cisco.meraki.meraki_ms_l3_interface module – Manage routed interfaces on MS switches

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_ms_l3_interface.

Synopsis

  • Allows for creation, management, and visibility into routed interfaces on Meraki MS switches.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

auth_key

string / required

Authentication key provided by the dashboard. Required if environmental variable MERAKI_KEY is not set.

default_gateway

string

The next hop for any traffic that isn’t going to a directly connected subnet or over a static route.

This IP address must exist in a subnet with a routed interface.

host

string

Hostname for Meraki dashboard.

Can be used to access regional Meraki environments, such as China.

Default: “api.meraki.com”

interface_id

string

Uniqiue identification number for layer 3 interface.

interface_ip

string

The IP address this switch will use for layer 3 routing on this VLAN or subnet.

This cannot be the same as the switch’s management IP.

internal_error_retry_time

integer

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

Default: 60

multicast_routing

string

Enable multicast support if multicast routing between VLANs is required.

Choices:

  • disabled

  • enabled

  • IGMP snooping querier

name

string

A friendly name or description for the interface or VLAN.

org_id

string

ID of organization.

org_name

aliases: organization

string

Name of organization.

ospf_settings

dictionary

The OSPF routing settings of the interface.

area

string

The OSPF area to which this interface should belong.

Can be either ‘disabled’ or the identifier of an existing OSPF area.

cost

integer

The path cost for this interface.

is_passive_enabled

boolean

When enabled, OSPF will not run on the interface, but the subnet will still be advertised.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

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

serial

string

Serial number of MS switch hosting the layer 3 interface.

state

string

Create or modify an organization.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • query

  • absent

subnet

string

The network that this routed interface is on, in CIDR notation.

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)

vlan_id

integer

The VLAN this routed interface is on.

VLAN must be between 1 and 4094.

Notes

Note

  • Once a layer 3 interface is created, the API does not allow updating the interface and specifying default_gateway.

  • 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 l3 interfaces
  meraki_ms_l3_interface:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: query
    serial: aaa-bbb-ccc

- name: Query one l3 interface
  meraki_ms_l3_interface:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: query
    serial: aaa-bbb-ccc
    name: Test L3 interface

- name: Create l3 interface
  meraki_ms_l3_interface:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: present
    serial: aaa-bbb-ccc
    name: "Test L3 interface 2"
    subnet: "192.168.3.0/24"
    interface_ip: "192.168.3.2"
    multicast_routing: disabled
    vlan_id: 11
    ospf_settings:
      area: 0
      cost: 1
      is_passive_enabled: true

- name: Update l3 interface
  meraki_ms_l3_interface:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: present
    serial: aaa-bbb-ccc
    name: "Test L3 interface 2"
    subnet: "192.168.3.0/24"
    interface_ip: "192.168.3.2"
    multicast_routing: disabled
    vlan_id: 11
    ospf_settings:
      area: 0
      cost: 2
      is_passive_enabled: true

- name: Delete l3 interface
  meraki_ms_l3_interface:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: absent
    serial: aaa-bbb-ccc
    interface_id: abc123344566

Return Values

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

Key

Description

data

complex

Information about the layer 3 interfaces.

Returned: success

default_gateway

string

The next hop for any traffic that isn’t going to a directly connected subnet or over a static route.

Returned: success

Sample: “192.168.2.1”

interface_id

string

Uniqiue identification number for layer 3 interface.

Returned: success

Sample: 62487444811111120

interface_ip

string

The IP address this switch will use for layer 3 routing on this VLAN or subnet.

Returned: success

Sample: “192.168.2.2”

multicast_routing

string

Enable multicast support if multicast routing between VLANs is required.

Returned: success

Sample: “disabled”

name

string

A friendly name or description for the interface or VLAN.

Returned: success

Sample: “L3 interface”

ospf_settings

complex

The OSPF routing settings of the interface.

Returned: success

area

string

The OSPF area to which this interface should belong.

Returned: success

Sample: 0

cost

integer

The path cost for this interface.

Returned: success

Sample: 1

is_passive_enabled

boolean

When enabled, OSPF will not run on the interface, but the subnet will still be advertised.

Returned: success

Sample: true

subnet

string

The network that this routed interface is on, in CIDR notation.

Returned: success

Sample: “192.168.2.0/24”

vlan_id

integer

The VLAN this routed interface is on.

Returned: success

Sample: 10

Authors

  • Kevin Breit (@kbreit)