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# meraki_switchport – Manage switchports on a switch in the Meraki cloud

New in version 2.7.

- Synopsis
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- Allows for management of switchports settings for Meraki MS switches.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
access_policy_number - |  | Number of the access policy to apply. Only applicable to access port types.
allowed_vlans - | Default: "all" | List of VLAN numbers to be allowed on switchport.
auth_key string / required |  | Authentication key provided by the dashboard. Required if environmental variable `MERAKI_KEY` is not set.
enabled boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Whether a switchport should be enabled or disabled.
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.
isolation_enabled boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Isolation status of switchport.
link_negotiation - | Choices: Auto negotiate ← 100Megabit (auto) 100 Megabit full duplex (forced) | Link speed for the switchport.
name - |  | Switchport description. aliases: description
number - |  | Port number.
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.
poe_enabled boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Enable or disable Power Over Ethernet on a port.
rate_limit_retry_time integer | Default: 165 | Number of seconds to retry if rate limiter is triggered.
rstp_enabled boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Enable or disable Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol on a port.
serial - |  | Serial nubmer of the switch.
state string | Choices: query ← present | Specifies whether a switchport should be queried or modified.
stp_guard - | Choices: disabled ← root guard bpdu guard loop guard | Set state of STP guard.
tags - |  | Space delimited list of tags to assign to a port.
timeout integer | Default: 30 | Time to timeout for HTTP requests.
type - | Choices: access ← trunk | Set port type.
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.
vlan - |  | VLAN number assigned to port. If a port is of type trunk, the specified VLAN is the native VLAN.
voice_vlan - |  | VLAN number assigned to a port for voice traffic. Only applicable to access port type.

## Notes

Note

- 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.

## Examples

    - name: Query information about all switchports on a switch
      meraki_switchport:
        auth_key: abc12345
        state: query
        serial: ABC-123
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Query information about all switchports on a switch
      meraki_switchport:
        auth_key: abc12345
        state: query
        serial: ABC-123
        number: 2
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Name switchport
      meraki_switchport:
        auth_key: abc12345
        state: present
        serial: ABC-123
        number: 7
        name: Test Port
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Configure access port with voice VLAN
      meraki_switchport:
        auth_key: abc12345
        state: present
        serial: ABC-123
        number: 7
        enabled: true
        name: Test Port
        tags: desktop
        type: access
        vlan: 10
        voice_vlan: 11
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Check access port for idempotency
      meraki_switchport:
        auth_key: abc12345
        state: present
        serial: ABC-123
        number: 7
        enabled: true
        name: Test Port
        tags: desktop
        type: access
        vlan: 10
        voice_vlan: 11
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Configure trunk port with specific VLANs
      meraki_switchport:
        auth_key: abc12345
        state: present
        serial: ABC-123
        number: 7
        enabled: true
        name: Server port
        tags: server
        type: trunk
        allowed_vlans:
          - 10
          - 15
          - 20
      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 | Information queried or updated switchports.
| access_policy_number integer | success | Number of assigned access policy. Only applicable to access ports. Sample: 1234
| enabled boolean | success | Enabled state of port. Sample: True
| isolation_enabled boolean | success | Port isolation status of port. Sample: True
| link_negotiation string | success | Link speed for the port. Sample: Auto negotiate
| name string | success | Human friendly description of port. Sample: Jim Phone Port
| number integer | success | Number of port. Sample: 1
| poe_enabled boolean | success | Power Over Ethernet enabled state of port. Sample: True
| rstp_enabled boolean | success | Enabled or disabled state of Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) Sample: True
| stp_guard string | success | State of STP guard Sample: Root Guard
| tags string | success | Space delimited list of tags assigned to port. Sample: phone marketing
| type string | success | Type of switchport. Sample: trunk
| vlan integer | success | VLAN assigned to port. Sample: 10
| voice_vlan integer | success | VLAN assigned to port with voice VLAN enabled devices. Sample: 20

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Kevin Breit (@kbreit)

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