Method 1: Perform Auto Discovery Of The Controller Using The Smartlicense Server; Configuring The Ap Registrar; Important Notes - Ruckus Wireless SmartZone 100 Getting Started Manual

Ensuring That APs Can Discover the Controller on the Network

Method 1: Perform Auto Discovery of the Controller Using the SmartLicense Server

Method 1: Perform Auto Discovery of the
Controller Using the SmartLicense Server
AP Registrar is a Ruckus-hosted cloud based software service (@ apregistrar.ruckuswireless.com) that provides customers a
simple, easy to use and completely secure "controller discovery" mechanism for securely adding and registering APs to be
managed by an appropriate controller.
The following are some of benefits of using the AP Registrar:
• APs are registered to the controllers using their serial numbers
• APs and controller mappings are fully controllable
• Customers can provision the AP Registrar via secure JSON APIs that are protected by a unique customer key

Configuring the AP Registrar

The AP Registrar can be programmed using RESTful JSON APIs. In order to provide security to access the AP Registrar, it is
important for you to obtain a certificate from Ruckus Networks.
Please follow these IMPORTANT steps to obtain a certificate and the API Guide from Ruckus Networks to access the AP Registrar.
1. Ensure that you have purchased on-going support for all your Ruckus equipment and products.
2. Ensure that you have a signed and fully executed NDA with Ruckus Networks. If you have not signed NDA, reach out to
Ruckus Networks APR support team.
3. Ensure that you have signed the AP Registrar T&C (Terms and Conditions) document. Reach out to Ruckus Networks APR
support team for the T&C document
4. Provide the domain name (FQDN - non wildcard) from where you will access the AP Registrar. This is needed to provide
correct access to the API. It is recommended to set up a specific FQDN (for example, apr.customerdomain.com) and set
the ARecord to the IP address from which they will need to access the AP Registrar.
5. Provide your GPG signed public key. This is needed to securely send a package back to you that contains their API key
and digital certificate.
6. Provide all these details to dl-apr-support@ruckuswireless.com.
Once you complete the above steps, you will receive a package that contains the API documentation, sample code, as well as a
client-side certificate that you can use to provision the AP Registrar using the APIs. Important Notes

Important notes

• To use AP Registrar API, you must pre-register an FQDN with Ruckus Networks and the company will provide an SSL
certificate, signed by a recognized certificate authority and bearing the FQDN in the certificate's subject common name
field.
• The certificate must be presented to the API server when making API requests. The API requester must be in possession
of the certificate's private key.
• The FQDN (without wildcard) in the certificate's subject common name field must match that mentioned in the API
user's user record.
• The DNS IP address of the FQDN must match the Internet routable IP address of the computer from which the API
request is generated.
• If any of the above three conditions are not met, the API request will fail with a 401 error.
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