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meraki_admin - Manage administrators in the Meraki cloud
New in version 2.6.
Synopsis
- Allows for creation, management, and visibility into administrators within Meraki.
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| auth_key | 
        
        Authentication key provided by the dashboard. Required if environmental variable MERAKI_KEY is not set.
         | 
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| 
        
        Email address for the dashboard administrator.
        
       
        Email cannot be updated.
        
       
        Required when creating or editing an administrator.
         | 
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| host  
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "api.meraki.com"
         | 
      
        
        Hostname for Meraki dashboard
        
       
        Only useful for internal Meraki developers
         | 
     
| name | 
        
        Name of the dashboard administrator.
        
       
        Required when creating a new administrator.
         | 
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| networks | 
        
        List of networks the administrator has privileges on.
        
       
        When creating a new administrator,  org_name, network, or tags must be specified.
        | 
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| org_id | 
        
        ID of organization.
         | 
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| org_name | 
        
        Name of organization.
        
       
        Used when  
       name should refer to another object.
       
        When creating a new administrator,  
       org_name, network, or tags must be specified.
       aliases: organization  | 
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| orgAccess | 
       
  | 
      
        
        Privileges assigned to the administrator in the organization.
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| output_level | 
       
  | 
      
        
        Set amount of debug output during module execution
         | 
     
| state  
        required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Create or modify an organization
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| tags | 
        
        Tags the administrator has privileges on.
        
       
        When creating a new administrator,  
       org_name, network, or tags must be specified.
       
        If  none is specified, network or tags must be specified.
        | 
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| timeout  
        int
         | 
      Default: 
        30
         | 
      
        
        Time to timeout for HTTP requests.
         | 
     
| use_https  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  
       no, it will use HTTP. Otherwise it will use HTTPS.
       
        Only useful for internal Meraki developers
         | 
     
| use_proxy  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.
        | 
     
| validate_certs  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether to validate HTTP certificates.
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- More information about the Meraki API can be found at https://dashboard.meraki.com/api_docs.
 - Some of the options are likely only used for developers within Meraki
 
Examples
- name: Query information about all administrators associated to the organization
  meraki_admin:
    auth_key: abc12345
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: Query information about a single administrator by name
  meraki_admin:
    auth_key: abc12345
    state: query
    name: Jane Doe
- name: Query information about a single administrator by email
  meraki_admin:
    auth_key: abc12345
    state: query
    email: jane@doe.com
- name:  new administrator with organization access
  meraki_admin:
    auth_key: abc12345
    state: present
    name: Jane Doe
    orgAccess: read-only
    email: jane@doe.com
- name: Create a new administrator with organization access
  meraki_admin:
    auth_key: abc12345
    state: present
    name: Jane Doe
    orgAccess: read-only
    email: jane@doe.com
- name: Revoke access to an organization for an administrator
  meraki_admin:
    auth_key: abc12345
    state: absent
    email: jane@doe.com
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| data  
        complex
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of administrators.
          | 
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| email  
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Email address of administrator.
         Sample:
        
       
        your@email.com
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| id  
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Unique identification number of administrator.
         Sample:
        
       
        1234567890
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| name  
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Given name of administrator.
         Sample:
        
       
        John Doe
         | 
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| networks  
        complex
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of networks administrator has access on.
          | 
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| id  
        string
         | 
      when network permissions are set | 
        
        The network ID.
         Sample:
        
       
        N_0123456789
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| access  
        string
         | 
      when network permissions are set | 
        
        Access level of administrator. Options are 'full', 'read-only', or 'none'.
         Sample:
        
       
        read-only
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| tags  
        complex
         | 
      success | 
        
        Tags the adminsitrator has access on.
          | 
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| tag  
        string
         | 
      when tag permissions are set | 
        
        Tag name.
         Sample:
        
       
        production
         | 
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| access  
        string
         | 
      when tag permissions are set | 
        
        Access level of administrator. Options are 'full', 'read-only', or 'none'.
         Sample:
        
       
        full
         | 
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| orgAccess  
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The privilege of the dashboard administrator on the organization. Options are 'full', 'read-only', or 'none'.
         Sample:
        
       
        full
         | 
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Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- Kevin Breit (@kbreit)
 
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