meraki_network – Manage networks in the Meraki cloud

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

  • Allows for creation, management, and visibility into networks within Meraki.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
auth_key
-
Authentication key provided by the dashboard. Required if environmental variable MERAKI_KEY is not set.
disable_my_meraki
boolean
added in 2.7
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
- Disables the local device status pages (U[my.meraki.com](my.meraki.com), U[ap.meraki.com](ap.meraki.com), U[switch.meraki.com](switch.meraki.com), U[wired.meraki.com](wired.meraki.com))
host
string
Default:
"api.meraki.com"
Hostname for Meraki dashboard
Only useful for internal Meraki developers
net_id
-
ID number of a network.
net_name
-
Name of a network.

aliases: name, network
org_id
-
ID of organization associated to a network.
org_name
-
Name of organization associated to a network.

aliases: organization
output_level
-
    Choices:
  • normal ←
  • debug
Set amount of debug output during module execution
state
-
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
  • query
Create or modify an organization.
tags
-
Comma delimited list of tags to assign to network.
timeout
integer
Default:
30
Time to timeout for HTTP requests.
timezone
-
Timezone associated to network.
type
-
    Choices:
  • appliance
  • combined
  • switch
  • wireless
Type of network device network manages.
Required when creating a network.

aliases: net_type
use_https
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, it will use HTTP. Otherwise it will use HTTPS.
Only useful for internal Meraki developers
use_proxy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether to validate HTTP certificates.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: List all networks associated to the YourOrg organization
  meraki_network:
    auth_key: abc12345
    state: query
    org_name: YourOrg
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: Query network named MyNet in the YourOrg organization
  meraki_network:
    auth_key: abc12345
    state: query
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: MyNet
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create network named MyNet in the YourOrg organization
  meraki_network:
    auth_key: abc12345
    state: present
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: MyNet
    type: switch
    timezone: America/Chicago
    tags: production, chicago
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
data
complex
 info
Information about the created or manipulated object.
  disableMyMerakiCom
boolean
 success
States whether my.meraki.com and other device portals should be disabled.

Sample:
True
  id
string
 success
Identification string of network.

Sample:
N_12345
  name
string
 success
Written name of network.

Sample:
YourNet
  organizationId
string
 success
Organization ID which owns the network.

Sample:
0987654321
  tags
string
 success
Space delimited tags assigned to network.

Sample:
production wireless
  timeZone
string
 success
Timezone where network resides.

Sample:
America/Chicago
  type
string
 success
Functional type of network.

Sample:
switch


Status

Authors

  • Kevin Breit (@kbreit)

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