cisco.meraki.meraki_mr_settings – Manage general settings for Meraki wireless networks

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.meraki collection (version 2.5.0).

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_mr_settings.

Synopsis

  • Allows for configuration of general settings in Meraki MR wireless networks.

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”

internal_error_retry_time

integer

Number of seconds to retry if server returns an internal server error.

Default: 60

ipv6_bridge_enabled

boolean

Toggle for enabling or disabling IPv6 bridging in a network.

If enabled, SSIDs must also be configured to use bridge mode.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

led_lights_on

boolean

Toggle for enabling or disabling LED lights on all APs in the network.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

location_analytics_enabled

boolean

Toggle for enabling or disabling location analytics for your network.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

meshing_enabled

boolean

Toggle for enabling or disabling meshing in a network.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

net_id

string

ID of network.

net_name

string

Name of network.

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

Query or edit wireless settings.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • query

timeout

integer

Time to timeout for HTTP requests.

Default: 30

upgrade_strategy

string

The upgrade strategy to apply to the network.

Requires firmware version MR 26.8 or higher.

Choices:

  • minimize_upgrade_time

  • minimize_client_downtime

use_https

boolean

If no, it will use HTTP. Otherwise it will use HTTPS.

Only useful for internal Meraki developers.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (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:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

validate_certs

boolean

Whether to validate HTTP certificates.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (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: Query all settings
  meraki_mr_settings:
    auth_key: abc123
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: Configure settings
  meraki_mr_settings:
    auth_key: abc123
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    state: present
    upgrade_strategy: minimize_upgrade_time
    ipv6_bridge_enabled: false
    led_lights_on: true
    location_analytics_enabled: true
    meshing_enabled: true
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key

Description

data

complex

List of wireless settings.

Returned: success

ipv6_bridge_enabled

boolean

Toggle for enabling or disabling IPv6 bridging in a network.

If enabled, SSIDs must also be configured to use bridge mode.

Returned: success

Sample: true

led_lights_on

boolean

Toggle for enabling or disabling LED lights on all APs in the network.

Returned: success

Sample: true

location_analytics_enabled

boolean

Toggle for enabling or disabling location analytics for your network.

Returned: success

Sample: true

meshing_enabled

boolean

Toggle for enabling or disabling meshing in a network.

Returned: success

Sample: true

upgrade_strategy

string

The upgrade strategy to apply to the network.

Requires firmware version MR 26.8 or higher.

Returned: success

Sample: “minimize_upgrade_time”

Authors

  • Kevin Breit (@kbreit)