cisco.meraki.meraki_mx_l7_firewall module – Manage MX appliance layer 7 firewalls in the Meraki cloud

Note

This module is part of the cisco.meraki collection (version 2.18.3).

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_mx_l7_firewall.

DEPRECATED

Removed in:

version 3.0.0

Why:

Updated modules released with increased functionality

Alternative:

cisco.meraki.networks_appliance_firewall_l7_firewall_rules

Synopsis

• Allows for creation, management, and visibility into layer 7 firewalls implemented on Meraki MX firewalls.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
auth_key string / required	Authentication key provided by the dashboard. Required if environmental variable MERAKI_KEY is not set.
categories boolean	When True, specifies that applications and application categories should be queried instead of firewall rules. 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
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
rules list / elements=dictionary	List of layer 7 firewall rules.
application dictionary	Application to filter.
id string	URI of application as defined by Meraki.
name string	Name of application to filter as defined by Meraki.
countries list / elements=string	List of countries to whitelist or blacklist. The countries follow the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 format.
host string	FQDN of host to filter.
ip_range string	CIDR notation range of IP addresses to apply rule to. Port can be appended to range with a ":".
policy string	Policy to apply if rule is hit. Choices: "deny" ← (default)
port string	TCP or UDP based port to filter.
type string	Type of policy to apply. Choices: "application" "application_category" "blocked_countries" "host" "ip_range" "port" "allowed_countries"
state string	Query or modify a firewall rule. Choices: "present" ← (default) "query"
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: 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

• Module assumes a complete list of firewall rules are passed as a parameter.

• If there is interest in this module allowing manipulation of a single firewall rule, please submit an issue against this module.

• 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 firewall rules
  meraki_mx_l7_firewall:
    auth_key: abc123
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query applications and application categories
  meraki_mx_l7_firewall:
    auth_key: abc123
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    categories: yes
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set firewall rules
  meraki_mx_l7_firewall:
    auth_key: abc123
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    state: present
    rules:
      - type: allowed_countries
        countries:
          - US
          - FR
      - type: blocked_countries
        countries:
          - CN
      - policy: deny
        type: port
        port: 8080
      - type: port
        port: 1234
      - type: host
        host: asdf.com
      - type: application
        application:
          id: meraki:layer7/application/205
      - type: application_category
        application:
          id: meraki:layer7/category/24
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Description
data complex	Firewall rules associated to network. Returned: success
application_categories list / elements=string	List of application categories and applications. Returned: success, when querying applications
applications list / elements=string	List of applications within a category. Returned: success
id string	URI of application. Returned: success Sample: "Gmail"
name string	Descriptive name of application. Returned: success Sample: "meraki:layer7/application/4"
id string	URI of application category. Returned: success Sample: "Email"
name string	Descriptive name of application category. Returned: success Sample: "layer7/category/1"
rules list / elements=string	Ordered list of firewall rules. Returned: success, when not querying applications
allowedCountries string	Countries to be allowed. Returned: success Sample: "CA"
applicationCategory list / elements=string	List of application categories within a category. Returned: success
id string	URI of application. Returned: success Sample: "Gmail"
name string	Descriptive name of application. Returned: success Sample: "meraki:layer7/application/4"
applications list / elements=string	List of applications within a category. Returned: success
id string	URI of application. Returned: success Sample: "Gmail"
name string	Descriptive name of application. Returned: success Sample: "meraki:layer7/application/4"
blockedCountries string	Countries to be blacklisted. Returned: success Sample: "RU"
ipRange string	Range of IP addresses in rule. Returned: success Sample: "1.1.1.0/23"
policy string	Action to apply when rule is hit. Returned: success Sample: "deny"
port string	Port number in rule. Returned: success Sample: "23"
type string	Type of rule category. Returned: success Sample: "applications"

Status

• This module will be removed in version 3.0.0. [deprecated]

• For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

• Kevin Breit (@kbreit)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Repository (Sources)