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Connectivity Monitoring Destinations

Dashboard Location: Security and SD-WAN > Configure > SD-WAN & Traffic Shaping

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

appliance (meraki.domains.organizations.networks)

Section titled “appliance (meraki.domains.organizations.networks)”
NameTypeConstraintMandatoryDefault Value
connectivity_monitoring_destinationsList[connectivity_monitoring_destinations]No

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

Section titled “connectivity_monitoring_destinations (meraki.domains.organizations.networks.appliance)”
NameTypeConstraintMandatoryDefault Value
ipIPYes
descriptionStringmin: 1, max: 1024No
defaultBooleantrue, falseNo

Example-1: The example below demonstrates connectivity monitoring destination configuration 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
- camera
- switch
- wireless
- cellularGateway
appliance:
connectivity_monitoring_destinations:
- ip: "1.1.1.1"
description: Cloudflare DNS
default: true