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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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for relations of type aggregation, consider adding references

for A ref B we can get composite --- A: { B b; } or shared --- A: { B *b; } but not so please add something like 'reference' that gets us ---- A: { B & b }
4 months ago in DevOps Model & Code / Model RealTime 0 Future consideration

CVE and Patch information

I would like to suggest an improvement regarding the display of CVE and patch information across different screens. Currently, the CVE tab shows only the CVE number. When you click on a CVE, you see the servers that need the patch, and then procee...
4 months ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Future consideration

Simplifying the installation process for fix packs and patches

Currently, updating involves installing fixes at the Deployment Manager (dmgr), which only updates one side of the cluster. The second side requires manual updates to each application server within that cluster, which can be cumbersome. A signific...
4 months ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Not under consideration

Allow to use environmental variables (for example, %JAVA_HOME%) when providing JRE/bin directory during ClearCase installation

Currently, when you install ClearCase 10, the JRE/bin directory must be specified and it has to be a hard-coded value. The issue we are having with this restriction is that during our process to patch Java (which is done every 3 months), the path ...
4 months ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 1 Future consideration

We would like to have an SMF-record written for every MDB-request executed in a Liberty server

In traditional WAS we make use of the 120.9 record to analyze our different kind of WAS-load, regarding problem determination, cpu consumption, performance and transaction volumes.We want to do the same in Liberty, but are there delimited by just ...
4 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Trusted DB2 for z/OS connection for Liberty Profile

It would be very helpful if WAS Liberty Profile supported DB2 trusted connections and trusted contexts. Right now I am forced to use SyncToOSThread functionality but that causes problems with authorization to write to log files. I am working on a ...
over 10 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 7 Future consideration

UCV executor plugin to return valid http status code

This plugin returns 200 every single time, even if the deployment can't be started or if there's something wrong with the json data that gets passed. The plugin is supposed to respond with an error if the incorrect data gets passed (e.g. pipeline ...
9 months ago in UrbanCode / Velocity 3 Under review

Functionality for Bulk approvals in UCD

Currently we are using manual approvals for production deployment and hence there are generally lot of tasks awaiting approvals in work items tab. It is time consuming to approve them one by one. Instead if there is a option to provide bulk approv...
4 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Needs more information

Add the ability to set a personalized "kid" value in jwtBuilder configuration.

Currently, the jwtBuilder does not provide a method to override the "kid" in the token creation header request. Liberty automatically generates the "kid" value based on the jwtEnabled value, either by creating a random string of 20 characters or b...
4 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

OpenTelemetry integration for the IHS WebSphere plugin

OTEL is the new standard for telemetry data like traces, logs, metrics and events to be shipped to any external systems for enhanced visibility. Datadog currently does not have an integration for IHS plugin, hence the idea here is if IBM can build...
9 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration