# meraki_mx_l3_firewall – Manage MX appliance layer 3 firewalls in the Meraki cloud

New in version 2.7.

- Synopsis

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Allows for creation, management, and visibility into layer 3 firewalls implemented on Meraki MX firewalls.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
auth_key string / required |  | Authentication key provided by the dashboard. Required if environmental variable `MERAKI_KEY` is not set.
host string | Default: "api.meraki.com" | Hostname for Meraki dashboard. Can be used to access regional Meraki environments, such as China.
internal_error_retry_time integer | Default: 60 | Number of seconds to retry if server returns an internal server error.
net_id - |  | ID of network which MX firewall is in.
net_name - |  | Name of network which MX firewall is in.
org_id string |  | ID of organization.
org_name string |  | Name of organization. aliases: organization

output_format
string

Choices:
- snakecase ←
- camelcase

Instructs module whether response keys should be snake case (ex. `net_id`) or camel case (ex. `netId`).

output_level
string

Choices:
- debug
- normal ←

Set amount of debug output during module execution.

rate_limit_retry_time integer | Default: 165 | Number of seconds to retry if rate limiter is triggered.
rules - |  | List of firewall rules.
| comment - |  | Optional comment to describe the firewall rule.
| dest_cidr - |  | Comma separated list of CIDR notation destination networks.
| dest_port - |  | Comma separated list of destination port numbers to match against.

policy
-

Choices:
- allow
- deny

Policy to apply if rule is hit.

protocol
-

Choices:
- any
- icmp
- tcp
- udp

Protocol to match against.

| src_cidr - |  | Comma separated list of CIDR notation source networks.
| src_port - |  | Comma separated list of source port numbers to match against.
| syslog_enabled - |  | Whether to log hints against the firewall rule. Only applicable if a syslog server is specified against the network.

state
-

Choices:
- present ←
- query

Create or modify an organization.

syslog_default_rule
boolean

Choices:
- no ←
- yes

Whether to log hits against the default firewall rule.
Only applicable if a syslog server is specified against the network.
This is not shown in response from Meraki. Instead, refer to the `syslog_enabled` value in the default rule.

timeout integer | Default: 30 | Time to timeout for HTTP requests.

use_https
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

If `no`, it will use HTTP. Otherwise it will use HTTPS.
Only useful for internal Meraki developers.

use_proxy
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

If `no`, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.

validate_certs
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

Whether to validate HTTP certificates.

## Notes

Note

- Module assumes a complete list of firewall rules are passed as a parameter.

- If there is interest in this module allowing manipulation of a single firewall rule, please submit an issue against this module.

- More information about the Meraki API can be found at https://dashboard.meraki.com/api_docs.

- Some of the options are likely only used for developers within Meraki.

- As of Ansible 2.9, Meraki modules output keys as snake case. To use camel case, set the `ANSIBLE_MERAKI_FORMAT` environment variable to `camelcase`.

- Ansible’s Meraki modules will stop supporting camel case output in Ansible 2.13. Please update your playbooks.

## Examples

    - name: Query firewall rules
      meraki_mx_l3_firewall:
        auth_key: abc123
        org_name: YourOrg
        net_name: YourNet
        state: query
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Set two firewall rules
      meraki_mx_l3_firewall:
        auth_key: abc123
        org_name: YourOrg
        net_name: YourNet
        state: present
        rules:
          - comment: Block traffic to server
            src_cidr: 192.0.1.0/24
            src_port: any
            dest_cidr: 192.0.2.2/32
            dest_port: any
            protocol: any
            policy: deny
          - comment: Allow traffic to group of servers
            src_cidr: 192.0.1.0/24
            src_port: any
            dest_cidr: 192.0.2.0/24
            dest_port: any
            protocol: any
            policy: permit
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Set one firewall rule and enable logging of the default rule
      meraki_mx_l3_firewall:
        auth_key: abc123
        org_name: YourOrg
        net_name: YourNet
        state: present
        rules:
          - comment: Block traffic to server
            src_cidr: 192.0.1.0/24
            src_port: any
            dest_cidr: 192.0.2.2/32
            dest_port: any
            protocol: any
            policy: deny
        syslog_default_rule: yes
      delegate_to: localhost

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
data complex | success | Firewall rules associated to network.
| comment string | always | Comment to describe the firewall rule. Sample: Block traffic to server
| dest_cidr string | always | Comma separated list of CIDR notation destination networks. Sample: 192.0.1.1/32,192.0.1.2/32
| dest_port string | always | Comma separated list of destination ports. Sample: 80,443
| policy string | always | Action to take when rule is matched.
| protocol string | always | Network protocol for which to match against. Sample: tcp
| src_cidr string | always | Comma separated list of CIDR notation source networks. Sample: 192.0.1.1/32,192.0.1.2/32
| src_port string | always | Comma separated list of source ports. Sample: 80,443
| syslog_enabled boolean | always | Whether to log to syslog when rule is matched. Sample: True

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Kevin Breit (@kbreit)

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