Feature Request - Create shared network in advanced zone using GRE tunnels / OVS Plugin

[bdonnahue]

ISSUE TYPE

• Enhancement Request

COMPONENT NAME

OVS Plugin

CLOUDSTACK VERSION

4.11.1.0

CONFIGURATION

Advanced Network
GRE Isolation
XenServer 7.2
1 physical network hosting all network traffic types

OS / ENVIRONMENT

N/A

SUMMARY

I cannot create a shared network through the GUI. I see the following error message in my logs:

2018-09-24 22:19:07,803 ERROR [c.c.a.ApiServer] (qtp788117692-144094:ctx-75aeff02 ctx-93156a36) (logid:3b14107d) unhandled exception executing api command: [Ljava.lang.String;@11e8bdf4 com.cloud.utils.exception.CloudRuntimeException: Unable to convert network offering with specified id to network profile

The issue was discussed here: #2863

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Create an advanced network and try to create shared network

EXPECTED RESULTS

Shared network screated

ACTUAL RESULTS

Error message displayed

[bdonnahue]

@rhtyd is there any way to get this prioritized for an upcoming release?

[rohityadavcloud]

@bdonnahue we couldn't find any contributor who has an interest around OVS to work on it in this milestone, we can push to the next milestone. In case a PR makes towards master in next week, we can include it towards 4.13 milestone.

[bdonnahue]

@rhtyd I would be interested in fixing / rearchitecting the current solution but I am lacking some understanding of the cloudstack datamodel and codebase. What would be the best way to arrange a knowledge transfer with a seasoned developer? Mailing list?

[rohityadavcloud]

@bdonnahue yes join the dev mailing list and to get started on kvm based development you can try https://github.com/rhtyd/monkeybox

[DaanHoogland]

@bdonnahue are you addressing this? or shall i close the issue?

[DaanHoogland]

@bdonnahue are you addressing this? or shall i close the issue? or mark it for milestone 5.0?