Apstra Freeform Overview
Steps
  • 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
  • Thank you
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There are a few loopholes and inconsistencies (for example {spoiler alert}: how the actual f@#k does the clan keep 3 giant ancient anacondas fed and alive ffs??) in conjunction with a few sub-par performances, but, overall its a pleasant spinoff and accompaniment to the other 2 films in the franchise, and does so with considerably less focus on firearms and more on the action one might expect to see from a strong culturally Japanese standpoint.
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In this Demo
  • 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
  • Thank you