Methods and apparatus for providing adaptive private network centralized management system discovery processes

A method for discovery of nodes in an adaptive private network

• (APN) comprising a central server, a network control node (NCN) operating as a single point of control of the APN, and a plurality of client nodes communicating with each other and the NCN utilizing changing interconnection links, the NCN having a configured management IP address which is separate from each client node, the NCN administering and controlling the plurality of client nodes within the APN, the method comprising:
• configuring the APN with original APN topology information;
• receiving in the NCN a management IP address from each client node of the plurality of client nodes for storage in the NCN;
• querying the NCN by the central server for the management IP addresses of the plurality of client nodes;
• and
• utilizing the management IP addresses of the plurality of client nodes to obtain current APN topology information and current connectivity information at a single point of access to the APN, wherein the client nodes do not have access to the management IP addresses of other client nodes and utilizing the management IP addresses of the client nodes to obtain current APN topology information and current connectivity information includes directly polling, by an APN virtual machine (VM), using the management IP addresses, and over a management network comprising a logical or physical network separate from a logical or physical network used to carry user data plane application traffic, each of the client nodes for the APN topology information and current connectivity information and receiving APN topology information and current connectivity information from the client nodes over the management network.