cisco.meraki.meraki_ms_stack – Modify switch stacking configuration in Meraki.

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_ms_stack.

New in version 1.3.0: of cisco.meraki

Synopsis

  • Allows for modification of Meraki MS switch stacks.

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

name

string

Name of stack.

net_id

string

ID of network which MX firewall is in.

net_name

string

Name of network which MX firewall is in.

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

serials

list / elements=string

List of switch serial numbers which should be included or removed from a stack.

stack_id

string

ID of stack which is to be modified or deleted.

state

string

Create or modify an organization.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • query

  • absent

timeout

integer

Time to timeout for HTTP requests.

Default: 30

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

  • Not all actions are idempotent. Specifically, creating a new stack will error if any switch is already in a stack.

  • 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: Create new stack
  meraki_switch_stack:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: present
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    name: Test stack
    serials:
    - "ABCD-1231-4579"
    - "ASDF-4321-0987"

- name: Add switch to stack
  meraki_switch_stack:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: present
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    stack_id: ABC12340987
    serials:
    - "ABCD-1231-4579"

- name: Remove switch from stack
  meraki_switch_stack:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: absent
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    stack_id: ABC12340987
    serials:
    - "ABCD-1231-4579"

- name: Query one stack
  meraki_switch_stack:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: query
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    stack_id: ABC12340987

Return Values

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

Key

Description

data

complex

VPN settings.

Returned: success

id

string

ID of switch stack.

Returned: always

Sample: 7636

name

string

Descriptive name of switch stack.

Returned: always

Sample: “MyStack”

serials

list / elements=string

List of serial numbers in switch stack.

Returned: always

Sample: [“QBZY-XWVU-TSRQ”, “QBAB-CDEF-GHIJ”]

Authors

  • Kevin Breit (@kbreit)