Apstra Freeform Overview

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Let us begin by creating a Freeform Blueprint
Click Edit to create a new Blueprint
We will use the canvas to add systems to the topology. These systems can be internal systems which are managed by Apstra or external systems which are not managed by Apstra.
Click to arrange the systems on the canvas
We can choose a device profile to model the hardware characteristics
Click to start modelling the system
Choose a device profile from the drop down menu
Choose the desired Device Profile
Complete desining by adding links between the systems as desired
Enrich the topology
Click to choose the desired color
Click to assign a tag for easy identification
Choose a tag
Topology viewing options
Once we have finished the topology, we can create a config template which can later be assigned to each system for deployment. Config templates can be typed in the GUI, copy and pasted from another text editor or imported from a JSON file.
Click to create a config template
Add a name for the config template
Config templates can be typed in the GUI, copy and pasted from another text editor or imported from a JSON file.
Copy the template text
Paste the configuration
The configuration template is now saved
Support for Jinja templates
Click on Junos interface Jinja config
Click on property sets
Click on the desired property set as shown
View the Property set details
Notice the configuration editor
Close the editor
Before deploying the blueprint, we will bring all the devices under Apstra management. This is done easily by Apstra's existing set of device management capabilities like the GUI based agent installation or the Asptra Zero Touch Provisioning of the server. We can also use the GUI to upgrade device OS versions.
Click on Managed Devices
Choose the device we wish to upgrade the OS version
Click to choose the OS version
We will choose the OS image from the drop down menu
Choose the desired OS image
Associating the devices to the systems and topology
Click commit to deploy the configuration to the devices
Click Commit
Monitoring the deployment status
Click on config to monitor the configuration deviation
Notice the actual config deviation information in the two panels
Apstra self documents, so every time we commit the blueprint, a snapshot of the network is saved as a blueprint revision. To roll back the configuration of the entire network to a previously saved state, Simply select a revision and click on rollback .
Confirm the rollback action
VIew the health and network performance dashboard
Alerts are generated when Apstra detects anomalous behavior of the network. We can also drill down into each dashboard for both real time and historical views of the raw data.
Click to choose the Data source as an example
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Let us begin by creating a Freeform Blueprint

Click Edit to create a new Blueprint

We will use the canvas to add systems to the topology. These systems can be internal systems which are managed by Apstra or external systems which are not managed by Apstra.

Click to arrange the systems on the canvas

We can choose a device profile to model the hardware characteristics

Click to start modelling the system

Choose a device profile from the drop down menu

Choose the desired Device Profile

Complete desining by adding links between the systems as desired

For this example, we will click on the Spine 1 device to enrich it further. The same process can be repeated for all the other devices.

Click to choose the desired color

Click to assign a tag for easy identification

Choose a tag

The topology that we designed can be inspected in multiple views, such as the systems view and the links view as seen here. Click on the Systems tab to view the systems view.

Once we have finished the topology, we can create a config template which can later be assigned to each system for deployment. Config templates can be typed in the GUI, copy and pasted from another text editor or imported from a JSON file.

Click to create a config template

Add a name for the config template

Config templates can be typed in the GUI, copy and pasted from another text editor or imported from a JSON file.

Copy the template text

Paste the configuration

The configuration template is now saved

The topology that we designed can be inspected in multiple views, such as the systems view and the links view as seen here. Click on the Systems tab to view the systems view.

Click on Junos interface Jinja config

Property sets provide a way for users to define their own set of variables to be consumed by the config templates.Â

Click on the desired property set as shown

View the Property set details

The three pane config template editor allows you to browse through the many Jinja variables that are automatically generated by the blueprint and supports real time previews of Jinja template rendering.

Close the editor

Click on Managed Devices

Choose the device we wish to upgrade the OS version

Click to choose the OS version

We will choose the OS image from the drop down menu

Choose the desired OS image

We will now deploy the blueprint by associating the devices to the systems and the topology, and then commit the staged blueprint.

Click commit to deploy the configuration to the devices

Click Commit

Click on config to monitor the configuration deviation

Next we will take a look at the TIme Voyager feature.

Apstra self documents, so every time we commit the blueprint, a snapshot of the network is saved as a blueprint revision. To roll back the configuration of the entire network to a previously saved state, Simply select a revision and click on rollback .

Confirm the rollback action

Advanced analytics for device health and network performance are available under the analytics tab and automatically enabled dashboards.

Alerts are generated when Apstra detects anomalous behavior of the network. We can also drill down into each dashboard for both real time and historical views of the raw data.

Click to choose the Data source as an example

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Apstra self documents, so every time we commit the blueprint, a snapshot of the network is saved as a blueprint revision.

To roll back the configuration of the entire network to a previously saved state, Simply select a revision and click on rollback .