S11|E15 Get Ready, Set, Automate with Meraki Terraform

Cisco Champion Radio

Are you a network provider looking to save time? Of course you are! This session will introduce you to the Meraki Terraform Provider, a tool that enables teams and individuals to automate their workflows and manage Cisco Meraki network infrastructure using Terraform. With this provider, you can now define and manage Meraki organizations, networks, devices, and other resources as code, providing simplicity, scalability, and repeatability in your automation strategy. In this session, you’ll learn how to use Terraform to automate the: -Configuration of Meraki switches to reduce the risk of human error. -Deployment of Meraki access points to easily scale a wireless network. -Configuration of Meraki firewalls to ensure consistent security policies across a network. The official Terraform provider for Meraki allows you to provision, manage, and automate your network, offering: Simplicity: A simple and unified interface to manage Meraki networks, making it easier for administrators to integrate Meraki network management into their existing infrastructure automation workflow. Consistency: Administrators can ensure that their network resources are managed in a consistent and reproducible manner, reducing the likelihood of configuration errors. Flexibility: That allows administrators to manage their Meraki networks in a programmatic manner, providing greater flexibility in network management and enabling more complex network topologies to be managed more easily. Resources: Cisco DevNet Documentation (https://developer.cisco.com/codeexchange/github/repo/core-infra-svcs/terraform-provider-meraki/) Cisco Meraki Community post (https://community.meraki.com/t5/Developers-APIs/Now-in-beta-the-official-Terraform-provider-for-Meraki/td-p/230663) Meraki Terraform Registry (https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cisco-open/meraki/latest) Cisco guests Oren Brigg, Product Manager, Developer Platform and Ecosystem, Cisco Meraki Champions hosts Liam Keegan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/liamjkeegan/), Advisor Micheline Murphy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/micheline-murphy-ba165b53/), Consulting Systems Engineer, World Wide Technology Jose Bogarin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/josebogarin/)VP, Development and Engineering, Cloverhound Moderator Danielle Carter, Customer Voices and Cisco Champion Program