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draft-shaikh-rtgwg-policy-model







Network Working Group                                          A. Shaikh
Internet-Draft                                                    Google
Intended status: Informational                                 R. Shakir
Expires: January 5, 2016                                              BT
                                                              K. D'Souza
                                                                C. Chase
                                                                    AT&T
                                                            July 4, 2015


    Routing Policy Configuration Model for Service Provider Networks
                   draft-shaikh-rtgwg-policy-model-01

Abstract

   This document defines a YANG data model for configuring and managing
   routing policies in a vendor-neutral way and based on actual
   operational practice.  The model provides a generic policy framework
   which can be augmented with protocol-specific policy configuration.

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1.  Introduction

   This document describes a YANG [RFC6020] data model for routing
   policy configuration based on operational usage and best practices in
   a variety of service provider networks.  The model is intended to be
   vendor-neutral, in order to allow operators to manage policy
   configuration in a consistent, intuitive way in heterogeneous
   environments with routers supplied by multiple vendors.

1.1.  Goals and approach

   This model does not aim to be feature complete -- it is a subset of
   the policy configuration parameters available in a variety of vendor
   implementations, but supports widely used constructs for managing how
   routes are imported, exported, and modified across different routing
   protocols.  The model development approach has been to examine actual
   policy configurations in use across a number of operator networks.
   Hence the focus is on enabling policy configuration capabilities and
   structure that are in wide use.

   Despite the differences in details of policy expressions and
   conventions in various vendor implementations, the model reflects the
   observation that a relatively simple condition- action approach can
   be readily mapped to several existing vendor implementations, and
   also gives operators an intuitive and straightforward way to express
   policy without sacrificing flexibility.  A side affect of this design
   decision is that legacy methods for expressing policies are not
   considered.  Such methods could be added as an augmentation to the
   model if needed.

   Consistent with the goal to produce a data model that is vendor
   neutral, only policy expressions that are deemed to be widely
   available in existing major implementations are included in the
   model.  Those configuration items that are only available from a
   single implementation are omitted from the model with the expectation
   they will be available in separate vendor-provided modules that
   augment the current model.

2.  Model overview

   The routing policy model is defined in two YANG modules, the main
   policy module, and an auxiliary module providing additional generic
   types.  The model has three main parts:




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   o  A generic framework to express policies as sets of related
      conditions and actions.  This includes match sets and actions that
      are useful across many routing protocols.

   o  A structure that allows routing protocol models to add protocol-
      specific policy conditions and actions though YANG augmentations.
      There is a complete example of this for BGP [RFC4271] policies in
      the proposed vendor-neutral BGP data model
      [I-D.shaikh-idr-bgp-model].

   o  A reusable grouping for attaching import and export rules in the
      context of routing configuration for different protocols, VRFs,
      etc.  This also enables creation of policy chains and expressing
      default policy behavior.

   These modules make use of the standard Internet types, such as IP
   addresses, autonomous system numbers, etc., defined in RFC 6991
   [RFC6991].

3.  Route policy expression

   Policies are expressed as a sequence of top-level policy definitions
   each of which consists of a sequence of policy statements.  Policy
   statements in turn consist of simple condition-action tuples.
   Conditions may include multiple match or comparison operations, and
   similarly, actions may effect multiple changes to route attributes,
   or indicate a final disposition of accepting or rejecting the route.
   This structure is shown below.

      +--rw routing-policy
         +--rw policy-definitions
            +--rw policy-definition* [name]
               +--rw name          string
               +--rw statements
                  +--rw statement* [name]
                     +--rw name          string
                     +--rw conditions
                     |     ...
                     +--rw actions
                           ...

3.1.  Defined sets for policy matching

   The models provides a set of generic sets that can be used for
   matching in policy conditions.  These sets are applicable across
   multiple routing protocols, and may be further augmented by protocol-
   specific models which have their own defined sets.  The supported
   defined sets include:



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   o  prefix sets - define a set of IP prefixes, each with an associated
      CIDR netmask range (or exact length)

   o  neighbor sets - define a set of neighboring nodes by their IP
      addresses

   o  tag set - define a set of generic tag values that can be used in
      matches for filtering routes

   The model structure for defined sets is shown below.

