topic Re: SCRYPT PHYTON TO CONFIGURATIONS in Network Platform API

SCRYPT PHYTON TO CONFIGURATIONS

Ramses1 — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 19:10:28 GMT

Hi Community.

Someone has a scrypt to do a massive configuration of VLANS in meraki switches by API, I have the scrypt to do it one by one but I need to make several and I don't know much about programming.

Re: SCRYPT PHYTON TO CONFIGURATIONS

Karsten Iwen — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 11:55:03 GMT

I am not sure if this approach is really a good idea ...

But if you have a working script for one VLAN, make a copy/paste of that call and adjust the parameters.

The more efficient way would be to have a csv file with all parameters and loop through the lines of this file.

And if you want to learn this, here is a good start:

https://developer.cisco.com/learning/modules/dne-intro-python/

Re: SCRYPT PHYTON TO CONFIGURATIONS

sungod — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 12:35:26 GMT

The 'best' way to do it will depend on exact details/context.

I suggest look at switch templates and port profiles to see if using them would solve all/part of what you want to do...

https://documentation.meraki.com/Architectures_and_Best_Practices/Cisco_Meraki_Best_Practice_Design/Best_Practice_Design_-_MS_Switching/Templates_for_Switching_Best_Practices

https://documentation.meraki.com/MS/Port_and_VLAN_Configuration/Switch_Port_Profiles

The API can also be used with these.

Within the API, action batches a possible way to be more efficient when making a lot of changes...

https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/action-batches-overview/