Connectivity Monitoring Destinations

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Connectivity Monitoring Management

Connectivity monitoring destinations in Meraki appliances provide comprehensive network health assessment by continuously monitoring reachability to critical internet destinations. This functionality enables intelligent failover decisions, network performance tracking, and automated recovery mechanisms for SD-WAN deployments. Connectivity monitoring supports business continuity by ensuring reliable internet access through multiple WAN connections and enables proactive network management through continuous availability validation of essential services and destinations.

Diagram

Classes

appliance (meraki.domains.organizations.networks)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
connectivity_monitoring_destinations	List	`[connectivity_monitoring_destinations]`	No

connectivity_monitoring_destinations (meraki.domains.organizations.networks.appliance)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory
ip	IP		Yes
description	String	min: `1`, max: `1024`	No
default	Boolean	`true`, `false`	No

Examples

Example-1: The example below demonstrates connectivity monitoring destinations configuration.

This configuration defines monitoring targets for network connectivity health checks. The example includes destination addresses, monitoring protocols, and failure thresholds for proactive network connectivity monitoring and failover detection.

This configuration establishes connectivity monitoring using “ip: 1.1.1.1” to specify the target destination for reachability testing, “description: Cloudflare DNS” for human-readable identification of the monitoring target, and “default: true” to designate this destination as a primary connectivity monitor. The system continuously pings these destinations to assess WAN link health and trigger failover mechanisms when connectivity issues are detected.

meraki:
  domains:
    - name: !env domain
      administrator:
        name: !env org_admin
      organizations:
        - name: !env org
          networks:
            - name: !env network_name
              product_types:
                - appliance
                - camera
                - switch
                - wireless
                - cellularGateway
              appliance:
                connectivity_monitoring_destinations:
                  - ip: "1.1.1.1"
                    description: Cloudflare DNS
                    default: true