WIFI Integration (Cisco Meraki)

WIFI Integration (Cisco Meraki)

Overview 


Splan delivers intelligent and fully automated next generation visitor management solutions for small to large enterprises. Integrating with application security, IT security and Physical Access Control systems, Splan provides innovative web and cloud based visitor management solutions that are cost effective and easy to use. 


With Cisco Meraki integration, a unique username and password can be created for each visitor and can be provisioned during check in process. Splan uses ERS API Service to make rest calls with xml or json strings and provision the wifi information of the visitor. 

Prerequisites 

 

Server Access : Splan server should be able to communicate with customer’s Cisco Meraki server. If customer is using Splan cloud then customer has to whitelist Splan server IP address to allow connectivity between Splan and Customer local server (Cisco Meraki server). 

 

Create ERS API Users 

 

It is recommended to create separate users with the ERS Admin (Read/Write) privileges to use the ERS APIs so you can separately track and audit their activities. 


1.Navigate to Administration > System > Admin Access 
2.Choose Administrators > Admin Users from the left pane 
3.Choose  +Add > Create an Admin User to create a new ers-admin account. 

Setting Up ERS for Sponsor Access 

 

Here are the settings that need to be done on the CISCO Meraki for the integration to work: 


 1. In Cisco Meraki, you will need to enable the “ERS API service” setting. 

A. In Cisco Meraki, login to your Meraki PAN 

B. Go to Administration > System > Settings > ERS Settings 

C. Turn on ERS API by enabling ERS for Read/Write 

D. Save your changes 

E. You will now be able to use the local endpoint “https://<Cisco Meraki IP address>:9060/ers/” 

2. Create a Sponsor 

A sponsor is the user's proxy that does the provisioning of the new visitors 

A. In Meraki, go to Administration > Identity Management > Identities. 

B. Select “Users” and click “Add” 

i. Give the sponsor a name (Something like “SplanSponsor”) 

ii. Set Status to Enabled 

iii. Set Password Type to “Internal Users”. Create a password (you will need this later in   
iv. Assign User Groups. Best practice is “ALL_ACCOUNTS” unless you have a specific reason not to. 

3. Create a Guest Type 


The Guest Type will determine the permissions the visitor will have. 

A. Go to Work Centers > Guest Access > Portals and Components. 

B. Select “Guest Types” and click “Create” 

i. Name the Visitor type to whatever you wish (Something like “SplanVisitor”) 

ii. Set the field “Account duration starts” to “From First Login” 

iii. Set the “Maximum account Duration” to however long you want (recommended 1 day)

iv. Set the “Sponsor Groups” to the same group that you assigned to the sponsor in step2B. (Recommended “ALL_ACCOUNTS”) 

v. Go back to Work Centers > Guest Access > Portals and Components and select “Sponsor Groups” and select the group you are using. Make sure this group can create accounts using the Guest Type we just created. 


4. Copy the Portal ID 


A. Go to Work Centers > Guest Access 

B. Select “Sponsor Portals” and choose the “Sponsor Portal (default)” unless you have a specific reason to use a custom portal. 

C. Right click on “Portal Test URL” and select “Copy Link Address”. 

D. Paste this link and provide to Splan team. 


5. Copy location name 

A. Go to Work Centers > Guest Access > Settings 

B. Select “Guest Locations and SSID” 

C. Choose your location and copy it and paste it and provide to Splan team 


Configuration 
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Here are the steps that need to be done in Splan Visitor portal: 

1. Create a connector of type: Cisco Wifi 

2. Map URL to the Cisco Meraki server URL 

3. Configure username, password, portal id, location name, Guest Type that are set up already in Cisco Meraki 

4. Save the connector 


Contact Splan Support: 


If you run into any issues, please contact Splan Support at support@splan.com. 



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