Meraki Update L7 Firewall (MX) rules

What is it ?

Example of python script to update the L7 firewall rules of a Meraki MX as follow :

Prerequisites

• Meraki Dashboard access
• Meraki API key
• Meraki network ID

Get started

1. Clone or download this repo

git clone https://github.com/xaviervalette/meraki-update-l7-firewall-rules

2. Install required packages

python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Add a config.yml file as follow:

└── meraki-update-l7-firewall-rules/
+   ├── config.yml
    ├── requirements.txt
    └── src/
         └── main.py  

4. In the config.yml file, add the following variables:

#config.yml
---
apiKey: "<yourApiKey>"
networkId: "<yourNetworkId1>"
...

5. Now you can run the code by using the following command:

python3 src/main.py

Output

The output should be as followed:

Request status code : 200 

{'rules': [{'policy': 'deny', 'type': 'application', 'value': {'id': 'meraki:layer7/application/101', 'name': 'CBS Sports'}}, {'policy': 'deny', 'type': 'application', 'value': {'id': 'meraki:layer7/application/40', 'name': 'ESPN'}}, {'policy': 'deny', 'type': 'application', 'value': {'id': 'meraki:layer7/application/96', 'name': 'foxsports.com'}}]}