apache / apache/cloudstack

Improvements for bandwidth configuration of network offering

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Description

##### ISSUE TYPE

* Improvement Request

##### COMPONENT NAME

Network offerings

##### CLOUDSTACK VERSION
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4.20.0.0
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##### OS / ENVIRONMENT

Ubuntu 22.04 (if relevant)
mysql 8

##### SUMMARY

All default network offerings are shown in UI as having 200Mb/s network rate. I created my own network offering without specifying network rate, and it's also shown in UI as having 200Mb/s.
Then I checked database and found that no network offering has a positive value in `network_offerings` table. All System ones have 0, while all other (default) ones have NULL.
But then, when I checked xml of Virtual router (I use isolated network with nat, if relevant again), I found this definition on my external network
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That is 25Mb/s.

After I set network rate to 65K in my network offering, it become consistent at least between DB and CloudStack UI, VR then got
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And another, minor, issue on the way - mysql defines the field as smallint:
`nw_rate smallint unsigned DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'network rate throttle mbits/s'`
that does not allow values larger than 65K (worth adding an info on this to UI of creating network offering).
Modern networks can work on a larger speeds (e.g. 800Gb/s). Besides would be nice to be able not to limit it at all.

Thanks,
Alex.

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Research direction

Start by tracing how network offerings are displayed in the UI and how network_offerings.nw_rate is stored and interpreted. Compare those values with the bandwidth emitted in the virtual-router XML, then define done as consistent handling of unset and high-rate values, including clear UI guidance about limits or unlimited bandwidth.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, mysql
Domain
cloud, infrastructure, networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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