cisco.meraki.meraki_mx_vlan – Manage VLANs in the Meraki cloud

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.meraki collection (version 2.2.1).

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

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

Synopsis

• Create, edit, query, or delete VLANs in a Meraki environment.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
appliance_ip string			IP address of appliance. Address must be within subnet specified in subnet parameter.
auth_key string / required			Authentication key provided by the dashboard. Required if environmental variable MERAKI_KEY is not set.
dhcp_boot_filename string			Filename to boot from for DHCP boot
dhcp_boot_next_server string			DHCP boot option to direct boot clients to the server to load boot file from.
dhcp_boot_options_enabled boolean		Choices: no yes	Enable DHCP boot options
dhcp_handling string		Choices: Run a DHCP server Relay DHCP to another server Do not respond to DHCP requests none server relay	How to handle DHCP packets on network.
dhcp_lease_time string		Choices: 30 minutes 1 hour 4 hours 12 hours 1 day 1 week	DHCP lease timer setting
dhcp_options list / elements=dictionary			List of DHCP option values
	code integer		DHCP option number.
	type string	Choices: text ip hex integer	Type of value for DHCP option.
	value string		Value for DHCP option.
dhcp_relay_server_ips list / elements=string			IP addresses to forward DHCP packets to.
dns_nameservers string			Semi-colon delimited list of DNS IP addresses. Specify one of the following options for preprogrammed DNS entries opendns, google_dns, upstream_dns
fixed_ip_assignments list / elements=dictionary			Static IP address assignments to be distributed via DHCP by MAC address.
	ip string		IP address for fixed IP assignment binding.
	mac string		MAC address for fixed IP assignment binding.
	name string		Descriptive name of IP assignment binding.
host string		Default: "api.meraki.com"	Hostname for Meraki dashboard. Can be used to access regional Meraki environments, such as China.
internal_error_retry_time integer		Default: 60	Number of seconds to retry if server returns an internal server error.
name string			Name of VLAN. aliases: vlan_name
net_id string			ID of network which VLAN is in or should be in.
net_name string			Name of network which VLAN is in or should be in. aliases: network
org_id string			ID of organization.
org_name string			Name of organization. aliases: organization
output_format string		Choices: snakecase ← camelcase	Instructs module whether response keys should be snake case (ex. net_id) or camel case (ex. netId).
output_level string		Choices: debug normal ←	Set amount of debug output during module execution.
rate_limit_retry_time integer		Default: 165	Number of seconds to retry if rate limiter is triggered.
reserved_ip_range list / elements=dictionary			IP address ranges which should be reserve and not distributed via DHCP.
	comment string		Description of IP addresses reservation
	end string		Last IP address of reserved IP address range, inclusive.
	start string		First IP address of reserved IP address range, inclusive.
state string		Choices: absent present query ←	Specifies whether object should be queried, created/modified, or removed.
subnet string			CIDR notation of network subnet.
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.
vlan_id integer			ID number of VLAN. ID should be between 1-4096.
vpn_nat_subnet string			The translated VPN subnet if VPN and VPN subnet translation are enabled on the VLAN.

Notes

Note

• Meraki’s API will return an error if VLANs aren’t enabled on a network. VLANs are returned properly if VLANs are enabled on a network.

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

• Meraki’s API defaults to networks having VLAN support disabled and there is no way to enable VLANs support in the API. VLAN support must be enabled manually.

• 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: Query all VLANs in a network.
  meraki_vlan:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query information about a single VLAN by ID.
  meraki_vlan:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    vlan_id: 2
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a VLAN.
  meraki_vlan:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    state: present
    vlan_id: 2
    name: TestVLAN
    subnet: 192.0.1.0/24
    appliance_ip: 192.0.1.1
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Update a VLAN.
  meraki_vlan:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    state: present
    vlan_id: 2
    name: TestVLAN
    subnet: 192.0.1.0/24
    appliance_ip: 192.168.250.2
    fixed_ip_assignments:
      - mac: "13:37:de:ad:be:ef"
        ip: 192.168.250.10
        name: fixed_ip
    reserved_ip_range:
      - start: 192.168.250.10
        end: 192.168.250.20
        comment: reserved_range
    dns_nameservers: opendns
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Enable DHCP on VLAN with options
  meraki_vlan:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: present
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    vlan_id: 2
    name: TestVLAN
    subnet: 192.168.250.0/24
    appliance_ip: 192.168.250.2
    dhcp_handling: server
    dhcp_lease_time: 1 hour
    dhcp_boot_options_enabled: false
    dhcp_options:
      - code: 5
        type: ip
        value: 192.0.1.1
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete a VLAN.
  meraki_vlan:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    state: absent
    vlan_id: 2
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key				Returned	Description
response complex				success	Information about the organization which was created or modified
	appliance_ip string			success	IP address of Meraki appliance in the VLAN Sample: 192.0.1.1
	dhcp_boot_filename string			success	Filename for boot file. Sample: boot.txt
	dhcp_boot_next_server string			success	DHCP boot option to direct boot clients to the server to load the boot file from. Sample: 192.0.1.2
	dhcp_boot_options_enabled boolean			success	Whether DHCP boot options are enabled.
	dhcp_handling string			success	Status of DHCP server on VLAN. Sample: Run a DHCP server
	dhcp_lease_time string			success	DHCP lease time when server is active. Sample: 1 day
	dhcp_options complex			success	DHCP options.
		code integer		success	Code for DHCP option. Integer between 2 and 254. Sample: 43
		type string		success	Type for DHCP option. Choices are text, ip, hex, integer. Sample: text
		value string		success	Value for the DHCP option. Sample: 192.0.1.2
	dnsnamservers string			success	IP address or Meraki defined DNS servers which VLAN should use by default Sample: upstream_dns
	fixed_ip_assignments complex			success	List of MAC addresses which have IP addresses assigned.
		macaddress complex		success	MAC address which has IP address assigned to it. Key value is the actual MAC address.
			ip string	success	IP address which is assigned to the MAC address. Sample: 192.0.1.4
			name string	success	Descriptive name for binding. Sample: fixed_ip
	id integer			success	VLAN ID number. Sample: 2
	name string			success	Descriptive name of VLAN. Sample: TestVLAN
	networkId string			success	ID number of Meraki network which VLAN is associated to. Sample: N_12345
	reserved_ip_ranges complex			success	List of IP address ranges which are reserved for static assignment.
		comment string		success	Description for IP address reservation. Sample: reserved_range
		end string		success	Last IP address in reservation range. Sample: 192.0.1.10
		start string		success	First IP address in reservation range. Sample: 192.0.1.5
	subnet string			success	CIDR notation IP subnet of VLAN. Sample: 192.0.1.0/24

Authors

• Kevin Breit (@kbreit)