cisco.meraki.meraki_syslog module – Manage syslog server settings in the Meraki cloud.

Note

This module is part of the cisco.meraki collection (version 2.15.1).

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_syslog.

Synopsis

• Allows for creation and management of Syslog servers within Meraki.

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
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
servers list / elements=dictionary	List of syslog server settings
host string	IP address or hostname of Syslog server.
port integer	Port number Syslog server is listening on. Default: 514
roles list / elements=string	List of applicable Syslog server roles. Choices can be one of Wireless Event log, Appliance event log, Switch event log, Air Marshal events, Flows, URLs, IDS alerts, Security events
state string	Query or edit syslog servers To delete a syslog server, do not include server in list of servers 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

• Changes to existing syslog servers replaces existing configuration. If you need to add to an existing configuration set state to query to gather the existing configuration and then modify or add.

• 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 syslog configurations on network named MyNet in the YourOrg organization
  meraki_syslog:
    auth_key: abc12345
    state: query
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: MyNet
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add single syslog server with Appliance event log role
  meraki_syslog:
    auth_key: abc12345
    state: present
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: MyNet
    servers:
      - host: 192.0.1.2
        port: 514
        roles:
          - Appliance event log
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add multiple syslog servers
  meraki_syslog:
    auth_key: abc12345
    state: present
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: MyNet
    servers:
      - host: 192.0.1.2
        port: 514
        roles:
          - Appliance event log
      - host: 192.0.1.3
        port: 514
        roles:
          - Appliance event log
          - Flows
  delegate_to: localhost

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
servers complex	List of syslog servers. Returned: info
host string	Hostname or IP address of syslog server. Returned: success Sample: "192.0.1.1"
port string	Port number for syslog communication. Returned: success Sample: "443"
roles list / elements=string	List of roles assigned to syslog server. Returned: success Sample: ["Wireless event log", " URLs"]

Authors

• Kevin Breit (@kbreit)

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