Bulk AP Naming from CSV or other source

The_Roo
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Bulk AP Naming from CSV or other source

I have a bunch of sites that I have configured manually, which is OK up to about 100 APs then the time and effort to configure each AP gets a bit excessive. I now have to build a site with 350 APs and I don't want to use my time doing that many APs manually.

Is there a way to use a CSV file or similar,to input things like AP name, address, tags, etc, etc.

Thanks

Roo

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Ryan_Miles
Meraki Employee
Meraki Employee

Perhaps give this option a look https://netprepare.com/blog/automate-meraki-device-renaming/

Ryan

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rhbirkelund
Kind of a big deal
Kind of a big deal

With a file named "name.csv", that contains the following,

name,serial
ap1,xxx
ap2,yyy
ap3,zzz

You can use the following

#! /usr/bin/env python3

import meraki
import csv

def main():
    dashboard = meraki.DashboardAPI(suppress_logging=True)

    with open("name.csv") as csvfile:
        ap = csv.DictReader(csvfile, delimiter=',')
        for row in ap:
            # print(row['name'],row['serial'])
            print("Updating:",row['serial'])
            response = dashboard.devices.updateDevice(
                row['serial'], 
                name=row['name'], 
            )
            if response['name'] is row['name']:
                print("Success!")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
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