Intent driven network policy platform

Abstract

The disclosed technology relates to intent driven network management. A system is configured to maintain an inventory store comprising records for a set of network entities in a network, wherein each network entity in the set of network entities is associated with a record in the inventory store. The system receives a user intent statement comprising an action and a flow filter representing network data flows on which the action is to be applied and queries, based on the flow filter, the inventory store to identify a plurality of network entities in the set of network entities to which the user intent statement applies. The system generates a plurality of network policies that implement the user intent statement based on the plurality of network entities and the action and enforces the plurality network policies.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 receiving a user intent statement including an action that is capable of being performed in a network environment through one or more network policies for the network environment;   querying an inventory store to identify a network entity associated with the user intent statement;   generating the one or more network policies that apply the action to the network entity based on the action included in the user intent statement; and   enforcing the one or more network policies on the network entity.