Updating Meraki guest SSID

[JCGreco]

Has anyone ever created a script to update the guest SSID MX 68? I have about 200 deployed right now and am looking to change the guest password for all the units simultaneously. 

[RaphaelL]

Hi , 

I have not , but it is simple enough if you have a minimum of knowledge of the Meraki API and Python ( or any scripting language ) 

You would have to use atleast this endpoint : https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/#!update-network-wireless-ssid to update the SSID. 

The logic could be like that : 

1- Loop through all networks

2- Get the Wireless SSIDs numbers

3- Get the Wireless SSID configuration of the desired SSID

4- Update with the correct SSID configuration of the desired SSID

Voilà !  Obviously you want to test your script before running it , unless you plan on explaining why the Wifi is no longer working 🙂 

EDIT:  Only for MR. Not working for MX. There are no endpoints available to my knowledge.

[ww]

Does that work for mx now? I thought at some point there was no working api for mx ssid anymore

[RaphaelL]

Good point. It doesnt. My eyes skipped the MX part of the OP

[RaphaelL]

At that point ( 200 MX ) I would try to use templates if possible

[JCGreco]

Where would i get the template from ? I have been searching all over

[Ryan_Miles · Accepted solution]

They're speaking about configuration templates which you create in dashboard and bind networks to them. https://documentation.meraki.com/Architectures_and_Best_Practices/Cisco_Meraki_Best_Practice_Design/...

[AxL1971]

I have written an application to to exactly this, change password for the Guest User Account across all networks.

[JCGreco]

can you share the code so i can look at it?

[AxL1971]

all the code does it loop thru all the networks calling an API call passing the network ID, Unique ID of the user and a json string with the new password

JSON Format to send over

{password : <password>}

APi Call

https://api.meraki.com/api/v1/networks/<network ID>/merakiAuthUsers/<User ID> 

Header of HTTP Call 

Content-Type,application/json

Accept,application/json

X-Cisco-Meraki-API-Key,<API Key>