE Aruba Wi-Fi Network and Basking:

![Basking.io-Architecture-HPE-Aruba--1024x622 (3)](https://support.basking.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Basking.io-Architecture-HPE-Aruba--1024x622%20(3).png?width=688&height=418&name=Basking.io-Architecture-HPE-Aruba--1024x622%20(3).png)   Basking.io Architecture diagram for HPE Aruba

 

[Basking.io HPE Aruba architecture](https://basking.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Basking.io-Architecture-HPE-Aruba-.pdf) overview in pdf.

| ### On-prem: (Airwave) + ALE | ### Cloud-based: Aruba Central |
| --- | --- |
|  | **Requirements:** Advanced licenses for Aruba Central are required for all APs that will be used with Basking. |
| **Technical Documentation HPE Aruba:** | **Technical Documentation HPE Aruba:** |
| - [HPE Aruba ALE API Guide](https://support.arubanetworks.com/Documentation/tabid/77/DMXModule/512/EntryId/30756/Default.aspx) - [HPE Aruba ALE User Guide](https://support.arubanetworks.com/Documentation/tabid/77/DMXModule/512/EntryId/30756/Default.aspx) - [HPE Aruba Data Sheet](https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/ds/DS_ALE.pdf) | - [Aruba Central Online Documentation](https://help.central.arubanetworks.com/latest/documentation/online_help/content/home.htm) - [Aruba Central Licenses](https://help.central.arubanetworks.com/latest/documentation/online_help/content/nms/subscriptions/overview-licensing.htm) - [Aruba Central Enabling the Streaming API](https://developer.arubanetworks.com/aruba-central/docs/streaming-api-getting-started#section-establish-wss-connection-and-subscribe-to-a-topic) |

Please note that Airwave is required for *floor* and *area-level* occupancy analytics.

ALE can work without it, but then the metrics will be limited to *office* and *portfolio* level.

### Steps for the Basking Aruba Integration with ALE

Setting up ALE from scratch typically takes between 2,5 and 10 hours for a large organization and a deployment up to 20 floors. For details on this time estimation, please see: [What is the required effort for installing HPE Aurba ALE?](https://support.basking.io/what-is-the-required-effort-for-installing-hp-aurba-ale?hsLang=en)

In order to configure the ALE instance to send the data to Basking, the following steps are required. See the HPE Aruba ALE User Guide for more details.

1. Adding a new Tunnel Client to ALE

- In ALE, navigate to **Configuration** > **Options** > **WebSocket Tunnel** in the WebUI
- Add the following like to **Local Endpoint**: **localhost:7779**
- Select the **Remote End-Points** table

![Pasted_Image_10_08_20__11_09-768x455](https://support.basking.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Pasted_Image_10_08_20__11_09-768x455.png?width=688&height=408&name=Pasted_Image_10_08_20__11_09-768x455.png)

- Click the **+ button** on the bottom left corner **Remote End-Points** table. A pop-up window to add a new end-point opens.
- Enter the Basking details:

- - - Name: **aruba.connect.basking.io**
          - Port: **443**
- Click **Apply**

 2.     Export metadata. Please send to basking via email the output of the following pages:

- **https://IP\_OF\_ALE/api/v1/floor**
- **https://IP\_OF\_ALE/api/v1/topology**
- **https://IP\_OF\_ALE/api/v1/access\_point**

3.     Send us the original floorplans used in ALE.

If the WebSocket connection does not work as expected, please check the [official HPE Aruba ALE troubleshooting guide](https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/AnalyticsLocationEngine/Content/ArubaFrameStyles/Deploy/Troubleshooting.htm).

Basking currently supports ALE 3.0 and 3.1. HPE Aruba has already ended support for ALE 2.x. 

### Steps for the Basking Aruba Central Integration

Setting up Aruba Central with Basking is simple. Please follow the steps:

1. Set up the floor plans in Aruba Central

![Basking.io-ArubaCentralFloorplans-2048x1145](https://support.basking.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Basking.io-ArubaCentralFloorplans-2048x1145.png?width=688&height=385&name=Basking.io-ArubaCentralFloorplans-2048x1145.png)

 2.     Set up the location data sharing to Basking

- - Under Global Settings, click the ‘Webhooks’ menu option
    - Click the Streaming tab.
    - Enable location and presence
    - Send us the Key and Endpoint

Once we receive the Key and Endpoint, we will be able to subscribe to the data from our side. Since Aruba Central is a cloud-based application, there is no other network or firewall configuration needed.

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