Architecture for agentless service insertion

A method comprising:

• receiving data traffic associated with a service policy on an overlay path, the data traffic comprising first overlay data traffic on the overlay path encapsulated in a form for transmission on the overlay path;
• terminating the overlay path;
• converting the first overlay data traffic to first raw data traffic;
• sending the first raw data traffic on a first interface corresponding to the service policy associated with the data traffic and coupled to a service node;
• receiving second raw data traffic sent from the service node on a second interface mapped to an output of the service node corresponding to the service policy associated with the first overlay data traffic;
• converting the second raw data traffic to second overlay data traffic in the form encapsulated for transmission on the overlay path.

One or more non-transitory tangible media that includes code for execution and when executed by a processor operable to perform operations comprising:

• receiving data traffic associated with a service policy on an overlay path, the data traffic comprising first overlay data traffic on the overlay path encapsulated in a form for transmission on the overlay path;
• terminating the overlay path;
• converting the first overlay data traffic to first raw data traffic;
• sending the first raw data traffic on a first interface corresponding to the service policy associated with the data traffic and coupled to a service node;
• receiving second raw data traffic sent from the service node on a second interface coupled to an output of the service node corresponding to the service policy associated with the first overlay data traffic;
• and
• converting the second raw data traffic to second overlay data traffic in a form encapsulated for transmission on the overlay path.