Cisco Meraki Integration


Version	1.32.0 (View all)
Subscription level What's this?	Basic
Developed by What's this?	Elastic
Ingestion method(s)	File, Network Protocol, Webhook
Minimum Kibana version(s)	9.0.0 8.13.0

Cisco Meraki offers a centralized cloud management platform for all Meraki devices such as MX Security Appliances, MR Access Points and so on. Its out-of-band cloud architecture creates secure, scalable and easy-to-deploy networks that can be managed from anywhere. This can be done from almost any device using web-based Meraki Dashboard and Meraki Mobile App. Each Meraki network generates its own events.

Cisco Meraki offers several methods for device reporting. This integration supports gathering events via the Cisco Meraki syslog and via API reporting webhooks. The integration package allows you to search, observe, and visualize the events through Elasticsearch.

Compatibility

A syslog server can be configured to store messages for reporting purposes from MX Security Appliances, MR Access Points, and MS switches. This package collects events from the configured syslog server. The integration supports collection of events from "MX Security Appliances" and "MR Access Points". The "MS Switch" events are not recognized.

Configuration

Enabling the integration in Elastic

In Kibana go to Management > Integrations
In "Search for integrations" search bar type Meraki
Click on "Cisco Meraki" integration from the search results.
Click on Add Cisco Meraki Integration button to add the integration.

Cisco Meraki Dashboard Configuration

Syslog

Cisco Meraki dashboard can be used to configure one or more syslog servers and Meraki message types to be sent to the syslog servers. Refer to Syslog Server Overview and Configuration page for more information on how to configure syslog server on Cisco Meraki.

API Endpoint (Webhooks)

Cisco Meraki dashboard can be used to configure Meraki webhooks. Refer to the Webhooks Dashboard Setup section.

Configure the Cisco Meraki integration

Syslog

Depending on the syslog server setup in your environment check one/more of the following options "Collect syslog from Cisco Meraki via UDP", "Collect syslog from Cisco Meraki via TCP", "Collect syslog from Cisco Meraki via file".

Enter the values for syslog host and port OR file path based on the chosen configuration options.

API Endpoint (Webhooks)

Check the option "Collect events from Cisco Meraki via Webhooks" option.

Enter values for "Listen Address", "Listen Port" and "Webhook path" to form the endpoint URL. Make note of the Endpoint URL https://{AGENT_ADDRESS}:8686/meraki/events.
Enter value for "Secret value". This must match the "Shared Secret" value entered when configuring the webhook from Meraki cloud.
Enter values for "TLS". Cisco Meraki requires that the webhook accept requests over HTTPS. So you must either configure the integration with a valid TLS certificate or use a reverse proxy in front of the integration.

