What you'll need
- Access to the Instant On app or web portal (app.instant-on.hpe.com) for the site
- A valid HTTPS certificate on your MyWiFi splash page domain from a trusted certificate authority (avoid wildcard certs here — they can conflict with how the AP intercepts the connection)
- Your MyWiFi RADIUS server IP and shared secret, if you're using RADIUS-backed login
- Heads up: Aruba Instant On has no provisioning API. Every site has to be configured by hand, one at a time, in the app — there's no way to push this configuration automatically across locations.
Steps
- In the Instant On app or web portal, open your site, go to Networks, select or create your guest network, and open the Guest Portal option.
- Set Portal type to External and enter your MyWiFi splash page URL in the Server URL field.
- Choose your auth method. For social login, SMS, or email-capture flows, choose RADIUS-backed authentication, enter MyWiFi's RADIUS server IP and shared secret, and enable Send RADIUS Accounting. For a simple click-to-accept/terms-only flow with no RADIUS, choose Acknowledgment type instead.
- Add MyWiFi's splash page domain and any social/OAuth login domains you use to the Allowed Destinations list (walled garden). This has to be done by hand for each site — there's no bulk or automated option.
- In the MyWiFi dashboard, go to Devices and click Add Device.
- Select the Location, name the device, and under Select Your Hardware choose Aruba Instant On.
- Enter your Aruba Instant On connection details as prompted and save.
Best practice: This is the one platform in this lineup with no automation — budget time to repeat steps 1–4 by hand for every site if you're rolling out to multiple locations. Also, watch your AP firmware updates: the certificate Instant On uses to intercept the login page changes with firmware version, and an update can silently break the login flow until you re-check the guest portal is still working.
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