Cisco Meraki Integration

Overview

The NetBox Cisco Meraki integration provides comprehensive synchronization of Cisco Meraki cloud-managed infrastructure data into NetBox, enabling organizations to maintain a unified view of their wireless, switching, and security appliance infrastructure within their NetBox environment.

What Gets Synchronized

• Organizations and Networks
• Device Types
• Devices
• Interfaces and Ports
• IP Addresses
• VLANs
• Wireless Networks

Technical Info

For full details of Cisco Meraki to NetBox object and attribute mappings, please refer to the Technical Info section.

Key Features

• Automated Discovery: Automatically discovers and synchronizes data from Cisco Meraki into NetBox
• Real-time Data Synchronization: Keeps NetBox data current with Cisco Meraki inventory
• Comprehensive Object Mapping: Maps Organizations, Networks, Sites, Devices, Interfaces, IPs, and WirelessLANs
• NetBox Assurance Integration: Leverages NetBox Assurance for safe data ingestion and deviation management
• Secure Authentication: OAuth2 client credentials for secure communication with NetBox, plus Vault integrations for Cisco Meraki secrets
• Easy Deployment: Docker-based agents run in multiple network locations

Integration Architecture

The Cisco Meraki integration is built using the NetBox Labs controller integrations framework, which provides:

• Standardized Integration Pattern: Consistent approach across all controller integrations
• NetBox Assurance Integration: Built-in support for safe data ingestion and deviation management with NetBox Assurance
• Agent Based: Runs as part of the NetBox Discovery agent ecosystem using the Orb Agent Pro image

Compatibility

Supported NetBox Versions

• NetBox Cloud and NetBox Enterprise v4.2.3 and later with NetBox Assurance

Supported Cisco Meraki Dashboard API Versions

• This integration is built on the Cisco Meraki Dashboard API (v1)