Intent centric, policy enforced out-of-band data handling incremental network intent provisioning

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, causes a processor to perform operations, comprising:

• receiving a Minimal Configuration Change Difference (MCCD) associated with an out-of-sync state occurring in a network;
• determining by traversing the MCCD and at least one configuration node of the MCCD, a closest service instance associated with service meta-data;
• executing an Out-Of-Bound (OOB) policy associated with a determined closest service instance;
• and
• redeploying at least one service instance comprising an OOB configuration change based on an executed OOB policy that is associated with the determined closest service instance.

A network controller comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a Minimal Configuration Change Diff (MCCD) associated with an out-of-sync state occurring in a network;
• determining by traversing the MCCD and at least one configuration node of the MCCD, a closest service instance associated with service meta-data received;
• executing an Out-Of-Bound (OOB) policy associated with a determined closest service instance;
• and
• redeploying at least one service instance comprising an OOB configuration change based on an executed OOB policy that is associated with the determined closest service instance.