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PINNED Terminal emulator support on Docker image
Docker utility should support Functional Perspective test scripts. Slack Issue https://devops---testing.slack.com/archives/CGV8AAGCD/p1645022341509149

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Install diagnostic features by default when using features.sh with the Liberty kernel base image

If the Liberty kernel base image is used to build a container (e.g. icr.io/appcafe/websphere-liberty:kernel-java17-openj9-ubi) and features.sh is used to install the necessary features from the server XML file(s), then, usually, potentially requir...
7 days ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Under review

Liberty z/OS MQ jms credentials propagation

Hello IBM, We have applications which run in Liberty z/OS and communicate with MQ by bindings (memory to memory). We would expect that these applications would send the end-user credentials to MQ. The same applications run in WAS z/OS traditional ...
10 days ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Under review

Add property within the Deployment Environment configuraion properties file to disable data sources

When migrating exisiting configuration to new machines some DB's might needed to be blocked . In our case we have created a duplicate test environemnt for our BAW version so we needed some DB's data sources to be blocked.
18 days ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Under review

Database Migration Tool

As we move to a cloud deployment to EKS we want to move our On-Prem DB into the cloud as well. This will help to ensure the best performance that we can get. As part of this effort, we want to switch database technologies for cost savings. We bega...
24 days ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Under review

SSL Handshake should not fail if CRLDP present in certificate is not reachable

We have observed one behavior in WAS traditional after enabling CRL. When any certificate presented to WAS for authentication and having CRLDP which is not reachable then SSL HANDSHAKE failed with below exception.Caused by: javax.naming.Communicat...
about 1 month ago in Java Runtimes (Semeru, OpenJDK) 0 Under review

SSL Handshake should not fail if CRLDP present in certificate is not reachable

We have observed one behavior in WAS after enabling CRL . When any certificate presented to WAS for authentication and having CRLDP which is not reachable then SSL HANDSHAKE failed with below exception.Caused by: javax.naming.CommunicationExceptio...
about 1 month ago in Java Runtimes (Semeru, OpenJDK) 0 Under review

Java - Support AES key from ICSF for encryption

We aim for an encryption with an AES key stored in CKDS dataset, hence protected with ICSF. The targeted flow would be as follows: 1. Create an AES key in CKDS2. Create a Java application that can read the key and perform encryption and decryption...
about 1 month ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Under review

Agent name integration in UCD Deployment output logs for better debugging

For any deployment log in UCD, if we open the output log, few details are displayed like below under the environment.environment: AGENT_HOME=/opt/urbancode/ibm-ucdagent AH_AUTH_TOKEN=**** AH_WEB_URL=https://ucd-service.lloydsbanking.cloud:8443 AUT...
about 2 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Under review

New API method to obtain component versions selected on a Application Process Request

We have an External Approval Process that needs to know which component versions are being deployed to do the validation.We opened a case and been provided with a 'unsuported' rest API call that provides this information. We open this IDEA to make...
about 2 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Under review

Host an IBM-per-Customer Maven-Repository to download the WLP license files

Currently, downloading the WLP license files (base/core) requires manual steps: Logging in to IBM Browsing through Download Central Clicking through a set of sites Downloading the license Verifying the signature Re-Uploading to our internal reposi...
2 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Under review