The Lazy Networker

🔐 Step 1: Setup

Make sure you have:

• API key from Meraki Dashboard (keep it secret!)
• Template-bound Network ID
• requests library installed (pip install requests)

🧠 Step 2: Python Script

import requests

# Replace with your Meraki API key
API_KEY = "YOUR_MERAKI_API_KEY"
ORG_ID = "YOUR_ORG_ID"
NETWORK_ID = "YOUR_TEMPLATE_BOUND_NETWORK_ID"
DEVICE_SERIAL = "YOUR_SWITCH_SERIAL"  # e.g., Q2XX-XXXX-XXXX

# Meraki base URL
BASE_URL = "https://api.meraki.com/api/v1"

# Headers
HEADERS = {
    "X-Cisco-Meraki-API-Key": API_KEY,
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

# Step 1: Create VLAN
def create_vlan(vlan_id, name, subnet, appliance_ip):
    url = f"{BASE_URL}/networks/{NETWORK_ID}/vlans"
    payload = {
        "id": vlan_id,
        "name": name,
        "subnet": subnet,
        "applianceIp": appliance_ip
    }
    response = requests.post(url, headers=HEADERS, json=payload)
    print(f"VLAN Creation ({vlan_id}):", response.status_code, response.text)

# Step 2: Configure a switch port
def configure_switch_port(port_number):
    url = f"{BASE_URL}/devices/{DEVICE_SERIAL}/switch/ports/{port_number}"
    payload = {
        "name": "Uplink Port",
        "type": "trunk",
        "vlan": 1,
        "allowedVlans": "1,10,20",
        "poeEnabled": True,
        "rstpEnabled": True,
        "stpGuard": "disabled"
    }
    response = requests.put(url, headers=HEADERS, json=payload)
    print(f"Port {port_number} Config:", response.status_code, response.text)

# --- Execution ---
# Create VLANs
create_vlan(10, "Staff", "192.168.10.0/24", "192.168.10.1")
create_vlan(20, "IoT", "192.168.20.0/24", "192.168.20.1")

# Configure ports 1 and 2 as trunk ports
configure_switch_port(1)
configure_switch_port(2)

📝 Customize As Needed

• Change NETWORK_ID and DEVICE_SERIAL to match your environment.
• You can loop through multiple ports/VLANs for bulk updates.
• Add error handling for production use.