AWS Cisco Meraki VMx

[nirmalkaria]

1. Can I ssh into AWS Cisco Meraki VMx Ec2 Instance ?  If yes then is there any default password to login ? I am directed to add a password for every login.

2. If not then how can access Command line for  AWS Cisco Meraki VMx Ec2 Instance ?

[DarrenOC]

hi @nirmalkaria - as far as i'm aware you can't ssh or command line any Meraki product line.

Are you getting mixed up with the Juniper vMX in AWS?

[nirmalkaria]

Hi @DarrenOC  Thank you for your reply so then only way would be to get the license key and create network and register my Vmx instance via Meraki dashboard and do you know how to get the  license key ?

[DarrenOC]

Hi @nirmalkaria , bingo, you’ve got it.  You can only manage these devices via the Meraki Dashboard.  The license you can buy from a Cisco reseller or somewhere like Insight online.

[nirmalkaria]

@DarrenOC - Thank you.

Also one question have you tried connecting Meraki Mx with a direct connect circuit to AWS.https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-vpc-connectivity-options/aws-direct-connect.html

   1. If so then can you share the BGP configuration ?

   2. Do we need Vlan interface ?

   3. Did you use the MX as Passthrough or VPN Concentrator to get the BGP peer ?

My thoughts

1. The first thing we did to do is set the MX in a One-Armed Concentrator mode.
       Click on the network where the MX is located and then

             Security & SD-WAN > Configure > Addressing & VLANs > Passtrough or VPN Concentrator mode

2. The next step is to enable the VPN configuration and choose for the hub mode.

           Security & SD-WAN > Configure > Hub

3. Enable the BGP Settings. Scroll down to the BGP Settings. Enable it and put the AS number for the auto-vpn domain.

4. Add the neighbor and the AS number of that neighbor and just click on save.

[DarrenOC]

Hi @nirmalkaria , from your comment on another post I believe you’ve discovered the answer.  Require a router/ISR for the cct termination and BGP peering 

[nirmalkaria]

@DarrenOC  Thank you for your reply.

1] Meraki Mx   -----  ISP Router ----- L1,L2 (Vlan) and L3 (BGP)  ---- AWS router 

So the above steps which I describe will work in above set up [1] right where everything will terminate on ISP router and then peering mechanism to exchange routes between Mx and ISP. ISP will be the owner here. BGP peer IP on Mx will be one AWS right ?

or would below set up would be possible Where L2 and L3 would be terminated on Mx.  

2] Meraki Mx   ---- L2(Vlan) and L3 (BGP) ----  ISP Router ---- L1 ---- AWS router 

1. By any chance do you have any Documents or example configs which explain the entire set up. ?