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Does the HiveManager expose client location information via api or via stream?

olmo — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 18:59:08 GMT

Hi,

one of our clients uses aerohive with the following configuration:

AP121
HiveOS 6.5r8
Hivemanager 8.2r1

We require client location analytics, similar to what the Aerohive Cloud Services platform offers. See https://developer.aerohive.com/docs/location-presence

My first question is: Does the Hivemanager 8.2r1 offers any way in extracting the client location informatioN?

If yes, where can I find the documentation for that specific task?

thanks.

Re: Does the HiveManager expose client location information via api or via stream?

samantha_lynn — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 21:43:04 GMT

You can enable client location tracking via the Maps in HiveManager Classic. This page will tell you how to do this: http://docs.aerohive.com/330000/docs/help/english/8.2r2/hm/full/Content/maps/map.htm?Highlight=Enable%20AP%20perimeter%20validation%20for%20location

I would start at "Use Heat maps for location" and read down from there, it will outline the steps needed to enable this feature.

Re: Does the HiveManager expose client location information via api or via stream?

olmo — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 21:36:20 GMT

Thanks Sam for your answer.

I now understand that the feature is available in HiveManager. However, I still don't understand how the data can be accessed from another application. Do you know if there is an API description for the Location information?

Re: Does the HiveManager expose client location information via api or via stream?

samantha_lynn — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:50:37 GMT

Unfortunately that isn't available for Classic any more. We used to support this in Classic, but that is no longer the case. You would need to migrate to HiveManager (formerly NG) to link to an API to collect location information.

Re: Does the HiveManager expose client location information via api or via stream?

olmo — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:03:04 GMT

Thanks for the answer.

Our client is using Hivemanager 8.2r1. Is this the one you mentioned?

>> You would need to migrate to HiveManager (formerly NG) to link to an API to collect location information.

If not, how can we understand what needs to be done to migrate? Does it involve licensing or configuration from the client side?

thanks.

Re: Does the HiveManager expose client location information via api or via stream?

samantha_lynn — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:24:58 GMT

HiveManager versions starting with 8.x are HiveManager Classic versions. To migrate to HiveManager (formerly NG), you would want to follow this guide: https://thehivecommunity.aerohive.com/s/article/HiveManager-Classic-to-HiveManager-Migration-Guide

If you are moving from online HiveManager Classic to online HiveManager, or from HiveManager Classic on premises to HiveManager on premises, there is no change in your licensing cost and you can move your current keys over to the new HiveManager and just renew them when you would have otherwise needed to renew them. Unfortunately there is no way to move configuration from Classic to HiveManager, so you or the end user would need to rebuild the configuration objects in HiveManager.

Re: Does the HiveManager expose client location information via api or via stream?

olmo — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:18:42 GMT

Thanks for clarifying the name of the different versions and the status of the location engine.