cisco.meraki.meraki_syslog – Manage syslog server settings 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_syslog.

Synopsis

• Allows for creation and management of Syslog servers within Meraki.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
auth_key string / required			Authentication key provided by the dashboard. Required if environmental variable MERAKI_KEY is not set.
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.
net_id string			ID number of a network.
net_name string			Name of a network. aliases: name, 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.
servers list / elements=dictionary			List of syslog server settings
	host string		IP address or hostname of Syslog server.
	port integer	Default: "514"	Port number Syslog server is listening on.
	roles list / elements=string	Choices: Wireless Event log Appliance event log Switch event log Air Marshal events Flows URLs IDS alerts Security events	List of applicable Syslog server roles.
state string		Choices: present ← query	Query or edit syslog servers To delete a syslog server, do not include server in list of servers
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

• Changes to existing syslog servers replaces existing configuration. If you need to add to an existing configuration set state to query to gather the existing configuration and then modify or add.

• 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 syslog configurations on network named MyNet in the YourOrg organization
  meraki_syslog:
    auth_key: abc12345
    status: query
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: MyNet
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add single syslog server with Appliance event log role
  meraki_syslog:
    auth_key: abc12345
    status: query
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: MyNet
    servers:
      - host: 192.0.1.2
        port: 514
        roles:
          - Appliance event log
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add multiple syslog servers
  meraki_syslog:
    auth_key: abc12345
    status: query
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: MyNet
    servers:
      - host: 192.0.1.2
        port: 514
        roles:
          - Appliance event log
      - host: 192.0.1.3
        port: 514
        roles:
          - Appliance event log
          - Flows
  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.
	servers complex		info	List of syslog servers.
		host string	success	Hostname or IP address of syslog server. Sample: 192.0.1.1
		port string	success	Port number for syslog communication. Sample: 443
		roles list / elements=string	success	List of roles assigned to syslog server. Sample: Wireless event log, URLs

Authors

• Kevin Breit (@kbreit)