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meraki_config_template - Manage configuration templates in the Meraki cloud

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

  • Allows for management of SNMP settings for Meraki.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
auth_key
Authentication key provided by the dashboard. Required if environmental variable MERAKI_KEY is not set.
auto_bind
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Optional boolean indicating whether the network's switches should automatically bind to profiles of the same model.
This option only affects switch networks and switch templates.
Auto-bind is not valid unless the switch template has at least one profile and has at most one profile per switch model.
config_template
Name of the configuration template within an organization to manipulate.

aliases: name
host
string
 Default:
api.meraki.com
Hostname for Meraki dashboard
Only useful for internal Meraki developers
net_name
Name of the network to bind or unbind configuration template to.
org_id
ID of organization associated to a configuration template.
org_name
Name of organization containing the configuration template.

aliases: organization
output_level
    Choices:
  • normal ←
  • debug
Set amount of debug output during module execution
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • query ←
  • present
Specifies whether configuration template information should be queried, modified, or deleted.
timeout
int
 Default:
30
Time to timeout for HTTP requests.
use_https
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, it will use HTTP. Otherwise it will use HTTPS.
Only useful for internal Meraki developers
use_proxy
bool
    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
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether to validate HTTP certificates.

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.
  • Module is not idempotent as the Meraki API is limited in what information it provides about configuration templates.
  • Meraki’s API does not support creating new configuration templates.
  • 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 configuration templates
  meraki_config_template:
    auth_key: abc12345
    org_name: YourOrg
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
data
list
 info
Information about queried or updated object.


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

  • Kevin Breit (@kbreit)

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