cisco.meraki.meraki_network module – Manage networks in the Meraki cloud

Note

This module is part of the cisco.meraki collection (version 2.13.0).

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_network.

Synopsis

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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

auth_key

string / required

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

copy_from_network_id

string

New network inherits properties from this network ID.

Other provided parameters will override the copied configuration.

Type which must match this network’s type exactly.

enable_vlans

boolean

Boolean value specifying whether VLANs should be supported on a network.

Requires net_name or net_id to be specified.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

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

local_status_page_enabled

boolean

  • Enables the local device status pages (U[my.meraki.com](my.meraki.com), U[ap.meraki.com](ap.meraki.com), U[switch.meraki.com](switch.meraki.com), U[wired.meraki.com](wired.meraki.com)). - Only can be specified on its own or with remote_status_page_enabled.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

net_id

string

ID number of a network.

net_name

aliases: name, network

string

Name of a 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

remote_status_page_enabled

boolean

Enables access to the device status page (http://device%20LAN%20IP).

Can only be set if local_status_page_enabled: is set to yes.

Only can be specified on its own or with local_status_page_enabled.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

state

string

Create or modify an organization.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "query"

tags

list / elements=string

List of tags to assign to network.

tags name conflicts with the tags parameter in Ansible. Indentation problems may cause unexpected behaviors.

Ansible 2.8 converts this to a list from a comma separated list.

timeout

integer

Time to timeout for HTTP requests.

Default: 30

timezone

string

Timezone associated to network.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones for a list of valid timezones.

type

aliases: net_type

list / elements=string

Type of network device network manages.

Required when creating a network.

As of Ansible 2.8, combined type is no longer accepted.

As of Ansible 2.8, changes to this parameter are no longer idempotent.

Choices:

  • "appliance"

  • "switch"

  • "wireless"

  • "sensor"

  • "systemsManager"

  • "camera"

  • "cellularGateway"

use_https

boolean

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

Only useful for internal Meraki developers.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (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:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

validate_certs

boolean

Whether to validate HTTP certificates.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (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

- delegate_to: localhost
  block:
    - name: List all networks associated to the YourOrg organization
      meraki_network:
        auth_key: abc12345
        state: query
        org_name: YourOrg
    - name: Query network named MyNet in the YourOrg organization
      meraki_network:
        auth_key: abc12345
        state: query
        org_name: YourOrg
        net_name: MyNet
    - name: Create network named MyNet in the YourOrg organization
      meraki_network:
        auth_key: abc12345
        state: present
        org_name: YourOrg
        net_name: MyNet
        type: switch
        timezone: America/Chicago
        tags: production, chicago
    - name: Create combined network named MyNet in the YourOrg organization
      meraki_network:
        auth_key: abc12345
        state: present
        org_name: YourOrg
        net_name: MyNet
        type:
          - switch
          - appliance
        timezone: America/Chicago
        tags: production, chicago
    - name: Create new network based on an existing network
      meraki_network:
        auth_key: abc12345
        state: present
        org_name: YourOrg
        net_name: MyNet
        type:
          - switch
          - appliance
        copy_from_network_id: N_1234
    - name: Enable VLANs on a network
      meraki_network:
        auth_key: abc12345
        state: query
        org_name: YourOrg
        net_name: MyNet
        enable_vlans: yes
    - name: Modify local status page enabled state
      meraki_network:
        auth_key: abc12345
        state: query
        org_name: YourOrg
        net_name: MyNet
        local_status_page_enabled: yes

Return Values

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

Key

Description

data

complex

Information about the created or manipulated object.

Returned: info

id

string

Identification string of network.

Returned: success

Sample: "N_12345"

local_status_page_enabled

boolean

States whether my.meraki.com and other device portals should be enabled.

Returned: success

Sample: true

name

string

Written name of network.

Returned: success

Sample: "YourNet"

organization_id

string

Organization ID which owns the network.

Returned: success

Sample: "0987654321"

remote_status_page_enabled

boolean

Enables access to the device status page.

Returned: success

Sample: true

tags

list / elements=string

Space delimited tags assigned to network.

Returned: success

Sample: ["production"]

time_zone

string

Timezone where network resides.

Returned: success

Sample: "America/Chicago"

type

list / elements=string

Functional type of network.

Returned: success

Sample: ["switch"]

Authors

  • Kevin Breit (@kbreit)