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Meraki VPN Status Event Monitor Reference Guide

Receiving alerts about VPN tunnel status for Meraki devices

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Overview​

The Meraki VPN Status Event Monitor watches and alerts about the status of the VPN tunnels that have been configured for each connected Meraki device.

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Use Cases​

  • Receiving alerts about VPN link status changes
  • Getting alerted when any VPN link goes down

Monitoring Options​

This event monitor provides the following options:

  • Organization: Enter the Meraki organization name the event monitor will use to connect.

  • Alert with [Info/Warning/Error/Critical] if the Meraki API cannot be contacted: Use this option to receive an alert of your choice if PIM+ cannot contact your device.

  • Alert with [Info/Warning/Error/Critical] if the status of a VPN link changes: This option sends you an alert of your choice if any VPN link's status changes.

  • Alert with [Info/Warning/Error/Critical] if any VPN link is down: Use this option to receive an alert if the event monitor detects that any VPN link is down.

Note: This event monitor only works with the "Router" Meraki device type.

Authentication and Security​

The authentication profile you choose must be of the type "Meraki" and include your Meraki API key.

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Data Points​

This event monitor generates one data point for every VPN link where status=1 if it's connected and status=0 if it is not when the event monitor runs.