     +--rw routing-policy
         +--rw defined-sets
            +--rw prefix-sets
            |  +--rw prefix-set* [prefix-set-name]
            |     +--rw prefix-set-name    string
            |     +--rw prefix* [ip-prefix masklength-range]
            |        +--rw ip-prefix           inet:ip-prefix
            |        +--rw masklength-range    string
            +--rw neighbor-sets
            |  +--rw neighbor-set* [neighbor-set-name]
            |     +--rw neighbor-set-name    string
            |     +--rw neighbor* [address]
            |        +--rw address    inet:ip-address
            +--rw tag-sets
               +--rw tag-set* [tag-set-name]
                  +--rw tag-set-name    string
                  +--rw tag* [value]
                     +--rw value    pt:tag-type

3.2.  Policy conditions

   Policy statements consist of a set of conditions and actions (either
   of which may be empty).  Conditions are used to match route
   attributes against a defined set (e.g., a prefix set), or to compare
   attributes against a specific value.

   Match conditions may be further modified using the match-set-options
   configuration which allows operators to change the behavior of a
   match.  Three options are supported:

   o  ALL - match is true only if the given value matches all members of
      the set.

   o  ANY - match is true if the given value matches any member of the
      set.





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   o  INVERT - match is true if the given value does not match any
      member of the given set.

   Not all options are appropriate for matching against all defined sets
   (e.g., match ALL in a prefix set does not make sense).  In the model,
   a restricted set of match options is used where applicable.

   Comparison conditions may similarly use options to change how route
   attributes should be tested, e.g., for equality or inequality,
   against a given value.

   While most policy conditions will be added by individual routing
   protocol models via augmentation, this routing policy model includes
   several generic match conditions and also the ability to test which
   protocol or mechanism installed a route (e.g., BGP, IGP, static,
   etc.).  The conditions included in the model are shown below.

       +--rw routing-policy
         +--rw policy-definitions
            +--rw policy-definition* [name]
               +--rw statements
                  +--rw statement* [name]
                     +--rw conditions
                        +--rw call-policy?
                        +--rw match-prefix-set!
                        |  +--rw prefix-set?
                        |  +--rw match-set-options?
                        +--rw match-neighbor-set!
                        |  +--rw neighbor-set?
                        |  +--rw match-set-options?
                        +--rw match-tag-set!
                        |  +--rw tag-set?
                        |  +--rw match-set-options?
                        +--rw install-protocol-eq?
                        +--rw igp-conditions

3.3.  Policy actions

   When policy conditions are satisfied, policy actions are used to set
   various attributes of the route being processed, or to indicate the
   final disposition of the route, i.e., accept or reject.

   Similar to policy conditions, the routing policy model includes
   generic actions in addition to the basic route disposition actions.
   These are shown below.






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       +--rw routing-policy
         +--rw policy-definitions
            +--rw policy-definition* [name]
               +--rw statements
                  +--rw statement* [name]
                     +--rw actions
                        +--rw (route-disposition)?
                        |  +--:(accept-route)
                        |  |  +--rw accept-route?   empty
                        |  +--:(reject-route)
                        |     +--rw reject-route?   empty
                        +--rw igp-actions
                           +--rw set-tag?   pt:tag-type

3.4.  Policy subroutines

   Policy 'subroutines' (or nested policies) are supported by allowing
   policy statement conditions to reference other policy definitions
   using the call-policy configuration.  Called policies apply their
   conditions and actions before returning to the calling policy
   statement and resuming evaluation.  The outcome of the called policy
   affects the evaluation of the calling policy.  If the called policy
   results in an accept-route (either explicit or by default), then the
   subroutine returns an effective boolean true value to the calling
   policy.  For the calling policy, this is equivalent to a condition
   statement evaluating to a true value and evaluation of the policy
   continues (see Section 4).  Note that the called policy may also
   modify attributes of the route in its action statements.  Similarly,
   a reject-route action returns false and the calling policy evaluation
   will be affected accordingly.

   Note that the called policy may itself call other policies (subject
   to implementation limitations).  The model does not prescribe a
   nesting depth because this varies among implementations, with some
   major implementations only supporting a single subroutine, for
   example.  As with any routing policy construction, care must be taken
   with nested policies to ensure that the effective return value
   results in the intended behavior.  Nested policies are a convenience
   in many routing policy constructions but creating policies nested
   beyond a small number of levels (e.g., 2-3) should be discouraged.

4.  Policy evaluation

   Evaluation of each policy definition proceeds by evaluating its
   corresponding individual policy statements in order.  When a
   condition statement in a policy statement is satisfied, the
   corresponding action statement is executed.  If the action statement
   has either accept-route or reject-route actions, evaluation of the



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   current policy definition stops, and no further policy definitions in
   the chain are evaluated.

   If the condition is not satisfied, then evaluation proceeds to the
   next policy statement.  If none of the policy statement conditions
   are satisfied, then evaluation of the current policy definition
   stops, and the next policy definition in the chain is evaluated.
   When the end of the policy chain is reached, the default route
   disposition action is performed (i.e., reject-route unless an an
   alternate default action is specified for the chain).

