Add CPU Architecture attribute to Compute Offerings to prevent architecture mismatch with Templates/ISOs

[scottsignal]

The required feature described as a wish

As an Admin/Operator running a multi-arch zone (x86_64 and aarch64 hosts separated via host tags), I would like Compute Offerings to support a CPU architecture attribute, so the offering list can be filtered to match the architecture of the selected Template/ISO during deployment.

Problem

Architecture separation currently relies entirely on host tags applied to Compute Offerings. The Template/ISO architecture selector has no relationship to Compute Offering selection — picking an aarch64 template does not filter out x86_64-tagged offerings, or vice versa. Nothing in the UI or API prevents deploying an aarch64 template on an offering tagged for x86_64 hosts, or the reverse. This surfaces as a late-stage deployment failure rather than being caught at selection time.

Note: registerTemplate already accepts an arch parameter (x86_64 / aarch64), but Compute Offerings have no equivalent, so there's no architecture metadata to match against at deploy time.

Proposed solution

• Add an optional CPU architecture field to Compute Offering create/update, consistent with the existing arch values used elsewhere (x86_64 / aarch64).
• If unset, offering behaves as it does today — always shown, no filtering.
• If set, offering should only be selectable/listed when the chosen Template/ISO architecture matches.
• Enforce at the API level (deployVirtualMachine), not just the UI wizard, so direct API/Terraform/CloudMonkey usage gets the same protection.
• listComputeOfferings should expose the field for external tooling.
• This complements host tags (which still control placement) — the new field controls offering visibility/selectability relative to template architecture.

[tverkade]

This would be extremely helpful. +1

[shwstppr]

@scottsignal I think this filtering can also be achieved with tags on template and offerings

[tverkade]

@scottsignal I think this filtering can also be achieved with tags on template and offerings

The problem is even if you select a template or ISO that has the architecture tagged, it will still show you compute offerings that you may not have available on compatible compute hardware.