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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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Make Locks table usable for all

The locks table does not load for users if they lack certain read permissions. Being able to identify what's holding a lock is a useful function that should be more accessible to all. Instead of nothing loading, it would be better if at least a su...
over 4 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 4 Not under consideration

REST APIs of RTCP should return full information set of stubs

REST APIs returns partial of stub information, but they should return full set of information on stubs, at lease should be same information set showed in Environment page of RTCP. IBM product Doc: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/devops-test-workbench/...
6 months ago in DevOps Automation / Test Virtualization 0 Future consideration

Provide mTLS support in web utilities plugin for REST HTTP calls

currently web utilities plugin supports basic authentication only for HTTP calls and this does not meet our security standards for automation.
about 6 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Planned for future release

Include System property changes in the audit log

It would be helpful to know when the value of a system property is changed, who changed it, and what it was set to if it is not secure.
6 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 4

Need ability to set license timeout

We use FlexLM Floating Licenses for Build Forge. However, Build Forge holds on to a floating license for >24 hours, even when there's no activity from the user. It should be possible to release licenses in a reasonable timeframe, like 2 hours, ...
6 months ago in Heritage / Build Forge 2 Not under consideration

Best practices for NTP service in OpenShift

The NTP service configuration performed by the OpenShift installation using the Cloud Pak System accelerator should apply a best practice to keep the clocks on the nodes in sync. The default configuration of the NTP service increases the risk of c...
over 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 1 Future consideration

UrbanCode Deploy and 2FA

Did UrbanCode Deploy support 2FA (Two Factor Authentication) and how to enable it ?
over 6 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Future consideration

Urbancode Agents java management in one click

As we can see there is a new feature introduced in UrbanCode UI starting from v7.2.3 where java can be managed for agents. There are multiple steps to install and set up java for an agent such as first install the java in agent, then set the java ...
over 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Future consideration

Urbancode agent relays java management via UI

As we can see there is a java management feature starting from v7.2.3 via UrbanCode UI for agents.The same way it will be good to have a feature where we can manage the java for agent relays as well. This will help us to upgrade the java of relays...
over 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Not under consideration

Urbancode Deploy needs a plugin for z/API's

It will be very helpful to have a plugin available in Urbancode Deploy for deploying API's to various environments. Currently we deploy using z/OS Connect, API Connect and the Oracle Gateway. The scripts are made by our deployment team. It would ...
over 4 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Future consideration