5.  Applying routing policy

   Routing policy is applied by defining and attaching policy chains in
   various routing contexts.  Policy chains are sequences of policy
   definitions (described in Section 3) that have an associated
   direction (import or export) with respect to the routing context in
   which they are defined.  The routing policy model defines an apply-
   policy grouping that can be imported and used by other models.  As
   shown below, it allows definition of import and export policy chains,
   as well as specifying the default route disposition to be used when
   no policy definition in the chain results in a final decision.

         +--rw apply-policy
         |  +--rw config
         |  |  +--rw import-policy*
         |  |  +--rw default-import-policy?   default-policy-type
         |  |  +--rw export-policy*
         |  |  +--rw default-export-policy?   default-policy-type

   The default policy defined by the model is to reject the route for
   both import and export policies.

   An example of using the apply-policy group in another routing model
   is shown below for BGP.  Here, import and export policies are applied
   in the context of a particular BGP peer group.  Note that the policy
   chains reference policy definitions by name that are defined in the
   routing policy model.













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   +--rw bgp!
       +--rw peer-groups
          +--rw peer-group* [peer-group-name]
             +--rw peer-group-name
             +--rw config
             |  +--rw peer-as?
             |  +--rw local-as?
             |  +--rw peer-type?
             |  +--rw auth-password?
             |  +--rw remove-private-as?
             |  +--rw route-flap-damping?
             |  +--rw send-community?
             |  +--rw description?
             |  +--rw peer-group-name?
             +--ro state
             |  +--ro peer-as?
             |  +--ro local-as?
             |  +--ro peer-type?
             |  +--ro auth-password?
             |  +--ro remove-private-as?
             |  +--ro route-flap-damping?
             |  +--ro send-community?
             |  +--ro description?
             |  +--ro peer-group-name?
             |  +--ro total-paths?
             |  +--ro total-prefixes?
             +--rw apply-policy
             |  +--rw config
             |  |  +--rw import-policy*
             |  |  +--rw default-import-policy?
             |  |  +--rw export-policy*
             |  |  +--rw default-export-policy?
             |  +--ro state
             |     +--ro import-policy*
             |     +--ro default-import-policy?
             |     +--ro export-policy*
             |     +--ro default-export-policy?
             ...

6.  Routing protocol-specific policies

   Routing models that require the ability to apply routing policy may
   augment the routing policy model with protocol or other specific
   policy configuration.  The routing policy model assumes that
   additional defined sets, conditions, and actions may all be added by
   other models.





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   An example of this is shown below, in which the BGP configuration
   model in [I-D.shaikh-idr-bgp-model] adds new defined sets to match on
   community values or AS paths.  The model similarly augments BGP-
   specific conditions and actions into the corresponding sections of
   the routing policy model.

   +--rw routing-policy
      +--rw defined-sets
         +--rw prefix-sets
         |  +--rw prefix-set* [prefix-set-name]
         |     +--rw prefix-set-name
         |     +--rw prefix* [ip-prefix masklength-range]
         |        +--rw ip-prefix
         |        +--rw masklength-range
         +--rw neighbor-sets
         |  +--rw neighbor-set* [neighbor-set-name]
         |     +--rw neighbor-set-name
         |     +--rw neighbor* [address]
         |        +--rw address
         +--rw tag-sets
         |  +--rw tag-set* [tag-set-name]
         |     +--rw tag-set-name
         |     +--rw tag* [value]
         |        +--rw value
         +--rw bgp-pol:bgp-defined-sets
            +--rw bgp-pol:community-sets
            |  +--rw bgp-pol:community-set* [community-set-name]
            |     +--rw bgp-pol:community-set-name
            |     +--rw bgp-pol:community-member*
            +--rw bgp-pol:ext-community-sets
            |  +--rw bgp-pol:ext-community-set* [ext-community-set-name]
            |     +--rw bgp-pol:ext-community-set-name
            |     +--rw bgp-pol:ext-community-member*
            +--rw bgp-pol:as-path-sets
               +--rw bgp-pol:as-path-set* [as-path-set-name]
                  +--rw bgp-pol:as-path-set-name
                  +--rw bgp-pol:as-path-set-member*

7.  Security Considerations

   Routing policy configuration has a significant impact on network
   operations, and as such any related model carries potential security
   risks.

   YANG data models are generally designed to be used with the NETCONF
   protocol over an SSH transport.  This provides an authenticated and
   secure channel over which to transfer configuration and operational
   data.  Note that use of alternate transport or data encoding (e.g.,



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   JSON over HTTPS) would require similar mechanisms for authenticating
   and securing access to configuration data.

