cisco.meraki.meraki_mx_malware – Manage Malware Protection in the Meraki cloud

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.meraki collection (version 2.5.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.meraki.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.meraki.meraki_mx_malware.

Synopsis

  • Fully configure malware protection in a Meraki environment.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
allowed_files
list / elements=dictionary
List of files to whitelist.
comment
string
Human readable information about file.
sha256
string
256-bit hash of file.

aliases: hash
allowed_urls
list / elements=dictionary
List of URLs to whitelist.
comment
string
Human readable information about URL.
url
string
URL string to allow.
auth_key
string / required
Authentication key provided by the dashboard. Required if environmental variable MERAKI_KEY is not set.
host
string
Default:
"api.meraki.com"
Hostname for Meraki dashboard.
Can be used to access regional Meraki environments, such as China.
internal_error_retry_time
integer
Default:
60
Number of seconds to retry if server returns an internal server error.
mode
string
    Choices:
  • disabled
  • enabled
Enabled or disabled state of malware protection.
net_id
string
ID of network which configuration is applied to.
net_name
string
Name of network which configuration is applied to.

aliases: network
org_id
string
ID of organization.
org_name
string
Name of organization.

aliases: organization
output_format
string
    Choices:
  • snakecase
  • camelcase
Instructs module whether response keys should be snake case (ex. net_id) or camel case (ex. netId).
output_level
string
    Choices:
  • debug
  • normal
Set amount of debug output during module execution.
rate_limit_retry_time
integer
Default:
165
Number of seconds to retry if rate limiter is triggered.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present
  • query
Specifies whether object should be queried, created/modified, or removed.
timeout
integer
Default:
30
Time to timeout for HTTP requests.
use_https
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If no, it will use HTTP. Otherwise it will use HTTPS.
Only useful for internal Meraki developers.
use_proxy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to validate HTTP certificates.

Notes

Note

  • Some of the options are likely only used for developers within Meraki.
  • More information about the Meraki API can be found at https://dashboard.meraki.com/api_docs.
  • Some of the options are likely only used for developers within Meraki.
  • As of Ansible 2.9, Meraki modules output keys as snake case. To use camel case, set the ANSIBLE_MERAKI_FORMAT environment variable to camelcase.
  • Ansible’s Meraki modules will stop supporting camel case output in Ansible 2.13. Please update your playbooks.
  • Check Mode downloads the current configuration from the dashboard, then compares changes against this download. Check Mode will report changed if there are differences in the configurations, but does not submit changes to the API for validation of change.

Examples

- name: Enable malware protection
  meraki_malware:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: present
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    mode: enabled
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set whitelisted url
  meraki_malware:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: present
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    mode: enabled
    allowed_urls:
      - url: www.ansible.com
        comment: Ansible
      - url: www.google.com
        comment: Google
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set whitelisted file
  meraki_malware:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: present
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    mode: enabled
    allowed_files:
      - sha256: e82c5f7d75004727e1f3b94426b9a11c8bc4c312a9170ac9a73abace40aef503
        comment: random zip
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Get malware settings
  meraki_malware:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: query
    org_name: YourNet
    net_name: YourOrg
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
data
complex
success
List of administrators.

allowed_files
complex
success
List of files which are whitelisted.

comment
string
success
Comment about the whitelisted entity

Sample:
TPS report
sha256
string
success
sha256 hash of whitelisted file.

Sample:
e82c5f7d75004727e1f3b94426b9a11c8bc4c312a9170ac9a73abace40aef503
allowed_urls
complex
success
List of URLs which are whitelisted.

comment
string
success
Comment about the whitelisted entity

Sample:
Corporate HQ
url
string
success
URL of whitelisted site.

Sample:
site.com
mode
string
success
Mode to enable or disable malware scanning.

Sample:
enabled


Authors

  • Kevin Breit (@kbreit)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/cisco/meraki/meraki_mx_malware_module.html