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)

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