: Set up IoT Security and XSOAR for Aruba Central Integration
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Set up IoT Security and XSOAR for Aruba Central Integration

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Set up
IoT Security
and XSOAR for Aruba Central Integration

Set up
IoT Security
and
Cortex XSOAR
to integrate with Aruba Central.
You must also configure
Cortex XSOAR
with an Aruba Central integration instance and a job to import device data from the Aruba Central server. You can set the job to run at regular intervals or on demand. The configuration requires the following information from the Aruba Central:
  • Domain URL for a cloud-hosted Aruba Central instance, or an FQDN for an on-premises Aruba Central server
  • Username and password of the read/write user account that XSOAR uses when logging in to the Aruba Central API and obtaining a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) token. This is the first of three steps to generate an access token and is part of the Open Authorization 2.0 (OAuth2) mechanism.
  • Customer ID, which is used with the CSRF token to get an authorization code. This is the second step.
  • Client ID and client secret, which in combination with the authorization code, XSOAR uses to acquire an access token. This is the third and final step.
To set up
IoT Security
to integrate through a cloud-hosted
Cortex XSOAR
instance with an on-premises Aruba Central server, you must also add a
Cortex XSOAR
engine to your network.

Cortex XSOAR
Engine Installation

An on-premises XSOAR engine facilitates communications between the
Cortex XSOAR
cloud and Aruba Central server. Although it's possible to install an XSOAR engine on machines running Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems, only an engine on a Linux machine supports
IoT Security
integrations. For more information about operating system and hardware requirements, see the Cortex Administrator’s Guide.
We recommend downloading the XSOAR engine using the shell installer script and installing it on a Linux machine. This simplifies the deployment by automatically installing all required dependencies and also enables remote engine upgrades.
When placing the XSOAR engine on your network, make sure it can form SSH connections to your Aruba Central server. By default, SSH uses TCP port 22.
Also make sure that the perimeter firewall allows the XSOAR engine to form HTTPS connections on TCP port 443 to the Cortex cloud at https://<your-domain>.iot.demisto.live/. You can see the URL of your XSOAR instance when you log in to the
IoT Security
portal and click
Integrations
Launch
Cortex XSOAR
. It’s visible in the address bar of the web page displaying the XSOAR interface.
To create an XSOAR engine, access the
Cortex XSOAR
interface (from the
IoT Security
portal, click
Integrations
Launch
Cortex XSOAR
). Click
Settings
Engines
+ Create New Engine
. Choose
Shell
as the type.
For installation instructions, see Install .
For help troubleshooting
Cortex XSOAR
engines, including installations, upgrades, connectivity, and permissions, see Troubleshoot and Troubleshoot Integrations Running on Engines.

Configure
IoT Security
and
Cortex XSOAR

  1. Log in to
    IoT Security
    and from there access Aruba Central settings in
    Cortex XSOAR
    .
    1. Log in to
      IoT Security
      and then click
      Integrations
      .
    2. IoT Security
      uses
      Cortex XSOAR
      to integrate with Aruba Central, and the settings you must configure to integrate with it are in the XSOAR interface. To access these settings, click
      Launch
      Cortex XSOAR
      .
      The
      Cortex XSOAR
      interface opens in a new browser window.
    3. Click
      Settings
      in the left navigation menu, search for
      aruba central
      to locate it among other instances.
  2. Configure the Aruba Central integration instance.
    1. Click
      Add instance
      to open the settings panel.
    2. Enter the following settings:
      Name
      : Use the default name of the instance or enter a new one.
      Remember the instance name because you are going to use it again when creating a job that
      Cortex XSOAR
      will run to gather device data from the Aruba Central instance specified in this integration instance.
      Domain URL
      : Enter the domain URL of a cloud-hosted Aruba Central instance or the FQDN of an on-premises Aruba Central server.
      Customer ID
      : Copy and paste the customer ID that you copied from the Aruba Central UI and pasted and saved in a text file.
      Client ID
      : Copy and paste the client ID that you copied and saved from the Aruba Central UI.
      Client Secret
      : Copy and paste the customer ID that you copied and saved from the Aruba Central UI.
      Username
      : Type the name of the read-only user account that you previously created for the XSOAR engine to use when connecting to the Aruba Central API.
      Password
      : Type the password associated with the user account.
      Use single engine
      : When using a cloud-based XSOAR instance and an on-premises Aruba Central server, choose the XSOAR engine that you want to communicate with the Aruba Central server.
    3. When finished, click
      Test
      .
      If the test is successful, a Success message appears. If not, check that the settings were entered correctly and then test the configuration again.
    4. After the test succeeds, click
      Done
      to save your changes, close the settings panel, and activate the instance.
  3. Create a job for XSOAR to query Aruba Central for device details and import them to
    IoT Security
    .
    IoT Security
    updates devices that are in its database and whose MAC address matches that returned by Aruba Central. If Aruba Central returns device information for a MAC address that’s not in the
    IoT Security
    database, then
    IoT Security
    creates a new entry and adds the imported MAC address to its database along with any associated device information about it.
    1. Copy the name of the instance you just created, click
      Jobs
      near the bottom of the left navigation menu and then click
      New Job
      at the top of the page.
    2. In the New Job panel that appears, enter the following and leave the other settings at their default values:
      Recurring
      : Select this if you want to periodically import device information from Aruba Central. Clear it if you want to import data on demand.
      Every
      : If you select
      Recurring
      , enter a number and set the interval value (Minutes, Hours, Days, or Weeks) and select the days on which to run the job. (If you don’t select specific days, then the job will run everyday by default.) This determines how often XSOAR queries Aruba Central for information about its devices. For example, every day at 2:00 AM.
      Name
      : Enter a name for the job.
      Playbook
      : Choose
      Import Aruba Central Device Data
      .
      Import Aruba Central wired client details to
      IoT Security
      : Select to import device information for both wired and wireless devices. Clear to import device information for wireless devices only.
      Integration Instance Name
      : Paste the instance name you copied a few moments ago.
    3. Click
      Create new job
      .
      The job appears in the Jobs list.
  4. Enable the job and run it.
    1. Check the Job Status for the job you created. If it’s Disabled, select its check box and then click
      Enable
      .
    2. After you enable it, keep the check box selected and click
      Run now
      . The Run Status changes from Idle to Running.
      If you selected
      Recurring
      , XSOAR queries Aruba Central for device information at the defined interval and forwards imported information to
      IoT Security
      .
      If you cleared
      Recurring
      , XSOAR immediately queries Aruba Central and forwards imported device information to
      IoT Security
      .
  5. If you created more integration instances for multiple on-premises Aruba Central servers, add more jobs as necessary.
    Each Aruba Central server requires a separate job.
    Run the job for each integration instance you create. The first time you run a job that references an integration instance, it triggers XSOAR to report the instance to
    IoT Security
    , which then displays the integration instance on the Integrations page.
  6. When done, return to the
    IoT Security
    portal and check the status of the Aruba Central integration.
    An integration instance can be in one of the following four states, which
    IoT Security
    displays in the Status column on the Integrations page:
    • Disabled
      means that either the integration was configured but intentionally disabled or it was never configured and a job that references it is enabled and running.
    • Error
      means that the integration was configured and enabled but is not functioning properly, possibly due to a configuration error or network condition.
    • Inactive
      means that the integration was configured and enabled but no job has run for at least the past 60 minutes.
    • Active
      means that the integration was configured and enabled and is functioning properly.
    When you see that its status is
    Active
    , the setup is complete.

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