# Cisco Meraki Integration
[The Cisco Meraki](https://meraki.cisco.com/) integration turns wireless, switching, and security appliance events into structured alerts within ilert. This ensures near-instant visibility on network issues, enforceable escalation paths, and consolidated incident reports, boosting reliability and reducing downtime.
## In ilert: Create a Cisco Meraki alert source
1. Go to **Alert sources** --> **Alert sources** and click on **Create new alert source**
2. Search for **Cisco Meraki** in the search field, click on the Cisco Meraki tile and click on **Next**.
3. Give your alert source a name, optionally assign teams and click **Next**.
4. Select an **escalation policy** by creating a new one or assigning an existing one.
5. Select you [Alert grouping](https://docs.ilert.com/alerting/configure-alerting/alert-sources#alert-grouping) preference and click **Continue setup**. You may click **Do not group alerts** for now and change it later.
6. The next page show additional settings such as customer alert templates or notification prioritiy. Click on **Finish setup** for now.
7. On the final page, an API key and / or webhook URL will be generated that you will need later in this guide.
## In Cisco Meraki: Add ilert as a webhook receiver
1. Select the desired **Network**
2. In the sidebar, go to **Alerts & AI** -> **Destinations** -> **Webhook**
3. On the next page, scroll down to **Webhooks** and enter a **Name**, the Webhook URL generated in ilert and choose **Meraki (included)** as payload template
4. Click on **Send test webhook**, to send a test alert to ilert
5. Click on **Save** to save the webhook
## FAQ
#### **Will alerts in ilert be resolved automatically?**
Yes, however, only certain alert type IDs will automatically resolve the corresponding alerts in ilert. These types include:
* cellular\_up
* sensor\_water\_cable\_reconnected
* sensor\_probe\_cable\_reconnected
* sensor\_battery\_improved
* port\_connected
* power\_supply\_up
* reconnected
* started\_reporting
* pcc\_outage\_end
* bluetooth\_in