   Most of the data elements in the policy model could be considered
   sensitive from a security standpoint.  Unauthorized access or invalid
   data could cause major disruption.

8.  IANA Considerations

   This YANG data model and the component modules currently use a
   temporary ad-hoc namespace.  If and when it is placed on redirected
   for the standards track, an appropriate namespace URI will be
   registered in the IETF XML Registry" [RFC3688].  The routing policy
   YANG modules will be registered in the "YANG Module Names" registry
   [RFC6020].

9.  YANG modules

   The routing policy model is described by the YANG modules in the
   sections below.

9.1.  Routing policy model

   <CODE BEGINS> file routing-policy.yang
   module routing-policy {

     yang-version "1";

     // namespace
     namespace "http://openconfig.net/yang/routing-policy";

     prefix "rpol";

     // import some basic types
     import ietf-inet-types { prefix inet; }
     import policy-types {prefix pt; }


     // meta
     organization
       "OpenConfig working group";

     contact
       "OpenConfig working group
       netopenconfig@googlegroups.com";

     description
       "This module describes a YANG model for routing policy



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       configuration. It is a limited subset of all of the policy
       configuration parameters available in the variety of vendor
       implementations, but supports widely used constructs for managing
       how routes are imported, exported, and modified across different
       routing protocols.  This module is intended to be used in
       conjunction with routing protocol configuration models (e.g.,
       BGP) defined in other modules.

       Route policy expression:

       Policies are expressed as a set of top-level policy definitions,
       each of which consists of a sequence of policy statements. Policy
       statements consist of simple condition-action tuples. Conditions
       may include mutiple match or comparison operations, and similarly
       actions may be multitude of changes to route attributes or a
       final disposition of accepting or rejecting the route.

       Route policy evaluation:

       Policy definitions are referenced in routing protocol
       configurations using import and export configuration statements.
       The arguments are members of an ordered list of named policy
       definitions which comprise a policy chain, and optionally, an
       explicit default policy action (i.e., reject or accept).

       Evaluation of each policy definition proceeds by evaluating its
       corresponding individual policy statements in order.  When a
       condition statement in a policy statement is satisfied, the
       corresponding action statement is executed.  If the action
       statement has either accept-route or reject-route actions, policy
       evaluation of the current policy definition stops, and no further
       policy definitions in the chain are evaluated.

       If the condition is not satisfied, then evaluation proceeds to
       the next policy statement.  If none of the policy statement
       conditions are satisfied, then evaluation of the current policy
       definition stops, and the next policy definition in the chain is
       evaluated.  When the end of the policy chain is reached, the
       default route disposition action is performed (i.e., reject-route
       unless an an alternate default action is specified for the
       chain).

       Policy 'subroutines' (or nested policies) are supported by
       allowing policy statement conditions to reference another policy
       definition which applies conditions and actions from the
       referenced policy before returning to the calling policy
       statement and resuming evaluation.  If the called policy
       results in an accept-route (either explicit or by default), then



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       the subroutine returns an effective true value to the calling
       policy.  Similarly, a reject-route action returns false.  If the
       subroutine returns true, the calling policy continues to evaluate
       the remaining conditions (using a modified route if the
       subroutine performed any changes to the route).";

     revision "2015-05-15" {
       description
         "Initial revision";
       reference "TBD";
     }


     // typedef statements

     typedef default-policy-type {
       type enumeration {
         enum ACCEPT-ROUTE {
           description "default policy to accept the route";
         }
         enum REJECT-ROUTE {
           description "default policy to reject the route";
         }
       }
       description "type used to specify default route disposition in
       a policy chain";
     }


     // grouping statements

     grouping generic-defined-sets {
       description
         "Data definitions for pre-defined sets of attributes used in
         policy match conditions.  These sets are generic and can
         be used in matching conditions in different routing
         protocols.";

       container prefix-sets {
         description
           "Enclosing container for defined prefix sets for matching";

         list prefix-set {
           key prefix-set-name;
           description
             "List of the defined prefix sets";

           leaf prefix-set-name {



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             type string;
             description
               "name / label of the prefix set -- this is used to
               reference the set in match conditions";
           }

           list prefix {
             key "ip-prefix masklength-range";
             description
               "List of prefix expressions that are part of the set";

             leaf ip-prefix {
               type inet:ip-prefix;
               mandatory true;
               description
                 "The prefix member in CIDR notation -- while the
                 prefix may be either IPv4 or IPv6, most
                 implementations require all members of the prefix set
                 to be the same address family.  Mixing address types in
                 the same prefix set is likely to cause an error.";
             }

             leaf masklength-range {
               type string {
                 pattern '^([0-9]+\.\.[0-9]+)|exact$';
               }
               description
                 "Defines a range for the masklength, or 'exact' if
                 the prefix has an exact length.

