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WebSphere Automation

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Support Standalone Deployment Manager

WebSphere Automation currently cannot register a WAS ND Deployment Manager but application servers only. If the Dmgr is running on a separate system, it will not be monitored. This introduces two risks: a) WSA shows the envronment as secure but th...
about 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Delivered

Improve notification email to indicate when a new bulletin is detected

Improve notification email to indicate when a new bulletin is detected, rather than when an existing (known) vulnerability is detected in a new or existing asset that was newly registered.
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Delivered

Support non-authenticated, non-TLS mail server (port 25)

To support simple POC setups, we should support "non-secured" (no Auth, no TLS) mail servers. These simpler mail server configurations are used in environments for tool-based / automated notifications.
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Delivered

Manual Health Investigations

In addition to triggering actions when alerts are received for different problem types, users should be able to just launch an investigation manually. - use for triggering a mem leak investigation - use for running any of the mustgathers we automa...
almost 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Delivered

Allow customer to configure a trust store for the cve-monitor https connection.

Allow customer to configure a trust store for the cve-monitor https connection. This will require an operator change to allow a trust store Secret to be mounted and a change to cve-monitor to use that trust store in the SSLContext for the https co...
almost 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation 3 Delivered

Add Recommended Fixes

Using the current version info, unresolved CVEs info and applied fixes, you should be able to provide the recommended ifixes or fixpacks that would resolve the CVE and provide the link to the fix.
about 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation 2 Delivered

Support Open Liberty with WebSphere Automation

Open Liberty currently lacks the Usage Metering feature, and is therefore not able to managed by WebSphere Automation. Open Liberty is as part of our strategy for migration, so supporting Open Liberty alongside WebSphere Liberty and traditional WA...
about 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Delivered

Display what APARs / fix pack remediate a CVE

Display, within the UI, what remediates the CVE (e.g. which APARs and which fix packs resolve the vulnerability). I should be able to get the iFix/Fixpack info from within the GUI without having to click anything or leave the UI (no requirement to...
over 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Delivered

WebSphere Automation to download and make available iFixes and Fix Packs which resolve identified Vulnerabilities

WebSphere Automation should automatically download fixes to CVEs once they are detected. The fixes should be stored in my existing repository (such as NFS mount, FTP server or Artifactory repository).
over 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Delivered

Provide an audit history of what CVEs were detected when, and when the iFix/APAR was applied to resolve it

Provide an audit history of what CVEs were detected when, and when the iFix/APAR was applied to resolve it. This might manifest in two ways: REST API to query the audit history of an individual (or collection of) server, install, CVE. A CSV report...
over 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Delivered