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cisco.meraki.meraki_admin module – Manage administrators in the Meraki cloud

Note

This module is part of the cisco.meraki collection (version 2.8.0).

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_admin.

New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.meraki

Synopsis

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

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
auth_key string / required	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	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 the dashboard administrator. Required when creating a new administrator.
networks list / elements=dictionary	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.
network string	Network name for which administrator should have privileges assigned.
org_access aliases: orgAccess string	Privileges assigned to the administrator in the organization. Choices: full none read-only
org_id string	ID of organization.
org_name aliases: organization 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.
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 / required	Create or modify, or delete an organization If state is absent, name takes priority over email if both are specified. Choices: absent present query
tags list / elements=dictionary	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	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

• 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 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	Description
data complex	List of administrators. Returned: success
account_status string	Status of account. Returned: success Sample: “ok”
email string	Email address of administrator. Returned: success Sample: “your@email.com”
has_api_key boolean	Defines whether administrator has an API assigned to their account. Returned: success Sample: false
id string	Unique identification number of administrator. Returned: success Sample: 1234567890
last_active string	Date and time of time the administrator was active within Dashboard. Returned: success Sample: “2019-01-28 14:58:56 -0800”
name string	Given name of administrator. Returned: success Sample: “John Doe”
networks complex	List of networks administrator has access on. Returned: success
access string	Access level of administrator. Options are ‘full’, ‘read-only’, or ‘none’. Returned: when network permissions are set Sample: “read-only”
id string	The network ID. Returned: when network permissions are set Sample: “N_0123456789”
org_access string	The privilege of the dashboard administrator on the organization. Options are ‘full’, ‘read-only’, or ‘none’. Returned: success Sample: “full”
tags complex	Tags the administrator has access on. Returned: success
access string	Access level of administrator. Options are ‘full’, ‘read-only’, or ‘none’. Returned: when tag permissions are set Sample: “full”
tag string	Tag name. Returned: when tag permissions are set Sample: “production”
two_factor_auth_enabled boolean	Enabled state of two-factor authentication for administrator. Returned: success Sample: false

Authors

• Kevin Breit (@kbreit)

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