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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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Option to import/export specific component or application process

Currently UCD provides functionality to export/import component or application as a whole. However, in real use case, after the UCD application is setup in PROD environment initially the further changes will be gradual and mostly in few applicatio...
6 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2

Customize Remember Me option on login page

There is a remember me checkbox on the login page of Urbancode Deploy. If that option is not checked when logging in user gets logged out within 30 minutes. There are scenarios when user misses to check that option and then get logged out in betwe...
over 1 year ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Future consideration

IM albd check should use alternative to NTLM

Installation Manager (IM) currently uses legacy NTLM authentication to check for clearcase server process (albd) credentials during installation on Windows.More and more customers disable NTLM in their environment which causes albd check to fail.T...
12 months ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 2 Future consideration

UCD application approval email notification user need to approve by replying to email

UCD application approval email notification user need to approve by replying to email not clicking a link which is given in email.
almost 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 9 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...
about 7 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Future consideration

Secure DevOps Buildchain / Deployment Artifact Validation

Before deploying packages to systems, it should be verified validate that release artifacts to be deployed are the same artifacts that were built via the build chain. Artifacts are looked up via their fingerprint (e.g. binary checksum) and verifie...
6 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1

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.
about 8 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration

"Download All" button to download version placed in an external repository

UCD displays a "Download All" button to downlad the zip version file and be able to inspect it, but it only works if the version is stored in Codestation. When the version is stores in an external repository, it only downloads an xml metadata file...
6 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Future consideration

Urbancode Deploy needs a plugin for z/API's

It will be very helpful to have a plugin available in Urbancode Deploy for deploying API's to various environments. Currently we deploy using z/OS Connect, API Connect and the Oracle Gateway. The scripts are made by our deployment team. It would ...
over 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Future consideration

Automatically update CQ OSLC provider with schema revision

The ClearQuest OSLC provider within the CQ CM server (cqwebprofile) is used by ClearCase CMI integration to query about schema information. Currently the cqwebprofile needs to be restarted in order to reflect the change after a user DB upgrade int...
over 1 year ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration