Network agent for reporting to a network policy system

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions, which when interpreted by one or more processors on one or more computing hosts in a networked distributed system, cause the system to:

• at a network policy platform, translate a statement of user intent of a network policy system user with respect to one or more network rules into a network policy;
• communicate the network policy to a first frontend network policy module in communication with a first network agent, and to a second frontend network policy module in communication with a second network agent;
• receive, at the first network agent, a first policy message sent by the first frontend network policy module, the first policy message describing an action to take to implement the network policy;
• receive, at the second network agent, a second policy message sent by the second frontend network policy module, the second policy message describing an action to take to implement the network policy;
• implement, by the first network agent, the network policy for a first data flow from a first network entity, and
• implement, by the second network agent, the network policy for a second data flow from a second network entity.

A plurality of hosts, each host including a processor and a memory, arranged into an intent driven network management system comprising:

• a network policy platform;
• a plurality of frontend policy modules in communication with the network policy platform;
• a plurality of network agents, wherein each agent is in communication with a frontend policy module of the plurality of frontend policy modules;
• and
• a plurality of network entities, each network entity associated with a network agent of the plurality of network agents,
• wherein the plurality of network entities send and receive data flows,
• wherein the network policy platform is configured to translate a statement of user intent of an intent driven network management system user with respect to one or more network rules into a network policy,
• wherein the network policy platform communicates the network policy to a first frontend network policy module of the plurality of frontend policy modules in communication with a first network agent of the plurality of network agents, and communicates the network policy to a second frontend network policy module of the plurality of frontend policy modules in communication with a second network agent of the plurality of network agents,
• wherein the first network agent is configured to receive a first policy message sent by the first frontend network policy module, the first policy message describing an action to take to implement the network policy,
• wherein the second network agent is configured to receive a second policy message sent by the second frontend network policy module, the second policy message describing an action to take to implement the network policy,
• wherein the first network agent implements the network policy for a first data flow from a first network entity of the plurality of network entities, and
• wherein the second network agent implements the network policy for a second data flow from a second network entity of the plurality of network entities.