Your Network Needs a Source of Intent

Opsmill argues that traditional Network Sources of Truth often function mainly as inventory or historical record systems, documenting what infrastructure exists or what changed rather than defining the desired future state of a network. It distinguishes sources of record, inventory, and intent, presenting infrastructure intent as a version-controlled, declarative approach that allows teams to model, validate, test, and approve network designs before deployment. The text contends that this approach is particularly useful for greenfield data centers, where no physical infrastructure yet exists, and for managing complex environments such as AI clusters, cloud overlays, and edge fabrics. It positions Infrahub as a schema-first, graph-based source-of-intent platform with native branching and automated validation, intended to support collaborative automation, compliance checks, adaptable data models, and more reliable infrastructure change management.

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