UI: Option to choose the isolation method when creating the public IP range

api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/network/CreateManagementNetworkIpRangeCmd.java

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import com.cloud.exception.ResourceAllocationException;
 import com.cloud.exception.ResourceUnavailableException;
 import com.cloud.user.Account;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 @APICommand(name = "createManagementNetworkIpRange",
         description = "Creates a Management network IP range.",
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ public Boolean isForSystemVms() {
     }
 
     public String getVlan() {
-        if (vlan == null || vlan.isEmpty()) {
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(vlan)) {
             vlan = "untagged";
         }
         return vlan;

api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/vlan/CreateVlanIpRangeCmd.java

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import com.cloud.exception.ResourceAllocationException;
 import com.cloud.exception.ResourceUnavailableException;
 import com.cloud.user.Account;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 import java.util.Objects;
 
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ public boolean isForNsx() {
     }
 
     public String getVlan() {
-        if ((vlan == null || vlan.isEmpty()) && !isForNsx()) {
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(vlan) && !isForNsx()) {
             vlan = "untagged";
         }
         return vlan;

server/src/main/java/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java

@@ -3917,7 +3917,6 @@ public List<Class<?>> getCommands() {
         cmdList.add(StartInternalLBVMCmd.class);
         cmdList.add(ListInternalLBVMsCmd.class);
         cmdList.add(ListNetworkIsolationMethodsCmd.class);
-        cmdList.add(ListNetworkIsolationMethodsCmd.class);
         cmdList.add(CreateNetworkACLListCmd.class);
         cmdList.add(DeleteNetworkACLListCmd.class);
         cmdList.add(ListNetworkACLListsCmd.class);

ui/public/locales/en.json

@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@
 "label.checksum": "Checksum",
 "label.choose.resource.icon": "Choose icon",
 "label.choose.saml.identity": "Choose SAML identity provider",
+"label.choose.isolation.method.public.ip.range": "Choose the proper isolation method for the public IP range in accordance with the zone. Valid options currently 'vlan' or 'vxlan', defaults to 'vlan'.",
 "label.cidr": "CIDR",
 "label.cidrsize": "CIDR size",
 "label.cidr.destination.network": "Destination Network CIDR",

ui/src/views/infra/network/IpRangesTabPublic.vue

@@ -220,6 +220,20 @@
             <a-select-option v-for="pod in pods" :key="pod.id" :value="pod.id" :label="pod.name">{{ pod.name }}</a-select-option>
           </a-select>
         </a-form-item>
+        <a-form-item name="isolationmethod" ref="isolationmethod" class="form__item" v-if="!basicGuestNetwork">
+          <tooltip-label :title="$t('label.isolation.method')" :tooltip="$t('label.choose.isolation.method.public.ip.range')" class="tooltip-label-wrapper"/>
+          <a-select
+            v-model:value="form.isolationmethod"
+            showSearch
+            optionFilterProp="label"
+            :filterOption="(input, option) => {
+              return option.label.toLowerCase().indexOf(input.toLowerCase()) >= 0
+            }" >
+            <a-select-option value="">{{ }}</a-select-option>
+            <a-select-option value="vlan"> VLAN </a-select-option>
+            <a-select-option value="vxlan"> VXLAN </a-select-option>
+          </a-select>
+        </a-form-item>
         <a-form-item name="vlan" ref="vlan" :label="$t('label.vlan')" class="form__item" v-if="!basicGuestNetwork">
           <a-input v-model:value="form.vlan" />
         </a-form-item>
@@ -452,7 +466,8 @@ export default {
     initAddIpRangeForm () {
       this.formRef = ref()
       this.form = reactive({
-        iptype: ''
+        iptype: '',
+        isolationmethod: ''
       })
       this.rules = reactive({
         podid: [{ required: true, message: this.$t('label.required') }],
@@ -624,6 +639,15 @@ export default {
         if (!this.basicGuestNetwork) {
           params.zoneId = this.resource.zoneid
           params.vlan = values.vlan
+          const vlanInput = (values.vlan || '').toString().trim()
+          if (vlanInput) {
+            const vlanInputLower = vlanInput.toLowerCase()
+            const startsWithPrefix = vlanInputLower.startsWith('vlan') || vlanInputLower.startsWith('vxlan')
+            const isNumeric = /^[0-9]+$/.test(vlanInput)
+            if (!startsWithPrefix && isNumeric && values.isolationmethod) {
+              params.vlan = `${values.isolationmethod}://${vlanInput}`
+            }
+          }
           params.forsystemvms = values.forsystemvms
           params.account = values.forsystemvms ? null : values.account
           params.domainid = values.forsystemvms ? null : values.domain