cisco.meraki.meraki_mx_site_to_site_vpn module – Manage AutoVPN connections in Meraki

Note

This module is part of the cisco.meraki collection (version 2.18.3).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.meraki.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.meraki.meraki_mx_site_to_site_vpn.

New in cisco.meraki 1.1.0

DEPRECATED

Removed in:

version 3.0.0

Why:

Updated modules released with increased functionality

Alternative:

cisco.meraki.networks_appliance_vpn_site_to_site_vpn

Synopsis

• Allows for creation, management, and visibility into AutoVPNs implemented on Meraki MX firewalls.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
auth_key string / required	Authentication key provided by the dashboard. Required if environmental variable MERAKI_KEY is not set.
host string	Hostname for Meraki dashboard. Can be used to access regional Meraki environments, such as China. Default: "api.meraki.com"
hubs list / elements=dictionary	List of hubs to assign to a spoke.
hub_id string	Network ID of hub
use_default_route boolean	Indicates whether deafult troute traffic should be sent to this hub. Only valid in spoke mode. Choices: false true
internal_error_retry_time integer	Number of seconds to retry if server returns an internal server error. Default: 60
mode string	Set VPN mode for network Choices: "none" "hub" "spoke"
net_id string	ID of network which MX firewall is in.
net_name string	Name of network which MX firewall is in.
org_id string	ID of organization.
org_name aliases: organization string	Name of organization.
output_format string	Instructs module whether response keys should be snake case (ex. net_id) or camel case (ex. netId). Choices: "snakecase" ← (default) "camelcase"
output_level string	Set amount of debug output during module execution. Choices: "debug" "normal" ← (default)
rate_limit_retry_time integer	Number of seconds to retry if rate limiter is triggered. Default: 165
state string	Create or modify an organization. Choices: "present" ← (default) "query"
subnets list / elements=dictionary	List of subnets to advertise over VPN.
local_subnet string	CIDR formatted subnet.
use_vpn boolean	Whether to advertise over VPN. Choices: false true
timeout integer	Time to timeout for HTTP requests. Default: 30
use_https boolean	If no, it will use HTTP. Otherwise it will use HTTPS. Only useful for internal Meraki developers. Choices: false true ← (default)
use_proxy boolean	If no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts. Choices: false ← (default) true
validate_certs boolean	Whether to validate HTTP certificates. Choices: false true ← (default)

Notes

Note

• More information about the Meraki API can be found at https://dashboard.meraki.com/api_docs.

• Some of the options are likely only used for developers within Meraki.

• As of Ansible 2.9, Meraki modules output keys as snake case. To use camel case, set the ANSIBLE_MERAKI_FORMAT environment variable to camelcase.

• Ansible’s Meraki modules will stop supporting camel case output in Ansible 2.13. Please update your playbooks.

• Check Mode downloads the current configuration from the dashboard, then compares changes against this download. Check Mode will report changed if there are differences in the configurations, but does not submit changes to the API for validation of change.

Examples

- name: Set hub mode
  meraki_site_to_site_vpn:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: present
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: hub_network
    mode: hub
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: set_hub

- name: Set spoke mode
  meraki_site_to_site_vpn:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: present
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: spoke_network
    mode: spoke
    hubs:
      - hub_id: N_1234
        use_default_route: false
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: set_spoke

- name: Add subnet to hub for VPN. Hub is required.
  meraki_site_to_site_vpn:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: present
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: hub_network
    mode: hub
    hubs:
      - hub_id: N_1234
        use_default_route: false
    subnets:
      - local_subnet: 192.168.1.0/24
        use_vpn: true
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: set_hub

- name: Query rules for hub
  meraki_site_to_site_vpn:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: query
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: hub_network
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_all_hub

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
data complex	VPN settings. Returned: success
hubs complex	Hub networks to associate to. Returned: always
hub_id complex	ID of hub network. Returned: always Sample: "N_12345"
use_default_route boolean	Whether to send all default route traffic over VPN. Returned: always Sample: true
mode string	Mode assigned to network. Returned: always Sample: "spoke"
subnets complex	List of subnets to advertise over VPN. Returned: always
local_subnet string	CIDR formatted subnet. Returned: always Sample: "192.168.1.0/24"
use_vpn boolean	Whether subnet should use the VPN. Returned: always Sample: true

Status

• This module will be removed in version 3.0.0. [deprecated]

• For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

• Kevin Breit (@kbreit)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Repository (Sources)