                 Example: 10.3.192.0/21 through 10.3.192.0/24 would be
                 expressed as prefix: 10.3.192.0/21,
                 masklength-range: 21..24.

                 Example: 10.3.192.0/21 would be expressed as
                 prefix: 10.3.192.0/21,
                 masklength-range: exact";
             }
           }
         }
       }

       container neighbor-sets {
         description
           "Enclosing container for defined neighbor sets for matching";

         list neighbor-set {
           key neighbor-set-name;



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           description
               "Definitions for neighbor sets";

           leaf neighbor-set-name {
             type string;
             description
                 "name / label of the neighbor set -- this is used to
                 reference the set in match conditions";
           }

           list neighbor {
             key "address";
             description
                 "list of addresses that are part of the neighbor set";

             leaf address {
               type inet:ip-address;
               description
                   "IP address of the neighbor set member";
             }
           }
         }
       }

       container tag-sets {
         description
           "Enclosing container for defined tag sets for matching";

         list tag-set {
           key tag-set-name;
           description
             "Definitions for tag sets";

           leaf tag-set-name {
             type string;
             description
               "name / label of the tag set -- this is used to reference
               the set in match conditions";
           }

           list tag {
             key "value";
             description
               "list of tags that are part of the tag set";

             leaf value {
               type pt:tag-type;
               description



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                 "Value of the tag set member";
             }
           }
         }
       }
     }

     grouping local-generic-conditions {
       description
           "Condition statement definitions for consideration of a local
           characteristic of a route";

       leaf install-protocol-eq {
         type identityref {
           base pt:install-protocol-type;
         }
         description
           "Condition to check the protocol / method used to install
           which installed the route into the local routing table";
       }
     }

     grouping match-set-options-group {
       description
         "Grouping containing options relating to how a particular set
         should be matched";

       leaf match-set-options {
         type pt:match-set-options-type;
         description
           "Optional parameter that governs the behaviour of the
           match operation";
       }
     }

     grouping match-set-options-restricted-group {
       description
         "Grouping for a restricted set of match operation modifiers";

       leaf match-set-options {
         type pt:match-set-options-restricted-type;
         description
           "Optional parameter that governs the behaviour of the
           match operation.  This leaf only supports matching on ANY
           member of the set or inverting the match.  Matching on ALL is
           not supported)";
       }
     }



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     grouping generic-conditions {
       description "Condition statement definitions for checking
       membership in a generic defined set";

       container match-prefix-set {
         presence
           "The presence of this container indicates that the routes
           should match the prefix-set referenced.";

         description
           "Match a referenced prefix-set according to the logic
           defined in the match-set-options leaf";

         leaf prefix-set {
           type leafref {
             path "/routing-policy/defined-sets/prefix-sets/" +
             "prefix-set/prefix-set-name";
             //TODO: require-instance should be added when it's
             //supported in YANG 1.1
             //require-instance true;
           }
           description "References a defined prefix set";
         }
         uses match-set-options-restricted-group;
       }

       container match-neighbor-set {
         presence
           "The presence of this container indicates that the routes
           should match the neighbour set referenced";

         description
           "Match a referenced neighbor set according to the logic
           defined in the match-set-options-leaf";

         leaf neighbor-set {
           type leafref {
             path "/routing-policy/defined-sets/neighbor-sets/" +
             "neighbor-set/neighbor-set-name";
             //TODO: require-instance should be added when it's
             //supported in YANG 1.1
             //require-instance true;
           }
           description "References a defined neighbor set";
         }
         uses match-set-options-restricted-group;
       }




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       container match-tag-set {
         presence
           "The presence of this container indicates that the routes
           should match the tag-set referenced";

         description
           "Match a referenced tag set according to the logic defined
           in the match-options-set leaf";

         leaf tag-set {
           type leafref {
             path "/routing-policy/defined-sets/tag-sets/tag-set" +
             "/tag-set-name";
             //TODO: require-instance should be added when it's
             //supported in YANG 1.1
             //require-instance true;
           }
           description "References a defined tag set";
         }
         uses match-set-options-restricted-group;
       }

       uses local-generic-conditions;
     }

     grouping igp-generic-conditions {
       description "grouping for IGP policy conditions";

     }


     grouping igp-conditions {
       description "grouping for IGP-specific policy conditions";

       container igp-conditions {
         description "Policy conditions for IGP attributes";

         uses igp-generic-conditions;

