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Secure property for certificate privsate key password

Certficate private key password (tomcat) currently has to store in plain text in either the server.xml file or the installed.properties file. This should be able to encrypted in the secure-installed.properties files. Please see case TS016995445 fo...
about 1 month ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 0 Submitted

Implementing WSSubject.getRootLoginException() in Liberty

We are migrating an existing JEE application from WebSphere Traditional to Liberty, and the current application has a custom user registry module. In WebSphere Traditional, we can call WSSubject.getRootLoginException() to get the root cause of log...
about 1 month ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Submitted

Version of imported component

We are working in a UCD test environment where we mainly work and improve one component with its processes. When we are done for the sprint we export this component and store it in git. The we import this component in prod, there it would be nice ...
about 1 month ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 0 Submitted

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 month ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Submitted

add Singularity container support...

it will be nice to have possibility to use Singularity container with Clearcase (as solution you already provide for docker). Only Singularity is authorized by our IT.
about 2 months ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 3 Not under consideration

Disable password decryption using wsadmin.sh command

Encrypted Admin password saved in soap.client.props file can be easily decrypted using below wsadmin commands. This has been flagged as a security concern by Citi Security team. We are requesting to disable this feature so that decrypting WebSpher...
about 2 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Submitted

Add WAS z/OS support up to Db2 z/OS v13 FL50x for the sibDDLGenerator.sh script

The full details and background, etc., can be found in the Support Case TS017121234 The DDL produced by the WAS z/OS sibDDLGenerator.sh script is no longer valid; this manifested itself during our testing with Db2 v12 z/OS at FL504. Furthermore, t...
about 2 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Submitted

Add support for a Force Refresh on Value Streams view

Currently, there is no way to apply or do a force refresh of any Value Stream Mappings (VSM). A user needs to fake modify the Value Stream JSON file (e.g. description field or a stage name) and wait for VSM to be refreshed, which may not be picked...
about 2 months ago in UrbanCode / Velocity 1 Planned for future release

Support FIPS 140-3 in WebSphere Liberty Core with IBM Semeru 21

Existing 140-2 support is becoming deprecated and certification is available for IBM Semeru Java for FIPS 140-3. Futhermore Java 8 we are currently using will reach EOS in 2025. We would like to move to IBM Semeru Java 21 for WebSphere Liberty and...
about 2 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Submitted

Extend "Role Mappings" in the "Map Users and Groups to Roles for Application" step of UCD to support more than 5 arguments.

WAS supports more arguments and UCD chops off anything after 5. This is causing issues in the deployment cycle and is a limitation to our processes. We are fully aware of how the configuration works in WAS Admin console and WAS Admin scripting, bu...
about 2 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Under review