Meraki Network VLAN Provision

Python script that creates networks, adds devices, and creates vlans in Meraki based on input from a .csv file

Requirements

Python 3.6+
Administrator access to Meraki Dashboard

To run

Data is read from meraki_config.csv. Columns are delimited with comma and devices are delimited with semi-colon. VLAN_subnet column allows you to dictate the IP address space the VLANs will be created in. Those VLANS will be created incrementally and reference back to the MX assigned to the network. NOTE to add vlans an MX MUST be assigned to the network. If the network does not include an MX device, set the Number_VLANS to 0 for that row. Once the meraki_config.csv file is complete and the virtual environment is created:

How to run the script:

Generate your Meraki API Key

Access the Meraki dashboard.
For access to the API, first enable the API for your organization under Organization > Settings > Dashboard API access.

3. After enabling the API, go to "my profile" on the upper right side of the dashboard to generate an API key. This API key will be associated with the Dashboard Administrator account which generates it, and will inherit the same permissions as that account. You can generate, revoke, and regenerate your API key on your profile.

**Always keep your API key safe as it provides authentication to all of your organizations with the API enabled. If your API key is shared, you can regenerate your API key at any time. This will revoke the existing API key.**

Storing the Meraki API Key as an environment variable

Once the API key is obtained, you'll need to store the Meraki dashboard API key as an environment variable:
export MERAKI_DASHBOARD_API_KEY = <YOUR MERAKI API KEY>

create a virtual environment:

python<version> -m venv merakivlan
source merakivlan/bin/activate

and install the Meraki SDK via pip install -r requirements.txt

To create networks

python meraki_network_vlan_provision.py -c

To delete all networks

python meraki_network_vlan_provision.py -d

Licensing info

This software is licensed to you under the terms of the Cisco Sample
Code License, Version 1.1 (the "License"). You may obtain a copy of the
License at

           https://developer.cisco.com/docs/licenses

All use of the material herein must be in accordance with the terms of
the License. All rights not expressly granted by the License are
reserved. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to separately in
writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
or implied.

Use Case

Deploying Meraki networks on the Meraki Dashboard can be a tedious task. This script allows an engineer to push new networks, devices, and VLANs in a matter of seconds. The base Python script is extendable to allow for any Meraki configuration to be easily added as necessary. Let's do it, the way you want to do it.

Business Summary

This is a simple python script that allows one to deploy any amount of Meraki networks, devices, and VLANs based on a simple .csv file

Related Sandbox

Meraki Enterprise