The Cloud-Native Advantage: Intent-based Network Automation - Alexander North & Markus Vahlenkamp

This talk delves into the challenges of configuring network devices in the rapidly evolving cloud-native landscape, highlighting how Schema Driven Configuration (SDC) addresses these issues. The speaker discusses SDC's intent-based and YANG-backed interface for managing network functions via NETCONF or gNMI, specifically its application in Swisscom's 5G mobile core functions. They emphasize the self-healing and reconciliation capabilities of SDC, which ensure that network device configurations align with desired states without human intervention. The session underlines the importance of visibility in live configuration states, particularly in complex network environments.