topic Re: Use Dashboard API to extract configuration from a network in Network Platform API

Use Dashboard API to extract configuration from a network

erikpt — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 11:01:22 GMT

Is this possible? I need to move some networks to different org's. I know that equipment and licenses can be moved from "license info", but what about the configuration?

Re: Use Dashboard API to extract configuration from a network

francesco.boscarino — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 11:13:47 GMT

Hi, you can use a third party application to perform a full organization/network backup/restore.

Disclaimer, I work for V-App.io which has a Cloud Network Backup application specific for this task.

Re: Use Dashboard API to extract configuration from a network

psteinbe — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 11:15:48 GMT

Yes, this can be done with the API. I just did this last weekend with python module from meraki. If you would like some help just PM me and I can point you in the direction you need.

Re: Use Dashboard API to extract configuration from a network

Christian_Ney — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:13:02 GMT

@psteinbe wrote:
Yes, this can be done with the API. I just did this last weekend with python module from meraki. If you would like some help just PM me and I can point you in the direction you need.

That's the time when I'm browsing through forums and always ask myself "we doesn't he just point us all into the direction needed"?! It's a forum, you know @psteinbe? It's about nor providing help via PM but within the forums themselves. 😉

Re: Use Dashboard API to extract configuration from a network

psteinbe — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:54:43 GMT

@Christian_NeyThanks for pointing that out. Here are the documents that I used:

https://meraki.io

Re: Use Dashboard API to extract configuration from a network

Nash — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 16:05:21 GMT

@francesco.boscarino wrote:
Hi, you can use a third party application to perform a full organization/network backup/restore.
Disclaimer, I work for V-App.io which has a Cloud Network Backup application specific for this task

It's not correct to state that you can perform a "full" restore, based on the limited endpoints we've got. (Not a criticism of the API team - they add stuff constantly, and it takes time to build/test!)

If you've got L3 routing going on via Meraki switches, you've got to recreate that manually. OSPF? Manual.

Client VPN on the MX? Manual.

Users on your MX? Manual recreation.

Re: Use Dashboard API to extract configuration from a network

Philip D'Ath — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 19:36:36 GMT

My backup/restore script you do most of what you want.

https://www.ifm.net.nz/cookbooks/meraki-backup.html