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Add an L3VPN Service Instance

A superuser or network administrator can use Paragon Automation to provision an L3VPN service in their network.

When you create and save an L3VPN service instance, Paragon Automation generates a create service order. After you provision the service instance, Paragon Automation activates the automated workflow for fulfilling the service order and provisions the service in the network.

You can create an L3VPN service instance by uploading a preconfigured JSON file or by entering the details in the UI fields on the Add L3 VPN Service page.

To create an L3VPN service instance:

  1. Click Orchestration > Instances.

    The Service Instances page appears.

  2. Click Add > L3 VPN.

    The Add L3 VPN Service page appears.

  3. In the General section, enter the values by referring to Table 1.
  4. Click Next to proceed to the Site Settings section.
  5. Enter site-specific details in the Site Settings section. See Add L3VPN Service Site Details.
    Note:

    If you upload a preconfigured file, the values specified in the file are automatically populated in the corresponding UI fields.
  6. Click Next to proceed to the Summary section.

    You see a graphical map of your service topology and a summary of the instance details in the Summary section.

  7. (Optional) Click Export to export and save the service details in JSON format on your local system.
  8. (Optional) Click Reset Placements to remove existing placement configurations for the service instance.

    Provisioning of a service instance might fail when existing placement configurations for the service instance are no longer available or applicable. When you reset placement parameters, service orchestration automatically assigns placement options for the instance before provisioning the service.

    Note:

    Reset Placements is a beta feature in this release.
  9. Click Next to proceed to the Schedule section.
  10. (Optional) Switch the Schedule toggle on if you want to schedule when to provision the service. The Schedule option is disabled by default.

    The Schedule field appears. Perform the following steps to schedule the date and time to provision the service:

    1. Click the calendar icon in the Schedule field.
    2. Select the date and time for provisioning the service, and click OK.
      The scheduled date and time are displayed in the MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM AM/PM format.
      Note:

      • You must set a present or future date and time to schedule provisioning of a service. If you select a past time and save the service order, the service is provisioned immediately.

      • To delete a provisioning schedule, select the service-instance-name on the Service Instances page and click the edit icon. On the Modify Service-Instance-Name page, proceed to the Schedule section. In the Schedule section, switch the Schedule toggle off and click Save. The provisioning schedule is deleted and the service instance is provisioned immediately.

  11. To save and provision the service instance, click one of the following buttons:

    • Save & Provision—Click this button and confirm when prompted, to save the service instance to the Paragon Automation database and provision the instance immediately. Selecting this option discards any provisioning schedule that you configured, and provisions the service immediately.

    • Save—Click this button to save the service instance to the Paragon Automation database.

      The Service Instances page appears and the new service instance is listed in the Service Instances table. To provision the service instance, select the service instance name and click Provision. Alternatively, you can schedule provisioning of the service instance as defined in step 10.

      Note:

      • The Provision button is disabled if you schedule the provisioning of a service instance. The service is provisioned automatically at the scheduled date and time.
Table 1: Fields in the Add L3VPN Service Page General Section

Field

Description

Upload JSON File

Click Browse to upload a preconfigured JSON file.

You see a message that the file is successfully imported. The values specified in the file are automatically populated in the corresponding UI fields.

Customer

Enter the name of the customer for whom you are provisioning the service:

  • If you already added the customer name by using the Customer Inventory page (Orchestration > Service > Customers), click the Customer field to see a drop-down with the customer names that you added. Select the customer name from the drop-down list.

  • Alternatively, click the Add Customer link to create a new customer. See Add a Customer.

The customer name must be unique within an organization.

Instance name

Enter a name for the service instance. For example, l3vpn.

The instance name can be a set of alphanumeric characters and the special character hyphen (-). The maximum number of characters allowed is 64.

VPN Id

Enter the ID you want to assign to the VPN.

The VPN ID must not exceed 64 characters.

VPN Service Topology

Select a topology for the VPN service:

  • Any-to-any topology—In this service topology, all VPN sites can exchange network traffic with each other without any restrictions.

  • Hub-spoke topology—In this service topology, spoke sites can exchange network traffic with hub sites, but not with other spoke sites. The hub sites can exchange network traffic with other hub sites.

    Note:

    The L3VPN hub and spoke VPN topology is supported only on MX Series routers.

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