       }
     }

     grouping generic-actions {
       description
         "Definitions for common set of policy action statements that
         manage the disposition or control flow of the policy";

       choice route-disposition {



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         description
           "Select the final disposition for the route, either
           accept or reject.";
         leaf accept-route {
           type empty;
           description "accepts the route into the routing table";
         }

         leaf reject-route {
           type empty;
           description "rejects the route";
         }
       }
     }


     grouping igp-actions {
       description "grouping for IGP-specific policy actions";

       container igp-actions {
         description "Actions to set IGP route attributes; these actions
         apply to multiple IGPs";

         leaf set-tag {
           type pt:tag-type;
           description
             "Set the tag value for OSPF or IS-IS routes.";
         }
       }
     }

     container routing-policy {
       description
         "top-level container for all routing policy configuration";

       container defined-sets {
         description
             "Predefined sets of attributes used in policy match
             statements";

         uses generic-defined-sets;
         // uses bgp-defined-sets;
         // don't see a need for IGP-specific defined sets at this point
         // e.g., for OSPF, IS-IS, etc.
       }

       container policy-definitions {
         description



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           "Enclosing container for the list of top-level policy
           definitions";

         list policy-definition {

           key name;
           description
             "List of top-level policy definitions, keyed by unique
             name.  These policy definitions are expected to be
             referenced (by name) in policy chains specified in import/
             export configuration statements.";


           leaf name {
             type string;
             description
                 "Name of the top-level policy definition -- this name
                   is used in references to the current policy";
           }

           container statements {
             description
               "Enclosing container for policy statements";

             list statement {
               key name;
               // TODO: names of policy statements within a policy defn
               // should be optional, however, YANG requires a unique id
               // for lists; not sure that a compound key works either;
               // need to investigate further.
               ordered-by user;
               description
                 "Policy statements group conditions and actions within
                 a policy definition.  They are evaluated in the order
                 specified (see the description of policy evaluation
                 at the top of this module.";

               leaf name {
                 type string;
                 description "name of the policy statement";
               }

               container conditions {

                 description "Condition statements for this
                   policy statement";

                 leaf call-policy {



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                   type leafref {
                     path "/rpol:routing-policy/" +
                       "rpol:policy-definitions/" +
                       "rpol:policy-definition/rpol:name";
                     //TODO: require-instance should be added when it's
                     //supported in YANG 1.1
                     //require-instance true;
                   }
                   description
                     "Applies the statements from the specified policy
                     definition and then returns control the current
                     policy statement. Note that the called policy may
                     itself call other policies (subject to
                     implementation limitations). This is intended to
                     provide a policy 'subroutine' capability.  The
                     called policy should contain an explicit or a
                     default route disposition that returns an effective
                     true (accept-route) or false (reject-route),
                     otherwise the behavior may be ambiguous and
                     implementation dependent";
                 }
                 uses generic-conditions;
                 uses igp-conditions;
               }

               container actions {

                 description "Action statements for this policy
                       statement";

                 uses generic-actions;
                 uses igp-actions;
               }
             }
           }
         }
       }
     }

     grouping apply-policy-config {
       description
         "Configuration data for routing policies";

       leaf-list import-policy {
         type leafref {
           path "/rpol:routing-policy/rpol:policy-definitions/" +
             "rpol:policy-definition/rpol:name";
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           //supported in YANG 1.1
           //require-instance true;
         }
         ordered-by user;
         description
           "list of policy names in sequence to be applied on
           receiving a routing update in the current context, e.g.,
           for the current peer group, neighbor, address family,
           etc.";
       }

       leaf default-import-policy {
         type default-policy-type;
         default REJECT-ROUTE;
         description
           "explicitly set a default policy if no policy definition
           in the import policy chain is satisfied.";
       }

       leaf-list export-policy {
         type leafref {
           path "/rpol:routing-policy/rpol:policy-definitions/" +
             "rpol:policy-definition/rpol:name";
           //TODO: require-instance should be added when it's
           //supported in YANG 1.1
           //require-instance true;
         }
         ordered-by user;
         description
           "list of policy names in sequence to be applied on
           sending a routing update in the current context, e.g.,
           for the current peer group, neighbor, address family,
           etc.";
       }

       leaf default-export-policy {
         type default-policy-type;
         default REJECT-ROUTE;
         description
           "explicitly set a default policy if no policy definition
           in the export policy chain is satisfied.";
       }
     }

     grouping apply-policy-state {
       description
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       //TODO: identify additional state data beyond the intended
       //policy configuration.
     }

     grouping apply-policy-group {
       description
         "Top level container for routing policy applications. This
         grouping is intended to be used in routing models where
         needed.";

       container apply-policy {
         description
           "Anchor point for routing policies in the model.
           Import and export policies are with respect to the local
           routing table, i.e., export (send) and import (receive),
           depending on the context.";

         container config {
           description
             "Policy configuration data.";

           uses apply-policy-config;
         }

         container state {

           config false;
           description
             "Operational state for routing policy";

           uses apply-policy-config;
           uses apply-policy-state;
         }
       }
     }
   }
   <CODE ENDS>


