System and method for migrating network policies of software-defined network components
US10924346B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 3, 2019 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0897
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for migrating configurations of a software-defined network (SDN) component from a source computing environment to a destination computing environment uses a configuration export file that includes a metadata section and a templates section. The metadata section includes correlation keys for dependencies found in fetched configurations of the SDN component that correspond to dependency keywords in a configurable dictionary. The templates section includes reframed configurations of the dependencies with at least one reference to the correlation keys in the metadata section. At least some correlation-key references within reframed configurations in the templates section of the configuration export file are substituted with correlation-key replacements for the destination computing environment, which are then applied to a target SDN component in the destination computing environment.
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