Methods and systems of automatic network service initiation

A method of automatic network service initiation, the method comprising:

• receiving information regarding deploying a network service block (NSB) at a customer site at a mobile application of an installer device;
• at the customer site, pairing a first network device of the NSB with the mobile application of the installer device through a wireless connection between the first network device of the NSB and the installer device;
• and
• from the installer device, transmitting first network service configuration information to the first network device of the NSB, wherein open shortest path first (OSPF) and link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) configuration information is obtained at the first network device of the NSB from a cloud server based on the first network service configuration information, wherein automatic network service initiation of the first network device of the NSB is performed based on the first network service configuration information and the OSPF and LLDP configuration information, wherein the first network service configuration information comprises a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the cloud server, an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a domain name system (DNS) server, an IP address of a loopback interface, a peer device loopback interface IP address, and a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) address scope, wherein at the second network device of the NSB, second network service configuration information is requested from the cloud server from a network address that is assigned to the second network device by the first network device, wherein the second network service configuration information is transmitted from the cloud server to a second network device of the NSB, and wherein the second network service configuration information includes OSPF configuration or LLDP configuration for the second network device.

A method of automatic network service initiation, the method comprising:

• at a cloud server, receiving a request for first network service configuration information from a first network device of a network service block (NSB);
• at the cloud server, transmitting the first network service configuration information to the first network device of the NSB, wherein open shortest path first (OSPF) and link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) configuration information is obtained at the first network device of the NSB from the cloud server based on the first network service configuration information, wherein automatic network service initiation of the first network device of the NSB is performed at a customer site based on the first network service configuration information and the OSPF and LLDP configuration information, and wherein the first network service configuration information comprises a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of a cloud server, an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a domain name system (DNS) server, an IP address of a loopback interface, a peer device loopback interface IP address, and a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) address scope;
• after automatic network service initiation of the first network device of the NSB is performed, at the cloud server, receiving a request for second network service configuration information from a second network device of the NSB that is connected to the first network device from a network address that is assigned to the second network device by the first network device;
• and
• at the cloud server, transmitting the second network service configuration information to the second network device of the NSB, wherein the second network service configuration information includes OSPF configuration or LLDP configuration for the second network device, and wherein automatic network service initiation of the second network device of the NSB is performed at the customer site based on the second network service configuration information.