meraki_admin – Manage administrators in the Meraki cloud

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

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

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
auth_key
string
Authentication key provided by the dashboard. Required if environmental variable MERAKI_KEY is not set.
email
string
Email address for the dashboard administrator.
Email cannot be updated.
Required when creating or editing an administrator.
host
string
Default:
"api.meraki.com"
Hostname for Meraki dashboard.
Can be used to access regional Meraki environments, such as China.
name
string
Name of the dashboard administrator.
Required when creating a new administrator.
networks
-
List of networks the administrator has privileges on.
When creating a new administrator, org_name, network, or tags must be specified.
access
string
The privilege of the dashboard administrator on the network.
Valid options are full, read-only, or none.
id
string
Network ID for which administrator should have privileges assigned.
org_access
string
    Choices:
  • full
  • none
  • read-only
Privileges assigned to the administrator in the organization.

aliases: orgAccess
org_id
string
ID of organization.
org_name
string
Name of organization.
Used when name should refer to another object.
When creating a new administrator, org_name, network, or tags must be specified.

aliases: organization
output_level
string
    Choices:
  • debug
  • normal ←
Set amount of debug output during module execution.
state
string / required
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present
  • query
Create or modify, or delete an organization
If state is absent, name takes priority over email if both are specified.
tags
-
Tags the administrator has privileges on.
When creating a new administrator, org_name, network, or tags must be specified.
If none is specified, network or tags must be specified.
access
string
The privilege of the dashboard administrator for the tag.
tag
string
Object tag which privileges should be assigned.
timeout
integer
Default:
30
Time to timeout for HTTP requests.
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: Query information about all administrators associated to the organization
  meraki_admin:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query information about a single administrator by name
  meraki_admin:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_id: 12345
    state: query
    name: Jane Doe

- name: Query information about a single administrator by email
  meraki_admin:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    state: query
    email: [email protected]

- name: Create new administrator with organization access
  meraki_admin:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    state: present
    name: Jane Doe
    org_access: read-only
    email: [email protected]

- name: Create new administrator with organization access
  meraki_admin:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    state: present
    name: Jane Doe
    org_access: read-only
    email: [email protected]

- name: Create a new administrator with organization access
  meraki_admin:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    state: present
    name: Jane Doe
    org_access: read-only
    email: [email protected]

- name: Revoke access to an organization for an administrator
  meraki_admin:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    state: absent
    email: [email protected]

- name: Create a new administrator with full access to two tags
  meraki_admin:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    state: present
    name: Jane Doe
    orgAccess: read-only
    email: [email protected]
    tags:
        - tag: tenant
          access: full
        - tag: corporate
          access: read-only

- name: Create a new administrator with full access to a network
  meraki_admin:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    state: present
    name: Jane Doe
    orgAccess: read-only
    email: [email protected]
    networks:
        - id: N_12345
          access: full

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
data
complex
 success
List of administrators.
  accountStatus
string
 success
Status of account.

Sample:
ok
  email
string
 success
Email address of administrator.

Sample:
  hasApiKey
boolean
 success
Defines whether administrator has an API assigned to their account.
  id
string
 success
Unique identification number of administrator.

Sample:
1234567890
  lastActive
string
 success
Date and time of time the administrator was active within Dashboard.

Sample:
2019-01-28 14:58:56 -0800
  name
string
 success
Given name of administrator.

Sample:
John Doe
  networks
complex
 success
List of networks administrator has access on.
    access
string
 when network permissions are set
Access level of administrator. Options are 'full', 'read-only', or 'none'.

Sample:
read-only
    id
string
 when network permissions are set
The network ID.

Sample:
N_0123456789
  orgAccess
string
 success
The privilege of the dashboard administrator on the organization. Options are 'full', 'read-only', or 'none'.

Sample:
full
  tags
complex
 success
Tags the administrator has access on.
    access
string
 when tag permissions are set
Access level of administrator. Options are 'full', 'read-only', or 'none'.

Sample:
full
    tag
string
 when tag permissions are set
Tag name.

Sample:
production
  twoFactorAuthEnabled
boolean
 success
Enabled state of two-factor authentication for administrator.


Status

Authors

  • Kevin Breit (@kbreit)

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