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Add support for Apache Axis2 Web services to RAD

We would like to upgrade our Web service application(s) from Axis to Axis2 runtime however, RAD does not appear to support developing/deploying applications with Axis2 Web service runtime. Axis2 Web services is not new; almost expected it to alrea...
5 months ago in Heritage / Application Developer Submitted

UCD Packaging v2 vs UCD Packaging v1 (Creating sidefiles for Fault Analyzer for Assembler-modules, UCD Package format V2 not working properly)

When running UCD packaging v1 the variable file mentioned above (sidefile) is taken care of properly, gets copied to zOS the correct way and can be used as is. When running UCD packaging v2 the variable file mentioned above (sidefile) is NOT taken...
over 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Future consideration

increase "Local Epoch" limit

The current "Local Epoch Num" is reported by 'lsepoch' command. The maximum for that number in a clearcase database is 2147483648. This request is to increase that limit significantly to allow more durable replicas.
almost 2 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase Future consideration

Support token authentication (IDT) when accessing a db when using a connection pool

PCI data security is requiring servers to never expose a password when accessing a db. The industry is moving towards using JWTs (for example, a RACF IDT on z/OS) to meet this requirement. JWT eliminate the need to manage a db password in Liberty ...
about 3 years ago in WebSphere Liberty Future consideration

Transformation advisor should be able to scan application for any WEB20 FEP implementation by application and make recommendations for Liberty

Transformation advisor should be able to scan application for any WEB20 FEP implementation by application and make recommendations for Liberty, in WEB20 FEP Rest implementation is based on Apache Wink and Applications developed using WEB20 FEP , r...
6 months ago in Transformation Advisor Submitted

Option to redirect to plugin documentation in DevOps Deploy

Currently, we have options to install or upgrade plugins from the DevOps Deploy Application settings page with "Installed plugins" and "Available plugins" tabs. But to view documentation it requires additional search on internet and couple of navi...
6 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy

UrbanCode Deploy and 2FA

Did UrbanCode Deploy support 2FA (Two Factor Authentication) and how to enable it ?
almost 6 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Future consideration

Assess and modify WebSphere Hybrid Edition to adhere to Kubernetes Application security controls and best practices for hardening applications to benefit Ford, IBM, and other IBM customers.

To improve the availability, reliability, security, and scalable operations of Ford’s OpenShift clusters and the applications that share them, Ford Motor Company is enforcing K8s policies and best practices from Red Hat, Google, the Cloud Native C...
11 months ago in WebSphere Hybrid Edition Submitted

Assess and modify Cloud Pak for Applications to adhere to Kubernetes Application security controls and best practices for hardening applications to benefit Ford, IBM, and other IBM customers.

To improve the availability, reliability, security, and scalable operations of Ford’s OpenShift clusters and the applications that share them, Ford Motor Company is enforcing K8s policies and best practices from Red Hat, Google, the Cloud Native C...
11 months ago in Cloud Pak for Applications Submitted

Add ddvipa support for ucd z/OS agent

Today ucd agent doesn't have ddvipa support according to TS019560454. For the maintainability it would be good to have possibility to set up z/os ucd agent with ddvipa support. Ddvipa has possibilities to quickly switch over traffic to other agent...
11 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy Under review