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Jan 7 2025
Byron Zhao
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Jan 7 2025
6:52 PM
This API returns the uplink information on all MX in the organization, but it is including the dynamic IPs. With some filters, I think I can make it work. Thanks a lot!
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Jan 7 2025
2:06 PM
Hi, I am trying to retrieve MX uplink IP with the following API call. With static IP, it works fine. With dynamic IP, it only shows the assignmentMode as dynamic, but not able to display the dynamic IP. Are there any way to retrieve the uplink's dynamic IP address? {{baseUrl}}/devices/{{serial}}/appliance/uplinks/settings Thanks Byron
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Feb 28 2023
7:31 PM
When I cloned a network to a new MX via API, it copies the first part of the DDNS too. Even though each MX DDNS is unique, but I would like to make the first part of the DDNS more user friendly so that when I see it I know what branch it is. I was able to GET the DDNS hostname by following here (https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/#!get-device-management-interface), but the update (PUT) doesn't seem to support updating ddnsHostnames (https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/#!get-device-management-interface). Is there anyway to update the MX DDNS via API? Thanks
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Feb 28 2023
7:26 PM
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You will have to convert the existing firewall rule from your csv into json format and use the API's update PUT operation to apply the firewall rules. If you are not sure what fields are needed in the json file, you can find one by doing a GET to retrieve it from the MX.
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Apr 5 2022
6:36 AM
I think the firmwareUpgrades API works for me, and it displays the shortName that is matching on the dashboard. I am still not sure why the firmware data returns at the devices/{{serial}} doesn't return the same value. If it doesn't work well, I prefer it does not return the fimware value. Thanks for providing the workaround. Byron
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Apr 1 2022
2:38 PM
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Well, our branches are small with one MX and one MS. I will check out the API you suggested and report back. Thanks
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Apr 1 2022
2:36 PM
the devices I have issued with are mostly MX64w. I will have to do some cross checking on what firmwares are showing in the dashboard
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Apr 1 2022
1:27 PM
Hi, I am looking into calling the API to get a report of all of our Meraki device's firmware. Some of them's firmware version were returned correctly, while others return "Not running configured version". What does this message mean? In Meraki dashboard, I am able to look it up and it is showing what firmware it is running on. The API I am using is: https://api.meraki.com/api/v1/devices/{{serial}} Am I the only one who has this issue? Thanks Byron
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Sep 3 2021
2:36 PM
Thanks Inderdeep for the quick response. Very nice article. Looks like it does support scaling out. BZ
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Sep 3 2021
1:33 PM
Hi, We use MX64/67 in our branches, and they connect to our resources via AutoVPN to the vMX in Azure. Each branch has 2 ISP, configured as Active/Passive in the MX with AutoVPN. The vMX in Azure has a maximum number of VPN of 250. We are sure to surpass this maximum number of tunnels in the coming months. Now it is time to think about how I can scale it out. I am not able to find any documents on this scenario. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can design it? Thanks BZ
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Apr 5 2021
5:46 AM
I think PowerShell is one of the most powerful things in the Windows environment. I love using it. Since Python has the best support from the Meraki community, I think I will take the advice, at least to test it out in Python. Hopefully it won't take long to migrate my almost 1000 lines PowerShell script over. Thanks everyone here.
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Apr 3 2021
8:38 PM
@PhilipDAth Are you using /devices/{serial}/switchPorts in your scripts? Mine doesn't work anymore. I do believe Python has better support with Meraki API. I am working in a Windows shop, and PowerShell is more of a natural fit for other tasks. For many simple tasks like,reading a csv file, extract data from it, manipulate it, it is very straightforward. Of course, it could be just me not know the tricks in Python.
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Apr 3 2021
8:25 PM
@John_on_API , Thanks a lot for sharing all those reasons behind the versioning. It helps a lot. Just had a rough day after chasing those errors. The interactive document site looks very nice. I will kick some tires on it. I normally use Postman to test the API. Now I got a new tool to test it. One thing I am still not clear is: when should I be using v0, and v1? It is very confusing to me. An example is the switch ports configuration. I found that /devices/{serial}/switchPorts no longer works regardless it is v0 or v1 that I tested with. Finally, I changed it to v1 with /devices/{serial}/switch/ports and it works. Another one is if I use v1 on /organizations/$OrganisationID/networks to create a new network, it failed. If I changed it back to v0, it works. Unfortunately, PowerShell Invoke-RestMethod doesn't really return the error stream nicely to let me know why it failed with v1 except saying it is a 400 error. Anyway, the workaround I have is that I am using both v0 and v1 in my PowerShell script. It is just getting messy.
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Apr 2 2021
9:23 AM
I have been using Meraki API since v0 and it worked out great. I mainly use it in PowerShell for new branch deployments involving MX, and MS with different VLANS. I created this PowerShell script a while back and has let other members in my team to use it. Now that the API has been improving a lot, and adding more functions to it, which is great. In the same time, I also need to keep up with the new changes, since it is not backward compatible, which means my job a little more challenge to keep up. I love working with PowerShell, but I am not sure full time developer. Every now and then I need to revisit PowerShell and Meraki API page to keep up because my team keeps coming back to tell me it is not working. Now my question is how hard is it to keep the API backward compatible? Or is it just me who is struggling to keep up with the API updates? Thanks Byron
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Dec 11 2019
8:34 PM
The feature I wish to have is the ability to create multiple VPN hub groups. With that, I can have a group of hubs for our own datacenters, and have a different group for our partner's datacenters, so that we have a clearer separation.
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