Generating User Data in HPE Aruba Networking Central

To allow HPE Aruba Networking Central to manage a Virtual Gateway that is deployed manually generate the device identity for the instance in the HPE Aruba Networking Central.

To generate device identity for the Virtual Gateway:

In the WebUI, set the filter to Global.
Under Manage, click Network Services > Virtual Gateways, and then click the Config icon.
The configuration page appears.
Click Manual.
On the Manual page, select the Virtual Gateway model.
Click Create Device Identity.
Click Yes. The download link appears to download the user data.
Click Yes. The newly created VGW appears with the following fields:

Serial #—Serial number of the Virtual Gateway.
MAC—MAC Media Access Control. A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on a network. address of the Virtual Gateway.
Model Number—Model number of the Virtual Gateway.
Device Identity—Device identity of the Virtual Gateway.
Status—Status is User Generated for the created device identity of the Virtual Gateway.

Click the three vertical dots icon next to the Status > Account Options.
Click Download txt or copy the user data. The user data includes the following information:

HPE Aruba Networking Central URL Uniform Resource Locator. URL is a global address used for locating web resources on the Internet..
Serial number.
User name and password for the Virtual Gateway. Virtual Gateways use these credentials to connect to the Activate and EST servers for EST enrollment.
MAC Address of Virtual Gateway.
Part number of the Virtual Gateway instance.
Deployment mode.
Network interfaces configured on a Virtual Gateway.
Activate URL.

Uploading User Data to Azure Cloud Shell

Log in to the Azure Portal.
Click the Cloud Shell button. The Azure Cloud Shell opens.
Click Upload/Download files icon to upload user data file downloaded from HPE Aruba Networking Central.

After successful upload, you can find the user data file in the home directory.