Meraki

Introduction

Meraki provides networking solutions for cloud-controlled WiFi, routing, and security.

Retrieve Host Name and Secret Key

To install the Meraki integration in OpsRamp, you need to retrieve the host name and API key from the Meraki dashboard.

1. Log in to the Meraki Dashboard.
   Once logged in, you’ll find the host name in the URL. For example, if the URL is https://n190.meraki.com, the host name is n190.meraki.com.

2. Navigate to My Profile.

3. Scroll down to find the option to Generate new API Key.

   

4. Click Generate new API Key to generate a new API key.
   Save the generated API key to use as the key during OpsRamp integration.

Configure and install the integration

1. From All Clients, select a client.
2. Navigate to Setup > Account.
3. Select the Integrations and Apps tab.
4. The Installed Integrations page, where all the installed applications are displayed. If there are no installed applications, it will navigate to the Available Integrations and Apps page.
5. Click + ADD on the Installed Integrations page. The Available Integrations and Apps page displays all the available applications along with the newly created application with the version.
6. Search for the application using the search option available. Alternatively, use the All Categories option to search.

7. Click ADD in the Meraki application.
8. In the Configuration page, enter the below information:

9. From the FILTER CRITERIA section, select:
   • SMART: Use to filter resources based on the resource type.
   • RESOURCE: Use to filter resources based on certain resource attributes.
10. In the FILTER BY RESOURCE TYPE section, select:
    • ALL: All the existing and future resources will be discovered.
    • SELECT: You can select one or multiple resources to be discovered.
    • Enter the Key, Operator, and Value information.
11. From the Perform Actions section, choose Manage Device to set the resources as managed.
12. In the DISCOVERY SCHEDULE section, select recurrence pattern to add one of the following patterns:
    • Minutes
    • Hourly
    • Daily
    • Weekly
    • Monthly
13. Click FINISH.

The application is now installed and displayed on the INSTALLED INTEGRATIONS page. Use the search field to find the installed application.

14. (Optional), Select the Meraki Integration.
15. (Optional), Click the menu (three dots) icon and choose the View resources option.

View the Meraki details

1. The Meraki integration is displayed in the Infrastructure > Resources > Meraki.

Expand Meraki to view the available integrations as shown below:

You can further expand the integration to view the available resources as shown below:

After the discovery profile is created, you can assign monitoring templates to the resource.

View Meraki Audit Logs

To view the audit logs of Meraki:

1. From All Clients, select a client.
2. Navigate to Setup > Account.
3. Select the Integrations and Apps tab.
4. From the Installed Integrations page, where all the installed applications are displayed, search for Meraki App.
5. Select the Meraki App and click on the menu (three dots) icon.
6. Select View Logs.
7. Select Inbound or Outbound from the dropdown accordingly.
   Notes:
   
   • By default Outbound is selected.
   • Inbound: Incoming calls which come from a third party to OpsRamp.
   • Outbound: Outgoing calls which go to third parties from OpsRamp.
     
     
   • Use the Filter option to filter the logs by Created Time, Status (Canceled, Completed, Failed), Resource Id.

Meraki Events

Meraki events can be collected by enabling the Stream Meraki Events option during integration setup. During setup, you can choose the frequency for streaming events, with options such as 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 6 hours, or 1 day. Events will then be collected across all networks linked to the integration based on the selected frequency, and alerts will be generated as required.

For more details on the API used to retrieve Meraki events for each network and the processing of events and alerts, see Get Network Events.

Supported metrics

Note: OpsRamp uses REST API calls to discover and monitor Cisco Meraki resources. The customer must whitelist the OpsRamp firewall IP to discover and Monitor Cisco Meraki resources. Contact OpsRamp support for firewall IP information.