Creating a snapshot of Meraki network for backup & restore

[trendkill]

Hi All, 

I am trying create a backup of a network with the below API . I am getting a 404. API Key, org ID & net ID are correct. 

Is this the correct API. may you please suggest. 

import requests

# Define API endpoint and parameters

url = "https://api.meraki.com/api/v1/organizations/{org_id}/networks/{network_id}/snapshot"

headers = {

    "X-Cisco-Meraki-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",

    "Content-Type": "application/json"

}

# Send API request

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

# Check response

if response.status_code == 201:

    print("Backup created successfully.")

    # Access the backup URL from the response

    backup_url = response.json()["url"]

    print("Backup URL:", backup_url)

else:

    print("Failed to create backup. Status code:", response.status_code)

[Badr-eddine]

Hello,

I think this request doesn't exist in the Meraki API (https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-latest/). There's already a tool available for backing up and restoring networks, which can come to your rescue. You can find this tool on the DevNet Exchange Hub. Just follow this link: https://developer.cisco.com/codeexchange/github/repo/gve-sw/meraki-config-manager.

Please let me know if this suggestion resolves your issue!

[trendkill]

Thanks , checking it now. I may have to set up Flask in our environment, i was looking for an API or maybe using mutiple API's but its fine. I ll learn new stuff. Anyways if you find something else please let me know

[DanielWahlsten]

Yeah config manager is the way to do it 

[david_n_m_bond]

Hmmm... my area, this.

Meraki backup/restore is a complex thing... Until you've tested a restore for every scenario, the backup risks being worthless.

For smaller networks, please ensure that you have a full backup, from which you have tested a restore.

There are open source libraries that will help you do this.

For commercial scenarios, there are backup/restore options in the Meraki Marketplace, like this one:

https://apps.meraki.io/en-US/apps/394857/dna-assure

[webfrank]

Or you can go on with:

https://apps.meraki.io/en-US/apps/380883/v-app-%7C-cloud-network-backup

A fully managed backup/restore/version control solution. 

[david_n_m_bond]

Nice!  Are there any others out there or just these two?  Not everything will be in the Meraki Marketplace...

Larger Organizations should have something in place, as there's nothing built-in to Meraki Dashboard.