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Docker utility should support Functional Perspective test scripts. Slack Issue https://devops---testing.slack.com/archives/CGV8AAGCD/p1645022341509149

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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...
almost 3 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 5 Not under consideration

Versions selected in deployment page does not offer required information before submitting

Versions are selected in a side tab that must be closed to continue but they are not shown again in the main page. This means that users do not have clear information about what is going to be deployed before pushing de 'Submit' button. If we mix ...
3 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 8 Not under consideration

Do not allow in deployment page to select multiple full versions for a single component

Deployment multiple full versions at once does not make sense and can cause unexpected behaviors.
3 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Needs more information

Add a mechanism to allow users to access directly to a deployment page with all the wanted deployment values pre-selected

We want developers to be able to deploy their changes with the minimum possible effort and to reduce posible human errors. We want to be able to redirect them from the build tool directly to a deployment page, with all the required information pre...
3 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 4 Under review

Allow Agent Groovy management via UCD UI

Following the successful implementation of java management via the UCD UI, it would be good to also allow groovy to be upgraded via the UI for agents. We have recently found issues for groovy-3.0.10 compatibility with java 17, which means we can't...
about 1 year ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Not under consideration

Logs For Encryption Keyrotation

With Urbancode Deploy v 7.2.3.1 a new utility is provided keyrotate which can be used to rotate encryption keystore for UCD. When running this utility no logs are generated, it only gives a summary of the key rotation at the end of the keyrotation...
over 1 year ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Under review

SSL Certificate Management for Liberty Profile. Certificate expiry Alerting and Certificate Renewal

WAS Liberty Profile requires SSL expiry monitoring and alerting. SSL Certificates are usually valid for many years, and the expiry dates of certificates are often missed, until the system fails due to expired certificates.
over 8 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration

Support for the SAN attribute in the CSR request when using wsadmin or the WAS admin console.

We want to be able to use the SAN attribute in PKI keys/certificates. This is needed to pass host verification during the TLS handshake if the certificate is to be used by processes on different hosts, e.g., multiple WAS application server process...
over 7 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Future consideration

Need capability for restarting the failed process from the plugin step which actually failed

Currently when we repeat the failed process, it starts another run altogether and hence starts from begining again. Instead we want a capability of restarting from the failed step similar to what a mainframe JCL offers. This functionality is very ...
3 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Under review

To enhance WebSphere Automation (WSA) to install and rollback multiple iFixes for a list of WebSphere Application Servers

The current design of the product focuses on detecting unresolved security vulnerabilities that affect traditional WebSphere and Liberty servers. It facilitates the application of security fixes one by one on each server.Some customers have hundre...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Planned for future release