Automatic discovery of access point controller
Methods, systems, and devices for facilitating automatic discovery of a controller device by one or more access points of a network, thereby providing a more secure and easier deployment of the access points. For example, a method may include receiving an indication of an authorization grant by a networking device; requesting, by the networking device, an authorization token from a remote authorization service; obtaining, by the networking device and from the remote authorization service, the requested authorization token; and transmitting, by the networking device and to a device registrar, a request to register the networking device with the device registrar, where the request includes the authorization token.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving an indication of an authorization grant by a networking device;
requesting, by the networking device, an authorization token from a remote authorization service;
obtaining, by the networking device and from the remote authorization service, the authorization token that was requested; and
transmitting, by the networking device and to a device registrar, a request to register the networking device with the device registrar, wherein the request includes the authorization token.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the networking device is a first networking device, and wherein the request to register the first networking device with the device registrar includes a list of unique identifiers each associated with a respective second networking device.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first networking device is a network controller, and wherein each second networking device is a wireless access point networking device.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the list of unique identifiers comprises respective identifiers associated with respective access points.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the respective identifiers comprise a unique serial numbers of the respective access points or a MAC (Media Access Control) address of the respective access points.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request to register the networking device with the device registrar includes a networking address associated with the networking device.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the request to register the networking device with the device registrar includes a certificate authenticating the networking address associated with the networking device.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the request to register the networking device with the device registrar identifies a certificate authority that authenticates the certificate.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing, by the networking device, the authorization token, a network address and credentials, and a list of identifiers of access points to the device registrar.
10. A method, comprising:
receiving an indication of an authorization grant by a network controller;
requesting, by the networking controller, an authorization token from a remote authorization service;
obtaining, by the network controller and from the remote authorization service, the authorization token that was requested; and
transmitting, by the network controller and to a device registrar, a request to register the network controller with the device registrar, wherein the request includes the authorization token.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the request to register the network controller with the device registrar includes a list of unique identifiers each associated with a respective wireless access point.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the network controller, and wherein each second networking device is a wireless access point networking device.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the list of unique identifiers comprises respective identifiers associated with respective access points.
14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the request to register the network controller with the device registrar includes a networking address associated with the network controller.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the request to register the network controller with the device registrar includes a certificate authenticating the networking address associated with the network controller.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the request to register the network controller with the device registrar identifies a certificate authority that authenticates the certificate.
17. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
providing, by the network controller, the authorization token, a network address and credentials, and a list of identifiers of access points to the device registrar.
18. A method, comprising:
receiving an indication of an authorization grant by a networking device;
requesting, by the networking device, an authorization token from a remote authorization service;
obtaining, by the networking device and from the remote authorization service, the authorization token; and
transmitting, by the networking device, to a device registrar, a request to register the networking device with the device registrar, wherein the request includes the authorization token,
wherein the request to register the networking device with the device registrar includes a networking address associated with the networking device,
wherein the request to register the networking device with the device registrar includes a certificate authenticating the networking address associated with the networking device, and
wherein the networking device is a first networking device, and wherein the request to register the first networking device with the device registrar includes a list of unique identifiers each associated with a respective second networking device.