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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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Rest API and download option for Java packages from UCD UI

As Java are managed on UCD UI, if we have a rest api to download. this will give us an option to download and use java wherever we want.Also, if we can download option on UCD UI for Java to be downloaded
4 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Needs more information

Provision for Tagging Servers with Environment and Application Name to Maintain WAS Inventory and listing these using these tags

Currently there is no features of custom tagging so dashboard showing all the server without any grouping. Custom tagging will allow to tag the servers with their environment (PRD/UAT/DEV) and Application Names. So this will allow to do the listin...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Future consideration

Docker Build Fails Due to Feature install , Docker Build on N/W

We are using a Full Liberty image as base image to build our Applicaiton Docker image, However when the configure.sh script is excecuted the Build fails as it cannot connect to the feature repo URL while on Office N/W due to proxy and firewall rul...
4 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Under review

Metadata for Teams and Groups

Would it be possible to have a description or metadata field within the teams and groups. Currently we need to manage and maintain an external file that contains owners and approvers for team and group access requests, this can be difficult to mai...
11 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 5

Default Teams for New Objects Amendment

We currently have permission issues within our resource tree where visibility and usage is incorrectly assigned. We have several groups that are used by platform teams that are then assigned into roles. We have found that people are not updating t...
11 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3

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...
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 1 Future consideration

Enable Liberty installables download through FixCentral API's

To fully automate(unmanned) Liberty software build pipelines to (1) check latest release versions and (2) download it through FixCentral, we wanted FixCentral download feature to be made available through API's, something like hosting them on deve...
11 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Functionality already exists

Fix behavior of Terminate Threads setting

Setting the Terminate Threads setting to Yes (default is No) is described as having the following effect: "Determines when a threaded step fails. All other active thread blocks in the same project are stopped", which is what we want to happen. Ref...
5 months ago in Rational Other / Build Forge 0 Future consideration

To enhance WebSphere Automation (WSA) to install and rollback multiple iFixes for one WebSphere Application Server

The IDEA is part 1 of an existing IDEA https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/WASINTOPS-I-107; it limits the change scope to one server. The current design of the product focuses on detecting unresolved security vulnerabilities that affect traditional WebSph...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Planned for future release

LTPA token timeout should respond to user activity

This is a requirement for ISO 27001 certification. This type of functionality is required by many security teams, and it is really hard to justify, explain, and get security deviations. It would be useful because users would not be harassed by fre...
about 3 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Future consideration