Configuring an External Location Server for a Venue

Location services gives carriers, service providers, and enterprises the ability to deliver a wide range of location-based value-added services that can help increase profitability while enhancing the online experiences of the users.

Ruckus SPoT ™ Smart Positioning Technology is available in flexible deployment options: a virtualized on-premise instance or a cloud hosted service. A number of third-party location service provider partners are available.

Note: The licensing is separate for using Ruckus SPoT or any external third-party location server partner. Licensing is not included with the base Ruckus Cloud subscription.
Complete the following steps to configure the External location server of a venue.
  1. From the navigation pane, click Venues.
  2. In the Venue Settings section, at the lower-right corner of the page, set the Location Server button to ON.
    The Location Server dialog box is displayed.
    Location Server Dialog Box
  3. Click Add Server.
    The Add Location Server dialog box is displayed.
  4. Configure the location server:
    Add Location Server
    • Server Name: Enter the name of the server (up to 32 alphanumeric characters).
    • Server Address: Enter a valid IP address or URL (up to 252 characters).
    • Port: Enter the port number. The valid range is from 1 through 65535. The default value is 8883.
    • Password: Enter the password for the location server. The password must be a minimum of 8 characters and up to 63 characters in length.
      Note: The password is automatically generated in SPoT ™ when you create the venue configuration.
  5. Click Save to add the location server.
    Ruckus Cloud automatically generates the venue name, which should match the venue name in your SPoT ™ configuration.
  6. Select the server name to indicate the location server to run in the current venue and click OK.
    When you select a location server, you are prompted to copy the venue information to the location server configuration.
    Copying Location Server Information to the SPoT ™ Configuration
  7. (Optional) Click the Edit (pencil) icon to edit the location server information.
  8. (Optional) Click the Delete(trash can) icon to delete the location server configuration.
    When you attempt to delete a location server, a confirmation message is displayed.
    Delete Server Confirmation Message