Field	Description	Type
@timestamp	Date/time when the event originated. This is the date/time extracted from the event, typically representing when the event was generated by the source. If the event source has no original timestamp, this value is typically populated by the first time the event was received by the pipeline. Required field for all events.	date
cisco_meraki.8021x_auth		flattened
cisco_meraki.8021x_client_deauth		flattened
cisco_meraki.8021x_deauth		flattened
cisco_meraki.8021x_eap_failure		flattened
cisco_meraki.8021x_eap_success		flattened
cisco_meraki.anyconnect_vpn_session_manager.action		keyword
cisco_meraki.anyconnect_vpn_session_manager.bytes_in		keyword
cisco_meraki.anyconnect_vpn_session_manager.bytes_out		keyword
cisco_meraki.anyconnect_vpn_session_manager.conn_id		keyword
cisco_meraki.anyconnect_vpn_session_manager.duration		keyword
cisco_meraki.anyconnect_vpn_session_manager.filter		keyword
cisco_meraki.anyconnect_vpn_session_manager.ip		keyword
cisco_meraki.anyconnect_vpn_session_manager.peer_ip		keyword
cisco_meraki.anyconnect_vpn_session_manager.reason		keyword
cisco_meraki.anyconnect_vpn_session_manager.session_id		keyword
cisco_meraki.anyconnect_vpn_session_manager.session_type		keyword
cisco_meraki.anyconnect_vpn_session_manager.tunnel_id		keyword
cisco_meraki.anyconnect_vpn_session_manager.tunnel_type		keyword
cisco_meraki.anyconnect_vpn_session_manager.user_name		keyword
cisco_meraki.aps_association_reject		flattened
cisco_meraki.association		flattened
cisco_meraki.bssid		keyword
cisco_meraki.channel		keyword
cisco_meraki.device_packet_flood		flattened
cisco_meraki.dfs_event		flattened
cisco_meraki.disassociation		flattened
cisco_meraki.disposition		keyword
cisco_meraki.event_subtype		keyword
cisco_meraki.event_type		keyword
cisco_meraki.fc_subtype		keyword
cisco_meraki.fc_type		keyword
cisco_meraki.firewall.action		keyword
cisco_meraki.firewall.pattern		keyword
cisco_meraki.firewall.rule		keyword
cisco_meraki.flows		flattened
cisco_meraki.martian_vlan.Client		keyword
cisco_meraki.martian_vlan.MAC		keyword
cisco_meraki.martian_vlan.VLAN		keyword
cisco_meraki.martian_vlan.details		text
cisco_meraki.martian_vlan.summary		text
cisco_meraki.multiple_dhcp_servers_detected		flattened
cisco_meraki.mxport		keyword
cisco_meraki.new_port_status		keyword
cisco_meraki.old_port_status		keyword
cisco_meraki.port		keyword
cisco_meraki.security.action		keyword
cisco_meraki.security.decision		keyword
cisco_meraki.security.dhost		keyword
cisco_meraki.security.mac		keyword
cisco_meraki.security.priority		keyword
cisco_meraki.security.signature		keyword
cisco_meraki.site_to_site_vpn.connectivity_change		flattened
cisco_meraki.site_to_site_vpn.raw		text
cisco_meraki.splash_auth		flattened
cisco_meraki.urls.mac		keyword
cisco_meraki.vap		keyword
cisco_meraki.wpa_auth		flattened
cisco_meraki.wpa_deauth		flattened
cloud.image.id	Image ID for the cloud instance.	keyword
data_stream.dataset	Data stream dataset.	constant_keyword
data_stream.namespace	Data stream namespace.	constant_keyword
data_stream.type	Data stream type.	constant_keyword
event.dataset	Event dataset	constant_keyword
event.module	Event module	constant_keyword
host.containerized	If the host is a container.	boolean
host.os.build	OS build information.	keyword
host.os.codename	OS codename, if any.	keyword
input.type	Input type.	keyword
log.offset	Offset of the entry in the log file.	long
log.source.address	Source address from which the log event was read / sent from.	keyword

Example

{
    "@timestamp": "2021-11-23T18:13:18.348Z",
    "agent": {
        "ephemeral_id": "ff255c22-106e-4a69-a558-fc9cd28dd9f7",
        "id": "04234bad-8787-4099-99b9-c7ff2640cddb",
        "name": "elastic-agent-38562",
        "type": "filebeat",
        "version": "8.18.0"
    },
    "cisco_meraki": {
        "event_subtype": "ids_alerted",
        "event_type": "security_event",
        "security": {
            "decision": "allowed",
            "dhost": "D0-AB-D5-7B-43-73",
            "priority": "1",
            "signature": "1:29708:4"
        }
    },
    "data_stream": {
        "dataset": "cisco_meraki.log",
        "namespace": "17105",
        "type": "logs"
    },
    "destination": {
        "ip": "10.0.3.162",
        "port": 56391
    },
    "ecs": {
        "version": "8.11.0"
    },
    "elastic_agent": {
        "id": "04234bad-8787-4099-99b9-c7ff2640cddb",
        "snapshot": true,
        "version": "8.18.0"
    },
    "event": {
        "action": "ids-signature-matched",
        "agent_id_status": "verified",
        "category": [
            "network",
            "intrusion_detection"
        ],
        "dataset": "cisco_meraki.log",
        "ingested": "2025-03-28T12:18:23Z",
        "original": "<134>1 1637691198.348361125 MX84 security_event ids_alerted signature=1:29708:4 priority=1 timestamp=1637691198.330873 dhost=D0:AB:D5:7B:43:73 direction=ingress protocol=tcp/ip src=67.43.156.12:80 dst=10.0.3.162:56391 decision=allowed message: BROWSER-IE Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS uninitialized object access attempt detected",
        "type": [
            "info"
        ]
    },
    "input": {
        "type": "udp"
    },
    "log": {
        "source": {
            "address": "192.168.252.3:46890"
        }
    },
    "message": "BROWSER-IE Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS uninitialized object access attempt detected",
    "network": {
        "direction": "ingress",
        "protocol": "tcp/ip"
    },
    "observer": {
        "hostname": "MX84"
    },
    "source": {
        "as": {
            "number": 35908
        },
        "geo": {
            "continent_name": "Asia",
            "country_iso_code": "BT",
            "country_name": "Bhutan",
            "location": {
                "lat": 27.5,
                "lon": 90.5
            }
        },
        "ip": "67.43.156.12",
        "port": 80
    },
    "tags": [
        "preserve_original_event",
        "cisco-meraki",
        "forwarded"
    ]
}

