Create Network

Dashboard Location: Organization > Configure > General > Network-wide

Network Creation

Network creation in Meraki establishes the foundational infrastructure for organizing and managing devices within your Meraki deployment. Networks serve as logical containers that group devices by function, location, or organizational structure. Each network defines the product types it supports, timezone settings, and organizational metadata that enables centralized management and policy application across your infrastructure.

Diagram

Classes

networks (meraki.domains.organizations)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory
name	String	min: `1`, max: `127`	Yes
product_types	List	Choice[`appliance`, `camera`, `cellularGateway`, `secureConnect`, `sensor`, `switch`, `systemsManager`, `wireless`, `wirelessController`]	No
time_zone	String	min: `1`, max: `127`	No
notes	String	min: `1`, max: `1024`	No
tags	List	String[min: `1`, max: `255`]	No

Examples

Example-1: The example below demonstrates basic network creation using tested YAML configuration from pipeline fixtures.

meraki:
  domains:
    - name: !env domain
      administrator:
        name: !env org_admin
      organizations:
        - name: !env org
          networks:
            - name: !env network_name
              product_types:
                - appliance
                - switch
                - wireless
                - camera
                - sensor
                - cellularGateway
              time_zone: Europe/Berlin
              notes: Example data.yaml file
              tags:
                - admin
                - dev
                - emea