topic Re: Update network SNMP v3 Privacy via API in Cloud Networking Platform

Update network SNMP v3 Privacy via API

Heef — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:39:07 GMT

Hi -- Using the provided endpoint here:

https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/update-network-snmp/

It doesn't look like we can set the SNMP v3 Privacy Mode (or anything other than user/pass). I can't seem to find another endpoint to do this. If I clear the snmp config (access:none) and add it back, it still defaults me to DES. Maybe we could get a default of AES or get the field added to the endpoint?

Re: Update network SNMP v3 Privacy via API

I3udder — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:08:34 GMT

With the Web Developer tools within a browser you might find a hidden API to do this. Have you checked this? You obviously need to structure the json yourself at that point.

Re: Update network SNMP v3 Privacy via API

Noel-Edouard Chenu @ Boundless — Sun, 03 May 2026 10:02:51 GMT

Yeah, you're hitting the same wall we hit. The endpoint exposes the auth params but not the privacy passphrase, so you can't actually bootstrap SNMPv3 end to end through the API today.

Three workarounds we use depending on how much volume you have:

Pre-stage SNMPv3 in a config template and clone networks from it.
Dashboard once for the privacy field, API for everything else.
File a feature request, and bump it here so it actually moves up the queue.

It's a tiny endpoint, but it's annoying at scale because it forces a manual step into a flow that's otherwise clean.

Re: Update network SNMP v3 Privacy via API

spaladug — Mon, 04 May 2026 16:59:29 GMT

@Heef Noel-Edouard Chenu @ Boundless @I3udder We hear you and are actually working on updating this API operation right now to be able to set the privacy mode and hope to have it live in production in about a week. I'll circle back once it is released.

Re: Update network SNMP v3 Privacy via API

spaladug — Wed, 06 May 2026 17:19:40 GMT

@Heef Noel-Edouard Chenu @ Boundless @I3udder Good news to share! Both authentication.protocol and privacy.protocol for endpoint /networks/{networkId}/snmp have been released to BETA. To use Beta APIs you will want to opt in via the Early Access page for "Early API Access". Attached pic. If all goes well then it will be in version 1.71.0 by next month.