API Endpoint (Webhooks)

Exported fields

Field	Description	Type
@timestamp	Date/time when the event originated. This is the date/time extracted from the event, typically representing when the event was generated by the source. If the event source has no original timestamp, this value is typically populated by the first time the event was received by the pipeline. Required field for all events.	date
cisco_meraki.event.alertData	Additional alert data (differs based on alert type)	flattened
cisco_meraki.event.alertId	ID for this alert message	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.alertLevel	Alert level (informational, critical etc.)	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.alertType	Type of alert (“Network usage alert”, “Settings changed”, etc.)	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.alertTypeId	Unique ID for the type of alert	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.deviceMac	MAC address of the Meraki device	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.deviceModel	Meraki device model	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.deviceName	Name assigned to the Meraki device	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.deviceSerial	Serial number of the Meraki device	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.deviceTags	Tags assigned to the Meraki device	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.deviceUrl	URL of the Meraki device	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.networkId	ID for the Meraki network	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.networkName	Name for the Meraki network	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.networkTags	Tags assigned to the Meraki network	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.networkUrl	URL of the Meraki Dashboard network	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.occurredAt	Timestamp of the alert (UTC)	date
cisco_meraki.event.organizationId	ID of the Meraki organization	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.organizationName	Name of the Meraki organization	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.organizationUrl	URL of the Meraki Dashboard organization	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.sentAt	Timestamp of the sent message (UTC)	date
cisco_meraki.event.sharedSecret	User defined secret to be validated by the webhook receiver (optional)	keyword
cisco_meraki.event.version	Current version of webhook format	keyword
cloud.image.id	Image ID for the cloud instance.	keyword
data_stream.dataset	Data stream dataset.	constant_keyword
data_stream.namespace	Data stream namespace.	constant_keyword
data_stream.type	Data stream type.	constant_keyword
event.dataset	Event dataset	constant_keyword
event.module	Event module	constant_keyword
host.containerized	If the host is a container.	boolean
host.os.build	OS build information.	keyword
host.os.codename	OS codename, if any.	keyword
input.type	Input type.	keyword
log.offset	Offset of the entry in the log file.	long
log.source.address	Source address from which the log event was read / sent from.	keyword

