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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...
7 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2

Support for Nutanix Hypervisor

Request that UCD is tested and certified to be hosted on Windows OS running on Nutanix VM's
3 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Needs more information

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...
7 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1

"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...
7 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Future consideration

Need WMB plug-in for ACE12 to deploy to ACE12 environments via UCD.

We've been using UCD WMB plug-in version 47 to deploy to IIB10 environments. Now we're migrating our interfaces to ACE12. The plug-in doesn't work for ACE12 deployment (attaching log while we're trying to deploy to ACE12 using the current plug-in)...
over 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 8 Functionality already exists

Separate log history (files) and Deployment history (DB tables). We are unable to enable cleanup as both are controlled by single cleanup feature.

To separate, log history (files) and Deployment history (DB tables). We are unable to enable cleanup as both are controlled by single cleanup feature.
7 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Under review

DataPower HSM should support RSA-OAEP

The current HSM version in IDGx2 and IDGx3 does not support RSA OAEP padding which is a major issue as the only supported alternative is RSA1_5 (PKCS1-v1_5) which is considered vulnerable. The decryption of an RSA-OAEP or RSA-OAEP-256 encrypted JW...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

API to manage Maintenance Mode

We have the ability to create blackouts within UCD as part of the API offering. When setting a blackout period maintenance mode is automatically enabled, however when the blackout ends the maintenance mode is left on. I agree with this approach in...
over 1 year ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Functionality already exists

Python 3.7.6 Cloud Pak System Supported

Supportability for Python 3 on PureApps/Cloud Pak Systems to execute cli commands to integrate with upstream and downstream products is currently unsupported.
about 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Future consideration

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

This IDEA is part 2 of https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/WASINTOPS-I-107 . it builds on top of IDEA WASINTOPS-I-109 and extend to multiple servers. The current design of the product focuses on detecting unresolved security vulnerabilities that affect tr...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Planned for future release