Meraki Templates

The Meraki template is a network configuration that is shared by multiple sites/networks. Individual site networks can be bound to a template network, so changes to a single template will trickle down to all bound networks; in Security Cloud Control, bound networks are displayed as bound devices. This is ideal if you want one policy across multiple networks in different locations. To configure more than one network to a single template, see Managing Multiple Networks with Configuration Templates. See Meraki Templates Best Practices for more information on what a Meraki template is, how you can plan on using templates in your network, and how to setup your template network.

Meraki templates work in the same way as the Meraki devices do, where you must first configure the template through the Meraki dashboard prior to onboarding to Security Cloud Control. When you onboard a template to Security Cloud Control, any existing rules or groups of IPs are read into Security Cloud Control and translated into objects. Once synced, the Device Details pane on the Inventory page displays the template name as well as how many networks, displayed as bound devices, are associated with it. This means you can also manage and modify/deploy the policies that are associated with the template and the bound networks from Security Cloud Control. See Onboard Meraki Templates to Cisco Security Cloud Control for more information.