Example

{
    "@timestamp": "2018-02-11T00:00:00.123Z",
    "agent": {
        "ephemeral_id": "6cd48951-0fb4-46b5-b6b0-0fde65471d4e",
        "id": "9e41b562-675f-4880-85b6-03569b372c67",
        "name": "elastic-agent-46314",
        "type": "filebeat",
        "version": "8.18.0"
    },
    "cisco_meraki": {
        "event": {
            "alertData": {
                "connection": "LTE",
                "local": "192.168.1.2",
                "model": "UML290VW",
                "provider": "Purview Wireless",
                "remote": "1.2.3.5"
            },
            "alertId": "0000000000000000",
            "alertTypeId": "cellular_up",
            "deviceTags": [
                "tag1",
                "tag2"
            ],
            "deviceUrl": "https://n1.meraki.com//n//manage/nodes/new_list/000000000000",
            "networkId": "N_24329156",
            "networkUrl": "https://n1.meraki.com//n//manage/nodes/list",
            "organizationUrl": "https://dashboard.meraki.com/o/VjjsAd/manage/organization/overview",
            "sentAt": "2021-10-07T08:42:00.926325Z",
            "sharedSecret": "abc123",
            "version": "0.1"
        }
    },
    "data_stream": {
        "dataset": "cisco_meraki.events",
        "namespace": "12458",
        "type": "logs"
    },
    "ecs": {
        "version": "8.11.0"
    },
    "elastic_agent": {
        "id": "9e41b562-675f-4880-85b6-03569b372c67",
        "snapshot": true,
        "version": "8.18.0"
    },
    "event": {
        "action": "Cellular came up",
        "agent_id_status": "verified",
        "category": [
            "network"
        ],
        "dataset": "cisco_meraki.events",
        "ingested": "2025-03-28T12:15:23Z",
        "original": "{\"alertData\":{\"connection\":\"LTE\",\"local\":\"192.168.1.2\",\"model\":\"UML290VW\",\"provider\":\"Purview Wireless\",\"remote\":\"1.2.3.5\"},\"alertId\":\"0000000000000000\",\"alertLevel\":\"informational\",\"alertType\":\"Cellular came up\",\"alertTypeId\":\"cellular_up\",\"deviceMac\":\"00:11:22:33:44:55\",\"deviceModel\":\"MX\",\"deviceName\":\"My appliance\",\"deviceSerial\":\"Q234-ABCD-5678\",\"deviceTags\":[\"tag1\",\"tag2\"],\"deviceUrl\":\"https://n1.meraki.com//n//manage/nodes/new_list/000000000000\",\"networkId\":\"N_24329156\",\"networkName\":\"Main Office\",\"networkTags\":[],\"networkUrl\":\"https://n1.meraki.com//n//manage/nodes/list\",\"occurredAt\":\"2018-02-11T00:00:00.123450Z\",\"organizationId\":\"2930418\",\"organizationName\":\"My organization\",\"organizationUrl\":\"https://dashboard.meraki.com/o/VjjsAd/manage/organization/overview\",\"sentAt\":\"2021-10-07T08:42:00.926325Z\",\"sharedSecret\":\"abc123\",\"version\":\"0.1\"}",
        "type": [
            "info",
            "start"
        ]
    },
    "input": {
        "type": "http_endpoint"
    },
    "log": {
        "level": "informational"
    },
    "network": {
        "name": "Main Office"
    },
    "observer": {
        "mac": [
            "00-11-22-33-44-55"
        ],
        "name": "My appliance",
        "product": "MX",
        "serial_number": "Q234-ABCD-5678",
        "vendor": "Cisco"
    },
    "organization": {
        "id": "2930418",
        "name": "My organization"
    },
    "tags": [
        "preserve_original_event",
        "forwarded",
        "meraki-events"
    ]
}

Screenshots

This integration includes one or more Kibana dashboards that visualizes the data collected by the integration. The screenshots below illustrate how the ingested data is displayed.

