Bulk upload of network to organisation

[John-TDA]

Hi everyone,

is there a way of bulk uploading networks to my organisation on the Meraki dashboard?

I have 130 networks to configure.

thanks

John

[GIdenJoe]

What do you mean with bulk uploading?

If you mean you have a bunch of hardware that you want to automate into hundreds of small branch networks you can use templates and then bulk import those serials into the different networks.

If you want more customizability and have non templated networks then you will need to verse yourself in using the dashboard API with your programming/scripting language of choice.


So for the templates you can create a template for each network type and then have settings that will carry over to your bound networks with options to override some.  However in this case you will carve networks out of a supernet you choose but you don't have any control which network is reserved for which branch.  This can be annoying if you use multiple downstream VLANs and want clean ip blocks per site 😜

[alemabrahao]

Take a look at this.

The Bulk Network Creation Tool is available only if your organization has at least one configuration template created. Without a template, the option will not appear in the dashboard.

Using the Bulk Network Creation Tool - Cisco Meraki Documentation

[Blue_Bird]

Please go through the link: 

https://community.meraki.com/t5/Dashboard-Administration/Bulk-create-new-network-without-adding-devi...

Thanks

[DheerajJoshi]

The Bulk Network Creation Tool is designed for managing or deploying multiple networks. This tool streamlines the creation of networks at scale and becomes available once at least one configuration template exists in your Dashboard.

Accessing the Tool

You can find the tool by navigating to:
Dashboard > Organization > Configure > Bulk Network Creation

Configuration Options

When creating new networks in bulk, you can choose from the following configuration sources:

• Default
  Creates new networks using the initial default configuration in Dashboard.

• Copy settings from (network name)
  Uses the selected existing network as the template for configuration.

• Bind to template (template name)
  Binds new networks to an existing configuration template for centralized management.

CSV Import

You can upload a .csv file to create multiple networks at once. The CSV must include:

• Required:

  • Device serial number(s)

  • Network name(s)

• Optional (Recommended):

  • Additional configuration details (e.g., tags, time zone, notes)

A sample CSV file is available for download by clicking "Sample import file" in the Dashboard. This sample provides the correct format and required fields for successful import.