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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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Add ability to add custom group names to filtering capability

We are very interested in using WebSphere Automation, however, the problem is we have over 500 WAS servers across 63 distinct WebSphere cells. We must have the ability to filter/group servers by a custom group name to be able to segregate servers ...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Delivered

Support WebSphere Automation install on an OpenShift FIPS Enabled Cluster

HCSC and many other customers that work with the government or other entities that work with the government are required to follow FEDRAMP standard. FIPS is a key part of FEDRAMP standard. When an OpenShift Cluster is created, these customers are ...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Delivered

WSA to download patches to NAS/SAN disk and mount the volume to the managed host during patch deployment

WSA downloads the FixPacks to the "/home/wasadmin/.wsa/fixes" file system. My customer encounters a problem with 8.5.5 FP023. The size of FP is 6GB, and there is not enough space to download it. The customer's AIX admin set a limit to the size of ...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 2 Delivered

Ability to interact with PIV Certificate when using Browser

Web applications that require the ability to interact with (e.g. use for login) SSL certificates are unable to be tested. RFT is unable to identify and interact with the "Select a certificate" modal that comes up when a web application makes use o...
about 4 years ago in DevOps Automation / Test UI 3 Delivered

Automation of WAS Fixpack and IF

There are multiple security vulnerabilities affecting WebSphere Application Servers. It is almost every month we are applying interim fix or a fixpack. We are using Installation Manager to apply the fix. Please develop the Installation Manager or ...
almost 7 years ago in WebSphere Automation 2 Delivered

Allow custom location for WAS backups

At the moment backups are stored in ~/.wsa/backups . This is not a safe default - if the directory for the home user is on a small disk, there is risk that the disk will fill up or the backup would fail. The backup location should be customizeable...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Delivered

Make RFT recognize objects on popup screen of Edge in both recording/playback.

We are now using RFT10.2.1(RFT perspective and simplified script) and noticed that RFT doesn't recognize any object on popup screen of Edge. This popup is NOT Html Dialog, it's using Edge. In case of IE, objects on the popup screen are correctly r...
almost 4 years ago in DevOps Automation / Test UI 6 Delivered

Clarity for WebUI Browser-Driver Version Mismatch with instructions for manual download and file destination

When WebUI encounters a mismatch with the browser driver version number, sometimes the Click Here automated process does not work, does not indicate success or failure, and does not provide the user with sufficient detail to resolve the issue. It ...
about 4 years ago in DevOps Automation / Test UI 4 Delivered

Allow customer to configure a trust store for the cve-monitor https connection.

Allow customer to configure a trust store for the cve-monitor https connection. This will require an operator change to allow a trust store Secret to be mounted and a change to cve-monitor to use that trust store in the SSLContext for the https co...
about 4 years ago in WebSphere Automation 3 Delivered

IDEA #2 - PRIORITY #2 - Enhance WSA to enable en masse remediation selection and application. Currently, WebSphere Automation provides the apply for a user to select a single vulnerability.

Upon selection of a single vulnerability, a user can select only a single registered WebSphere instance for remediation application. Unfortunately, this behavior is serial and singular that does not conform to scaling needs for a security operatio...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Delivered