1. A method comprising: creating, by one or more processors, a network application model that includes a plurality of network policy objects and a plurality of connection rules corresponding to sending data between a plurality of endpoints assigned to the network policy objects; converting, by one or more of the processors, the network application model to network configuration information, the network configuration information linking the plurality of network policy objects to the plurality of connection rules; and configuring, by one or more of the processors, a network control plane, based upon the network configuration information, to map the network application model to a physical infrastructure.