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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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Java - Support AES key from ICSF for encryption

We aim for an encryption with an AES key stored in CKDS dataset, hence protected with ICSF. The targeted flow would be as follows: 1. Create an AES key in CKDS2. Create a Java application that can read the key and perform encryption and decryption...
3 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Under review

integrate IBM Velocity approval gates with an outside source through a REST API

At our last IBM UCD/Velocity lab advocate meeting, we discovered that there is no way to integrate IBM’s approval gates with an outside source through a REST API (or any other means it sounds like) so that we can plug in the Approval Gateway Tool ...
3 months ago in DevOps Automation / Velocity 2 Under review

Agent name integration in UCD Deployment output logs for better debugging

For any deployment log in UCD, if we open the output log, few details are displayed like below under the environment.environment: AGENT_HOME=/opt/urbancode/ibm-ucdagent AH_AUTH_TOKEN=**** AH_WEB_URL=https://ucd-service.lloydsbanking.cloud:8443 AUT...
3 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Under review

Create a centralized/Global Trigger Management

Managing ClearCase triggers across multiple VOBs is cumbersome, requiring repetitive updates to scripts and configurations across different machines and networks. Each change demands manual effort, consuming valuable time, money and increasing the...
3 months ago in DevOps Automation / ClearCase 3 Under review

New API method to obtain component versions selected on a Application Process Request

We have an External Approval Process that needs to know which component versions are being deployed to do the validation.We opened a case and been provided with a 'unsuported' rest API call that provides this information. We open this IDEA to make...
3 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Under review

Host an IBM-per-Customer Maven-Repository to download the WLP license files

Currently, downloading the WLP license files (base/core) requires manual steps: Logging in to IBM Browsing through Download Central Clicking through a set of sites Downloading the license Verifying the signature Re-Uploading to our internal reposi...
3 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Under review

ClearCase installation should display how much space is required

ClearCase 2025A fixpack installation/update will stop with an error "Available disk space at <filesystem> is insufficient" when such condition occurs. However it doesn't tell how much space is required. It would be more useful that Installat...
3 months ago in DevOps Automation / ClearCase 3 Under review

Calls Received and Calls Virtualized data of a Stub using Swagger API call.

We are using RTVS for our Performance Testing and planning to generate a report related Calls Received and Calls Virtualized of all the stubs in particular environment from the time they are published. Planning to incorporate this new Swagger API ...
4 months ago in DevOps Automation / Test Virtualization 0 Under review

Importing versions from raw nexus repository

We want a feature enhancement for component version import for the Nexus raw type repository. We have been trying to achieve this feature, but it is not working due to product limitations, as we understand from case TS015638587. Currently, the Nex...
4 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Under review

Make compression feature extensible

Currently, Liberty only supports gzip and deflate, as already stated in https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/LIBERTY-I-144 However, it is impossible for users to add new compressions globally, as the classes are not extensible at all. I think the relevant ...
4 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Under review