Meraki - Connect via API Key

Connect your Meraki to Spaces

STEP 1

In the Meraki dashboard, navigate to Organization > Configure > API & webhooks

STEP 2

Under the API keys and access tab, Click on “Generate API Key”

Note: You can generate a maximum of 2 API Keys.

STEP 3

Copy and store the API key. Select “I have stored my new API key” and Click “Done”

STEP 4

STEP 5

Click the Menu icon and Navigate to Setup > Wireless Networks > Connect via Meraki API key

STEP 6

Click on “Connect”

STEP 7

Paste the stored API key and Click on “Connect”

STEP 8

After a successful synchronization with Meraki, the connection status displays as active.

Add Post URL in Meraki

STEP 9

From the Configure Meraki scanning API area, copy the values for Post URL and Secret Key.

STEP 10

Go to Meraki Dashboard

STEP 11

Navigate to Network-Wide > Configure > General

STEP 12

Click on “Add a Post URL” under the same section.

STEP 13

Configure under Post URLs.

STEP 14

Paste the following Post URL :

https://location.dnaspaces.io/notifications/Meraki/{yourdnaspacesname}/{url_validator}

Customers in Europe: https://location.dnaspaces.eu/notifications/Meraki/{yourdnaspacesname}/{url_validator}

Customers in Singapore:
https://location.ciscospaces.sg/notifications/Meraki/spacessgescaltionteam/{URLValidator}

where, {yourdnaspacesname) is a default customer name (all in small case excluding any special characters such as “-” , “_” , “.” etc) of your Cisco Spaces account (You can find this as the top most element in “Location Hierarchy” section in Cisco Spaces
{url_validator} (you can find the URL validator in “Location and Scanning” section in your Meraki dashboard) parameters referred from the meraki dashboard.

Secret : {yourdnaspacesname} API Version : 3.0

STEP 15

Click on Save to update the settings

STEP 16

Note: After adding Meraki networks into the Location Hierarchy, any maps that have been created within your Meraki dashboard will automatically be imported into the Cisco Spaces Map Services. You can validate that the import was successful by navigating to the Map Service and checking the “Upload History”.

Menu > Setup > Map Service > Upload History