cisco.meraki.meraki_mx_l3_firewall module – Manage MX appliance layer 3 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_l3_firewall.

DEPRECATED

Removed in:

version 3.0.0

Why:

Updated modules released with increased functionality

Alternative:

cisco.meraki.networks_appliance_firewall_l3_firewall_rules

Synopsis

• Allows for creation, management, and visibility into layer 3 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.
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 firewall rules.
comment string	Optional comment to describe the firewall rule.
dest_cidr string	Comma separated list of CIDR notation destination networks. Any must be capitalized.
dest_port string	Comma separated list of destination port numbers to match against. Any must be capitalized.
policy string	Policy to apply if rule is hit. Choices: "allow" "deny"
protocol string	Protocol to match against. Choices: "any" "icmp" "tcp" "udp"
src_cidr string	Comma separated list of CIDR notation source networks. Any must be capitalized.
src_port string	Comma separated list of source port numbers to match against. Any must be capitalized.
syslog_enabled boolean	Whether to log hints against the firewall rule. Only applicable if a syslog server is specified against the network. Choices: false ← (default) true
state string	Create or modify an organization. Choices: "present" ← (default) "query"
syslog_default_rule boolean	Whether to log hits against the default firewall rule. Only applicable if a syslog server is specified against the network. This is not shown in response from Meraki. Instead, refer to the syslog_enabled value in the default rule. Choices: false true
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_l3_firewall:
    auth_key: abc123
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set two firewall rules
  meraki_mx_l3_firewall:
    auth_key: abc123
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    state: present
    rules:
      - comment: Block traffic to server
        src_cidr: 192.0.1.0/24
        src_port: any
        dest_cidr: 192.0.2.2/32
        dest_port: any
        protocol: any
        policy: deny
      - comment: Allow traffic to group of servers
        src_cidr: 192.0.1.0/24
        src_port: any
        dest_cidr: 192.0.2.0/24
        dest_port: any
        protocol: any
        policy: allow
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set one firewall rule and enable logging of the default rule
  meraki_mx_l3_firewall:
    auth_key: abc123
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    state: present
    rules:
      - comment: Block traffic to server
        src_cidr: 192.0.1.0/24
        src_port: any
        dest_cidr: 192.0.2.2/32
        dest_port: any
        protocol: any
        policy: deny
    syslog_default_rule: yes
  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
rules complex	List of firewall rules. Returned: success
comment string	Comment to describe the firewall rule. Returned: always Sample: "Block traffic to server"
dest_cidr string	Comma separated list of CIDR notation destination networks. Returned: always Sample: "192.0.1.1/32,192.0.1.2/32"
dest_port string	Comma separated list of destination ports. Returned: always Sample: "80,443"
policy string	Action to take when rule is matched. Returned: always
protocol string	Network protocol for which to match against. Returned: always Sample: "tcp"
src_cidr string	Comma separated list of CIDR notation source networks. Returned: always Sample: "192.0.1.1/32,192.0.1.2/32"
src_port string	Comma separated list of source ports. Returned: always Sample: "80,443"
syslog_enabled boolean	Whether to log to syslog when rule is matched. Returned: always Sample: true

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)