meraki_device – Manage devices in the Meraki cloud

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis

Visibility into devices associated to a Meraki environment.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
address -		Postal address of device's location.
auth_key string		Authentication key provided by the dashboard. Required if environmental variable `MERAKI_KEY` is not set.
host string	Default: "api.meraki.com"	Hostname for Meraki dashboard. Can be used to access regional Meraki environments, such as China.
hostname -		Hostname of network device to search for. aliases: name
lat -		Latitude of device's geographic location. Use negative number for southern hemisphere. aliases: latitude
lldp_cdp_timespan -		Timespan, in seconds, used to query LLDP and CDP information. Must be less than 1 month.
lng -		Longitude of device's geographic location. Use negative number for western hemisphere. aliases: longitude
model -		Model of network device to search for.
move_map_marker boolean	Choices: no yes	Whether or not to set the latitude and longitude of a device based on the new address. Only applies when `lat` and `lng` are not specified.
net_id -		ID of a network.
net_name -		Name of a network. aliases: network
note - added in 2.8		Informational notes about a device. Limited to 255 characters.
org_id integer		ID of organization.
org_name string		Name of organization. If `clone` is specified, `org_name` is the name of the new organization. aliases: organization
output_level string	Choices: debug normal ←	Set amount of debug output during module execution.
serial -		Serial number of a device to query.
serial_lldp_cdp -		Serial number of device to query LLDP/CDP information from.
serial_uplink -		Serial number of device to query uplink information from.
state -	Choices: absent present query ←	Query an organization.
tags -		Space delimited list of tags to assign to device.
timeout integer	Default: 30	Time to timeout for HTTP requests.
use_https boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, it will use HTTP. Otherwise it will use HTTPS. Only useful for internal Meraki developers.
use_proxy boolean	Choices: no yes	If `no`, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Whether to validate HTTP certificates.

Notes

Note

This module does not support claiming of devices or licenses into a Meraki organization.
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.
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.

Examples

- name: Query all devices in an organization.
  meraki_device:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query all devices in a network.
  meraki_device:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query a device by serial number.
  meraki_device:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    serial: ABC-123
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Lookup uplink information about a device.
  meraki_device:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    serial_uplink: ABC-123
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Lookup LLDP and CDP information about devices connected to specified device.
  meraki_device:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    serial_lldp_cdp: ABC-123
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Lookup a device by hostname.
  meraki_device:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    hostname: main-switch
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query all devices of a specific model.
  meraki_device:
    auth_key: abc123
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    model: MR26
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Update information about a device.
  meraki_device:
    auth_key: abc123
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    state: present
    serial: '{{serial}}'
    name: mr26
    address: 1060 W. Addison St., Chicago, IL
    lat: 41.948038
    lng: -87.65568
    tags: recently-added
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Claim a device into a network.
  meraki_device:
    auth_key: abc123
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    serial: ABC-123
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove a device from a network.
  meraki_device:
    auth_key: abc123
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    serial: ABC-123
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
response dictionary	info	Data returned from Meraki dashboard.

Status

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

Kevin Breit (@kbreit)

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