9.2.  Routing policy types

   <CODE BEGINS> file policy-types.yang
   module policy-types {

     yang-version "1";

     // namespace
     namespace "http://openconfig.net/yang/policy-types";



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     prefix "ptypes";

     // import some basic types
     import ietf-yang-types { prefix yang; }


     // meta
     organization
       "OpenConfig working group";

     contact
       "OpenConfig working group
       netopenconfig@googlegroups.com";

     description
       "This module contains general data definitions for use in routing
       policy.  It can be imported by modules that contain protocol-
       specific policy conditions and actions.";

     revision "2015-05-15" {
       description
         "Initial revision";
       reference "TBD";
     }

     // identity statements

     identity attribute-comparison {
       description
         "base type for supported comparison operators on route
         attributes";
     }

     identity attribute-eq {
       base attribute-comparison;
       description "== comparison";
     }

     identity attribute-ge {
       base attribute-comparison;
       description ">= comparison";
     }

     identity attribute-le {
       base attribute-comparison;
       description "<= comparison";
     }




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     typedef match-set-options-type {
       type enumeration {
         enum ANY {
           description "match is true if given value matches any member
           of the defined set";
         }
         enum ALL {
           description "match is true if given value matches all
           members of the defined set";
         }
         enum INVERT {
           description "match is true if given value does not match any
           member of the defined set";
         }
       }
       default ANY;
       description
         "Options that govern the behavior of a match statement.  The
         default behavior is ANY, i.e., the given value matches any
         of the members of the defined set";
     }

     typedef match-set-options-restricted-type {
       type enumeration {
         enum ANY {
           description "match is true if given value matches any member
           of the defined set";
         }
         enum INVERT {
           description "match is true if given value does not match any
           member of the defined set";
         }
       }
       default ANY;
       description
         "Options that govern the behavior of a match statement.  The
         default behavior is ANY, i.e., the given value matches any
         of the members of the defined set.  Note this type is a
         restricted version of the match-set-options-type.";
         //TODO: restriction on enumerated types is only allowed in
         //YANG 1.1.  Until then, we will require this additional type
     }

     grouping attribute-compare-operators {
       description "common definitions for comparison operations in
       condition statements";

       leaf operator {



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           type identityref {
             base attribute-comparison;
           }
           description
             "type of comparison to be performed";
         }

       leaf value {
         type uint32;
         description
           "value to compare with the community count";
       }
     }

     typedef tag-type {
       type union {
         type uint32;
         type yang:hex-string;
       }
       description "type for expressing route tags on a local system,
       including IS-IS and OSPF; may be expressed as either decimal or
       hexidecimal integer";
       reference
         "RFC 2178 OSPF Version 2
         RFC 5130 A Policy Control Mechanism in IS-IS Using
         Administrative Tags";
     }

     identity install-protocol-type {
       description
         "Base type for protocols which can install prefixes into the
         RIB";
     }

     identity BGP {
       base install-protocol-type;
       description "BGP";
       reference "RFC 4271";
     }

     identity ISIS {
       base install-protocol-type;
       description "IS-IS";
       reference "ISO/IEC 10589";
     }

     identity OSPF {
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       description "OSPFv2";
       reference "RFC 2328";
     }

     identity OSPF3 {
       base install-protocol-type;
       description "OSPFv3";
       reference "RFC 5340";
     }

     identity STATIC {
       base install-protocol-type;
       description "Locally-installed static route";
     }

     identity DIRECTLY-CONNECTED {
       base install-protocol-type;
       description "A directly connected route";
     }

     identity LOCAL-AGGREGATE {
       base install-protocol-type;
       description "Locally defined aggregate route";
     }
   }
   <CODE ENDS>


10.  Policy examples

   Below we show an example of XML-encoded configuration data using the
   routing policy and BGP models to illustrate both how policies are
   defined, and also how they can be applied.  Note that the XML has
   been simplified for readability.


