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Including Installation Manager updates

When patching WebSphere environments with Installation Manager there is an option to check for IM updates, there doesn't appear to be an option for that in WSA. It would be beneficial to have the option to update the Installation Manager software ...
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation Not under consideration

CVEs page also displaying associated PH

The PH fix or fixpack information isn't displayed until a person clicks on a particular CVE from the CVEs page, then selects a server to fix, clicks on "Prepare Fixes", select either Fix or Fixpack and then it is displayed what will be installed. ...
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation Not under consideration

Support non-default SSL configuration on unmanaged JAX-WS client

For Liberty managed instances of the JAX-WS client, you can configure the ssl-ref with configuration below <webservices-bnd> <port name=“SayHelloPojoPort” namespace=“http://ibm.com/ws/jaxws/transport/security/” ssl-ref=“customizeSSLConfig...
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty Not under consideration

Extra check before deleting important instances

Extra check before deleting important instances PureApplication has the ability to deploy a full blown complex environment across PureApplication Systems.Before deleting an instance the PureApplication user is prompted for a dialog to 'Delete' or ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System Not under consideration

Liberty zOS SAF delegation switch

In WAS z/OS traditional cells, we are using the paramters: com.ibm.security.SAF.authorization = false and com.ibm.security.SAF.delegation = false.The developers use the application-bnd.xml files to map J2EE roles to a bind-able referenced role in ...
over 5 years ago in WebSphere Liberty Not under consideration

SAML does not send LOGOUT request from SAML SP to SAML IdP

Background, this is for IBM Connections customers using SAML. Currently, when SAML customers try to logout of Conncetions they can't because SAML does not send LOGOUT request from SAML SP to SAML IdP. . Find ,spec here section 4.3 of http://docs.o...
about 12 years ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

Enable WebSphere ND "Test Connection" to Support Custom LoginModule via J2C-JAAS

Idea Summary: Enhance the WebSphere ND administrative console's "Test Connection" function so that it leverages the same internal logic path used by application code, enabling support for custom credential retrieval mechanisms implemented via a cu...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

Use firewalld in RHEL7 Core OS

In RHEL 7 firewalld is the preferred firewall solution. In the current CoreOS images for RHEL7 iptables is still in use. Please change the CoreOS (and all scripting that depends on this) to use firewalld instead off iptables. This statement could ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System Not under consideration

Database Schema Documentation

Documentation on the database schema should be available from the support site.
about 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Not under consideration

Make UrbanCode deploy RAC aware for oracle database configurations.

Make UrbanCode deploy RAC aware for oracle database configurations.
about 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Not under consideration