Aruba New Central went Generally Available (GA) this week and it would be great if Aruba New Central was supported for monitoring. Especially since its a new API with new authentication URLs to access.
Do we know if SolarWinds has got anywhere with this?
The release notes for 2026.1RC don't appear to mention it at all, so I assume not?
I've not heard of anything yet.
Giving this an upvote!
@DGNetops @mmcdowell @glenp42
We have not did any formal validation against Aruba Central’s newest ESP platform. In theory, the integration is built entirely on Aruba Central’s supported REST APIs and OAuth framework, which remain unchanged in the ESP architecture.
Did you find it breaking in Aruba Central’s newest ESP platform ??
Aruba’s ESP platform primarily introduces stricter OAuth enforcement, regional API gateways, mandatory pagination, and enforced rate limits, but does not deprecate or replace the monitoring APIs used by SolarWinds.
SolarWinds already follows these cloud-native patterns (OAuth token refresh, pagination, configurable base URLs, and rate-limit-aware polling), aligning well with the ESP model.
What changed - Now (ESP / New Central) Strict OAuth 2.0 - SolarWinds is already compliant (OAuth + refresh flow).
What changed - All APIs now sit behind regional API gateways - SolarWinds stores Base URL in credentials (AccessTokenUrl).
AccessTokenUrl
What Changed - Versioned Monitoring APIs — Stabilized, Not Replaced
Key Aruba Central APIs used by SolarWinds include:
/oauth2/authorize/central/api
/oauth2/token
/monitoring/v2/aps
/monitoring/v1/clients/wireless
/monitoring/v2/bssids
/rapids/v1/rogue_aps
/monitoring/v1/switches
/monitoring/v1/switches/{serial}/ports
/monitoring/v1/switches/{serial}/vlan
/topology_external_api/{siteId}
Mre Details on API Polled
Observability's Aruba Central WAP API Poller makes use of the following requests to Aruba Central service:
API request
Purpose
1
/oauth2/authorize/central/api/login
login and Status Poller
2
obtain authorization code
3
acquire/refresh access token
4
Stat Collection poller (get APs and Wireless Interfaces)
5
Stat Collection poller (get Clients)
6
Stat Collection poller (get AP Rogues)
7
Stat Collection poller (get SSIDs)
8
/configuration/v2/groups
Add\Edit Node's “Get Groups”
Aruba Central Switch pollers makes use of the following requests along with auth requests mentioned above to Aruba Central service New from 2025.2 (Oxygen) release':
List Switches
/monitoring/v1/switches/${DeviceSerial}/ports
Get Device Switch Ports details
/monitoring/v3/aps/bandwidth_usage
Get the average bandwidth usage for access points over a time period.
/monitoring/v1/aps/${DeviceSerial}
Get AP details
/topology_external_api/${SiteId}
LLDP data which is required for topology calculation is polled
Get Port details
/monitoring/v1/switches/${DeviceSerial}/vlan
Get Vlan details