     <routing-policy>

       <defined-sets>
         <prefix-sets>
           <prefix-set>
             <prefix-set-name>prefix-set-A</prefix-set-name>
             <prefix>
               <ip-prefix>192.0.2.0/24</ip-prefix>
               <masklength-range>24..32</masklength-range>
             </prefix>
             <prefix>
               <ip-prefix>10.0.0.0/16</ip-prefix>



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               <masklength-range>16..32</masklength-range>
             </prefix>
             <prefix>
               <ip-prefix>192.168.0.0/19</ip-prefix>
               <masklength-range>19..24</masklength-range>
             </prefix>
           </prefix-set>
          </prefix-sets>
          <tag-sets>
           <tag-set>
            <tag-set-name>cust-tag1</tag-set-name>
            <tag>
             <value>10</value>
           </tag>
          </tag-set>
        </tag-sets>
      </defined-sets>

     <policy-definitions>
       <policy-definition>
         <name>export-tagged-BGP</name>
         <statements>
           <statement>
             <name>term-0</name>
             <conditions>
               <install-protocol-eq>OSPF3</install-protocol-eq>
               <match-tag-set>
                 <tag-set>cust-tag1</tag-set>
               </match-tag-set>
             </conditions>
             <actions>
               <accept-route />
             </actions>
           </statement>
         </statements>
       </policy-definition>
     </policy-definitions>

   </routing-policy>

   <bgp>
     <global>
       <config>
         <as>65517</as>
       </config>
     </global>
     <peer-groups>
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         <peer-group-name>PG1</peer-group-name>
         <config>
           <peer-as>65518</peer-as>
           <peer-type>EXTERNAL</peer-type>
         </config>
         <apply-policy>
           <config>
             <export-policy>export-tagged-BGP</export-policy>
           </config>
         </apply-policy>
       </peer-group>
     </peer-groups>
   </bgp>


11.  References

11.1.  Normative references

   [RFC6020]  Bjorklund, M., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for the
              Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020,
              October 2014.

   [RFC4271]  Rekhter, Y., Li, T., and S. Hares, "A Border Gateway
              Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", RFC 4271, January 2006.

   [RFC6991]  Schoenwaelder, J., "Common YANG Data Types", RFC 6991,
              July 2013.

   [RFC3688]  Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", RFC 3688, January
              2004.

11.2.  Informative references

   [I-D.shaikh-idr-bgp-model]
              Shaikh, A., Shakir, R., Patel, K., Hares, S., D'Souza, K.,
              Bansal, D., Clemm, A., Alex, A., Jethanandani, M., and X.
              Liu, "BGP Model for Service Provider Networks", draft-
              shaikh-idr-bgp-model-02 (work in progress), June 2015.

   [I-D.openconfig-netmod-opstate]
              Shakir, R., Shaikh, A., and M. Hines, "Consistent Modeling
              of Operational State Data in YANG", draft-openconfig-
              netmod-opstate-00 (work in progress), March 2015.







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Appendix A.  Acknowledgements

   The authors are grateful for valuable contributions to this document
   and the associated models from: Ebben Aires, Luyuan Fang, Josh
   George, Acee Lindem, Stephane Litkowski, Ina Minei, Carl Moberg, Eric
   Osborne, Steve Padgett, Juergen Schoenwaelder, Jim Uttaro, and Russ
   White.

Appendix B.  Change summary

B.1.  Changes between revisions -00 and -01

   The -01 revision of the policy model reflects a number of changes to
   the data model based on additional operator, reviewer, and
   implementor feedback.

   o  Modified the apply-policy container to use the pattern for
      modeling operational state described in
      [I-D.openconfig-netmod-opstate].

   o  Updated prefix lists to use ip-prefix type and masklength range to
      better enable range-checking and validation.  Added an 'exact'
      option to the masklength range.

   o  Changed accept / reject route to be within a choice statement.

   o  Added enclosing containers to lists.

   o  Minor changes to leaf-lists in defined sets definitions; also to
      apply-policy container structure.

   o  Added second type of match-options set to handle restricted case
      of only ANY | INVERT (i.e., without ALL).  The restricted
      enumerated type is now associated with the appropriate types of
      sets.

   o  Moved install-protocol-type identity to policy-types module.

   o  Removed require-instance statements from leafrefs pending
      availability in YANG 1.1.

   o  Fixed discrepancies in the example shown in the document, and
      simplified the example.








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Authors' Addresses

   Anees Shaikh
   Google
   1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy
   Mountain View, CA  94043
   US

   Email: aashaikh@google.com


   Rob Shakir
   BT
   pp. C3L, BT Centre
   81, Newgate Street
   London  EC1A 7AJ
   UK

   Email: rob.shakir@bt.com
   URI:   http://www.bt.com/


   Kevin D'Souza
   AT&T
   200 S. Laurel Ave
   Middletown, NJ
   US

   Email: kd6913@att.com


   Chris Chase
   AT&T
   9505 Arboretum Blvd
   Austin, TX
   US

   Email: chase@labs.att.com













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