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Network Settings Management General network settings in Meraki provide foundational configuration options that control core network behaviors and administrative features. These settings enable management of status pages, secure communication ports, VLAN naming conventions, and various network-wide operational parameters. Network settings establish the baseline configuration that affects all devices and services within the network, providing centralized control over security policies, monitoring capabilities, and administrative access methods.
Diagram Classes networks (meraki.domains.organizations) Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value settings Class [settings]
No
settings (meraki.domains.organizations.networks) Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value local_status_page_enabled Boolean true
, false
No secure_port Boolean true
, false
No named_vlans Boolean true
, false
No remote_status_page Boolean true
, false
No local_status_page_authentication Class [local_status_page_authentication]
No
local_status_page_authentication (meraki.domains.organizations.networks.settings) Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value enabled Boolean true
, false
No username String min: 1
, max: 127
No password String min: 14
, max: 64
No
Examples Example-1: The example below demonstrates network settings configuration using tested YAML configuration from pipeline fixtures.
- name : " !env network_name "
local_status_page_enabled : true
local_status_page_authentication :
password : " Dw%l/4h=iXp`5z "
Configuration Parameters Parameter Type Required Description settings
Object Yes Container for network settings configuration local_status_page_enabled
Boolean No Enable local device status pages (default: true) remote_status_page
Boolean No Enable remote status page access (default: true) secure_port
Object No Secure port configuration for administrative access secure_port.enabled
Boolean No Enable secure port for device management (default: false) local_status_page
Object No Local status page configuration local_status_page.authentication
Object No Authentication settings for status pages local_status_page.authentication.enabled
Boolean No Require authentication for status page access (default: false) local_status_page.authentication.username
String No Username for status page authentication local_status_page.authentication.password
String No Password for status page authentication named_vlans
Object No Named VLAN configuration named_vlans.enabled
Boolean No Enable named VLANs instead of numeric IDs (default: false) fips
Object No FIPS compliance configuration fips.enabled
Boolean No Enable FIPS 140-2 compliance mode (default: false)