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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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Provide mechanism for clearfsimport to associate its checkins with CMI tasks in base ClearCase VOBs/views.

Clearfsimport is not just a "one time use" import tool. It is often used to import third party "code drops" and revised versions of tools into ClearCase. (For example, if you are keeping compilers like GCC under source control to improve build aud...
about 2 months ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Under review

Manual Tasks/Approval tasks should support use of properties in comment prompt

Currently Manual Tasks/Approval tasks do not support use of properties in comment prompt. If we can pass properties then it will be easy to identify for which version/snapshot the approval is needed. We understand that in the notification template...
about 2 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Under review

SQL JDBC plugin can be enhanced to support inline SQL instead of SQL script file

Currently the SQL JDBC plugin step "Execute SQL script" does not support inline SQL. Instead we have to provide the script in a file. So there is a overhead to create the file and then delete the script file after execution. Hence it will be easie...
about 2 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Under review

Add ICSF Use Count to SMF 123 records

Add the ICSF use count (ICSF*CRYPTO*INSTRUCTONS*COUNT) to the SMF123 records for z/OS Connect EE API counts. This is important to track the impact of requestor configurations like "idletimeout" values on the number of calls to the ICSF service whe...
2 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Under review

adjust file permissions for the secured-installed.properties file on the deploy server

The `/<UCD_INSTALL_HOME>/conf/server/secured-installed.properties` file permissions is to open, at 0644. Changing this to 0600 or 0640 ends up reverting back to 0644 once the server or the deploy server application is restart. Since this fil...
3 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Under review

Deployment tracking on history page

Deployment tracking on history page The scenario involves an application team working on deployments, particularly in larger teams with members operating in different shifts. The goal is to enhance visibility and accountability by capturing the re...
3 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Under review

Support virtual baseDN mapping im Liberty to improve SSO with tWAS

VMM in tWAS environments are supporting virtual baseDN in VMM which are then via wimconfig.xml mapped to real LDAP baseDNs via the baseEntries configuration like for example <baseEntries name="cn=externalUsers" nameInRepository="cn=users,cn=ext...
3 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Under review

API call that returns results of permissions granted to a role/team

This idea is useful to anyone looking to find out what permissions are associated with a role, specially auditors. They need to make sure there is separation of duties between Deploy Engineer and Design Engineer Roles. This is in reference to this...
3 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Under review

SAML Single Sign On or Single Logout to support HTTP-Redirect Binding

Liberty seems to only support HTTP-POST binding for SAML Login and Logout based on our investigation <md:SingleLogoutService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="https://......." />We have configured our applica...
3 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Under review

Global searches for any properties in UrbanCode Deploy

Search any property value in UCD UI and be able to see wherever (component/component process/ environment/ etc) this property is defined so that you can update it. Or any closest solution to this requirement. For example: If there is one property ...
4 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Under review