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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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Better error reporting for Liberty InstantOn

I have been working with WebSphere Liberty InstantOn in OpenShift on the X86 and Power-10 platforms. One of the most challenging aspects revolves around the error reporting of both OpenShift errors and more specifically the CRIU errors. It has bee...
11 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

To Add "Group Owner email" Field in Urbancode Deployment

I would like to propose an enhancement to the UrbanCode Deployment (UCD) tool. Specifically, I suggest adding a new field called "Group Owner email" beside the existing "Group" field. Path: Settings -> Authorization (Groups) -> Groups Curren...
4 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Functionality already exists

Best practices for NTP service in OpenShift

The NTP service configuration performed by the OpenShift installation using the Cloud Pak System accelerator should apply a best practice to keep the clocks on the nodes in sync. The default configuration of the NTP service increases the risk of c...
about 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 1 Future consideration

enhance inheritance of transformation configurations in DevOps Model RealTime

we have a matrix of builds, compilers, targets, library versions the option to inherit the UNION of all (non blank) inherited values (at any level), for the final .tcjs (that gets generated) the option to combine a final (override value) with inhe...
4 months ago in DevOps Automation / Model RealTime 2 Needs more information

Industry standard issue tracker for Rational Developer

Rational Developer (for i, z) is a great tool, and like all similar applications, RDi continually has a host of minor defects and possible enhancements. Opening an APAR with IBM for this sort of thing is overly complex and an antiquated sort of us...
over 3 years ago in Heritage / Application Developer 5 Not under consideration

Urbancode Agents java management in one click

As we can see there is a new feature introduced in UrbanCode UI starting from v7.2.3 where java can be managed for agents. There are multiple steps to install and set up java for an agent such as first install the java in agent, then set the java ...
about 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Future consideration

Urbancode agent relays java management via UI

As we can see there is a java management feature starting from v7.2.3 via UrbanCode UI for agents.The same way it will be good to have a feature where we can manage the java for agent relays as well. This will help us to upgrade the java of relays...
about 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Not under consideration

integrate IBM Velocity approval gates with an outside source through a REST API

At our last IBM UCD/Velocity lab advocate meeting, we discovered that there is no way to integrate IBM’s approval gates with an outside source through a REST API (or any other means it sounds like) so that we can plug in the Approval Gateway Tool ...
4 months ago in DevOps Automation / Velocity 2 Under review

App expanded folder auto cleanup

When applications deployed to a Liberty server are expanded, e.g. <applicationManager autoExpand="true"/> the expanded war and ear files are not deleted when the corresponding application is stopped and removed from the Liberty server.An exp...
4 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Future consideration

Invalidate LtpaToken post-logout

We believe this is actually yet another instance of a request this customer has made multiple times through various channels. (Maybe other customers too, but we know of this one for sure). The issue customer raises is that "logout" does not actual...
almost 11 years ago in WebSphere traditional 3 Not under consideration