A method of configuring network elements in a design network topology includes receiving an image of the design network topology; attempting to retrieve design data from the received image corresponding to the design network topology; when the design data is retrieved, querying a topologies database using the design data to find a previously determined network topology that substantially matches the design network topology; when the design data is not retrieved, predicting a network topology using an unsupervised machine learning algorithm; identifying configurations for network elements in the matching network topology or in the predicted network topology in a configurations database; determining design configurations for the network elements of the design network topology from the identified configurations; translating the design configurations of the network elements to a standard format; and pushing the translated design configurations to actual network elements and/or virtual network elements corresponding to the network elements.