Modular System Framework for Software Network Function Automation

A method, comprising:

• subscribing, by a first control module of a network, to a key of a state store of the network, the state store comprising one or more stored data objects and one or more unique keys, each of the stored data objects being associated with one of the one or more unique keys, the key being one of the one or more unique keys;
• receiving from the state store, at the first control module, a notification associated with the key;
• reading, by the first control module, a data object from the one or more stored data objects in the state store in response to the notification, the data object being associated with the key, and the data object comprising a network function virtualization (NFV) policy specification;
• and
• modifying, by the first control module, a network traffic flow of the network through one or more software network functions of the network based on the data object.