Changelog

Version	Details	Minimum Kibana version
1.32.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Changed owners.	9.0.0 8.13.0
1.31.3	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix SSL settings not being rendered in the TCP stream template.	9.0.0 8.13.0
1.31.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix grok pattern to support `Blocked RA Packet` and `Blocked DHCP Packet` events in addition to `Blocked ARP Packet` events.	9.0.0 8.13.0
1.31.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Remove duplicate security-solution-default tag references	9.0.0 8.13.0
1.31.0	Enhancement Handle `8021x_client_deauth` events, `identity` field and fill `related.ip`	9.0.0 8.13.0
1.30.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update `event.type` and `event.category` of `anyconnect_vpn_connect`.	9.0.0 8.13.0
1.29.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Map translated source and destination IP and port to correct ECS fields.	9.0.0 8.13.0
1.29.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix the parsing of connecting and reconnecting events for `anyconnect_vpn_connect` and `client_vpn_connect`.	9.0.0 8.13.0
1.29.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Standardize user fields processing across integrations.	9.0.0 8.13.0
1.28.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Limit Grok parsing for port events to logs with actionable phrases to prevent benign error messages.	9.0.0 8.13.0
1.28.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Extend the event pipeline with some ECS fields and a Grok pattern to improve DHCP event parsing.	9.0.0 8.13.0
1.28.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update Kibana constraint to support 9.0.0.	9.0.0 8.13.0
1.27.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Updated SSL description to be uniform and to include links to documentation.	8.13.0
1.27.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Migrate log stream to saved search.	8.13.0
1.26.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Do not remove `event.original` in main ingest pipeline.	8.13.0
1.25.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add "preserve_original_event" tag to documents with `event.kind` set to "pipeline_error".	8.13.0
1.24.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Allow @custom pipeline access to event.original without setting preserve_original_event.	8.13.0
1.23.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update the kibana constraint to ^8.13.0. Modified the field definitions to remove ECS fields made redundant by the ecs@mappings component template.	8.13.0
1.22.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Retain message for all events. Enhancement (View pull request) Improve event type handling.	8.12.0
1.21.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix webhook shared secret configuration and behavior.	8.12.0
1.21.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix url processing.	8.12.0
1.21.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Set sensitive values as secret.	8.12.0
1.20.3	Enhancement (View pull request) Changed owners	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.20.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix exclude_files pattern.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.20.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Remove incorrect event.category:threat and event.type:indicator values.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.20.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Record port state changes.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.19.0	Enhancement (View pull request) ECS version updated to 8.11.0.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.18.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix handling of security events without dhost and with action.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.18.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Simplify IPflows pipeline to cover ICMP events.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.17.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Add missing `client.as.*` field definitions.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.17.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Improve `event.original` check to avoid errors if set.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.16.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Removed experimental release tags from data streams.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.16.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update the package format_version to 3.0.0.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.15.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Removing unused ECS field declarations.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.15.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add event.action and message to specific events.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.14.0	Enhancement (View pull request) ECS version updated to 8.10.0.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.13.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Handle blocked ARP packet messages. Enhancement (View pull request) Handle auth event subtype. Enhancement (View pull request) Handle port event subtype.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.12.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add tags.yml file so that integration's dashboards and saved searches are tagged with "Security Solution" and displayed in the Security Solution UI.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.11.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix flows pipeline according to new Firmware MX18.101.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.11.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.9.0.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.10.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Ensure event.kind is correctly set for pipeline errors.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.9.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package-spec version to 2.7.0.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.8.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.8.0.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.7.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.7.0.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.6.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Capture firewall rules from flows.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.5.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Handle user-agent when present in urls logs	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.5.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.6.0.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.4.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Improved timezone offset error handling.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.4.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add `udp_options` to the UDP input.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.3.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Enhanced error handling for timezone field	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.3.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.5.0.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.2.3	Bug fix (View pull request) Improve handling of flows events.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.2.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Remove duplicate fields.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.2.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Remove duplicate field.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.2.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add preserve_original_event function to default pipeline	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.1.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix MAC address formatting.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.1.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Use ECS geo.location definition.	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.1.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.4.0	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.0.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix client.geo.location mapping	8.0.0 7.17.0
1.0.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Make GA	8.0.0 7.17.0
0.6.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package name and description to align with standard wording	—
0.6.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update package to ECS 8.3.0.	—
0.5.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Fix doc build	—
0.5.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Replace RSA2ELK with Syslog and Webhook integration	—
0.4.1	Enhancement (View pull request) Add documentation for multi-fields	—
0.4.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update to ECS 8.0.0	—
0.3.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Regenerate test files using the new GeoIP database	—
0.3.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Add 8.0.0 version constraint	—
0.2.3	Enhancement (View pull request) Update Title and Description.	—
0.2.2	Bug fix (View pull request) Fixed a bug that prevents the package from working in 7.16.	—
0.2.1	Bug fix (View pull request) Fix logic that checks for the 'forwarded' tag	—
0.2.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Update to ECS 1.12.0	—
0.1.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Initial commit splitting Cisco meraki from general Cisco package	—

Cisco Meraki Integration

Compatibility

Configuration

Enabling the integration in Elastic

Cisco Meraki Dashboard Configuration

Syslog

API Endpoint (Webhooks)

Configure the Cisco Meraki integration

Syslog

API Endpoint (Webhooks)

Log Events

Logs

Syslog

API Endpoint (Webhooks)

Screenshots

Changelog