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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...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional Future consideration

Display the Keyring in the JOBLOG for Liberty servers running on z/OS

Currently we can't see what Keyring the Liberty servers are using from the JOBLOG in SDSF. This would help us see what Keyrings need to be updated with renewed certificates rather than manually checking the Liberty server files.
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Liberty Not under consideration

IBM WebSphere Liberty Workload Identity

Request summary Enhance the existing jwtBuilder component (and the associated com.ibm.websphere.security.jwt.JwtBuilder API) to support secure, programmatic issuance of application-identity JWT tokens. These tokens represent the calling Liberty ap...
about 2 months ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration

Ability to reset connection manager wait_time metric exposed via Mbean

In z/OS Connect EE (WebSphere Liberty), the connection manager wait_time metric exposed via MBeans is does not reset after a wait condition has been resolved. As a result, when a high wait time (e.g. ~10 seconds) is recorded due to a transient iss...
about 2 months ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration

Historical records in Z Search to cover audit information requests for Mainframe applications

We have internal and external request for different audit processes asking when a specific version of a Mainframe file was deployed. For example, certain functionality was added to a routine and we need to know when that functionality reached prod...
4 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Under review

REST API feature to search documents using watson assistant which is not available yet RAM

We are looking for REST APIs for RAM search that can be invoked via URL. and can be integrated with watson assistant.
about 5 years ago in Heritage / Asset Manager Future consideration

Roadmap for supporting Jakarta 10 and JPA 3.x

We need to move to at least Java 17 and have recently upgraded to RAD 10.0 for Java 17 support. We also have applications which use JPA, that will require some modernization to move to JPA 3.x/Jakarta 10; however, we have found that there is no JP...
4 months ago in Heritage / Application Developer Submitted

add the button Backout counter to the mq web console 9.2 very useful for the client to unlock the queue

is it possible to add the button Backout counter to the mq web console 9.2 like this: Increase BO counter +/-5 and Decrease BO counter+/-5? our client is asking for it. for now, the only option is to change the default value. but in case of blocke...
about 4 years ago in Heritage / Application Developer Not under consideration

WXS Client/server 8.6.1.x add support of TLS 1.3 based on JDK available on Websphere ND 9.0.5.x and 8.5.5.x

Hello based our problem : WXS Client/Server Issue on WAS 9.0.5.20 ==> 22 and 8.5.5.26 and 27 with java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: TLSv1.3,TLSv1.2 is not a recognized protocol discover the WXS doesn't support the Configuration on Websphere N...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere eXtreme Scale Submitted

Support for OAuth 2.1 in WebSphere Liberty

Support for OAuth 2.1 in Liberty for CloudPak Foundational Services to adopt. OAuth 2.1 is a more hardened version and it is critical for CPFS to support this for its adopters. CPFS uses Liberty as its OpenID connect provider and its based on OAut...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration