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Pinned ideas

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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Support token authentication (IDT) when accessing a db when using a connection pool

PCI data security is requiring servers to never expose a password when accessing a db. The industry is moving towards using JWTs (for example, a RACF IDT on z/OS) to meet this requirement. JWT eliminate the need to manage a db password in Liberty ...
over 3 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

SAML does not send LOGOUT request from SAML SP to SAML IdP

Background, this is for IBM Connections customers using SAML. Currently, when SAML customers try to logout of Conncetions they can't because SAML does not send LOGOUT request from SAML SP to SAML IdP. . Find ,spec here section 4.3 of http://docs.o...
over 12 years ago in WebSphere traditional 3 Not under consideration

Create Public exposed API to audit records ds_audit_entry based on event type LOGIN, Read, CREATE etc.

This request is to raise an idea in order to have an standarized API call to be able to this SQL query. SELECT * FROM DS_AUDIT_ENTRY WHERE EVENT_TYPE = 'CREATE' AND OBJ_TYPE = 'GROUP' Kindly let me know if we can get on a call regarding this table...
about 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 7

SPNEGO / Kerberos across multiple Liberty instances

Our environment is working this way:There are several different host server (Windows) which are hosting the applications:Host A (JTS, RDNG, RQM), Host B (RTC), Host C (JTS_Lic, Licenses, JRS, DW, ..) All applications are running in different profi...
almost 9 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Liberty zOS SAF delegation switch

In WAS z/OS traditional cells, we are using the paramters: com.ibm.security.SAF.authorization = false and com.ibm.security.SAF.delegation = false.The developers use the application-bnd.xml files to map J2EE roles to a bind-able referenced role in ...
over 5 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

Custom filtering or grouping of systems

Provide custom filtering of systems so they can be grouped as business needs or organizational needs dictate.(
over 5 years ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Future consideration

This is regarding exporting/importing entire application from one server (UCD environment) to another. While exporting an application, it would be beneficial to show options (checkboxes/radio buttons), such as Export Properties with secrets, Export Properties without secrets, Exclude Properties, Exclude Teams

Depending on the requirements, user should be able to choose what details need be exported in an application. The above mentioned options can help user to choose/ignore the details while exporting/importing application. Also it would be of great h...
about 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Not under consideration

Crystal Reports and "Print Record" button functionality in ClearQuest 9.1.0 64-bit client

As a follow up to case number TS004629636, we would like to submit the following Request for Enhancement. Our organization primarily uses the native 'ClearQuest for Windows' client. We use the "CrystalReportsRuntimeForRational.msi" and the 32-bit ...
over 5 years ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

Expose or change CritRsctProtMethod in RSCT/TSA for Db2 HADR deployments

When deploying Db2 HADR on PureApplication, IBM TSA automatically gets installed and setup to handle the automatic failover of Db2. TSA is built on RSCT, which is configured with a recommended/default CritRsctProtMethod of 3. This default ensures ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Future consideration

Use firewalld in RHEL7 Core OS

In RHEL 7 firewalld is the preferred firewall solution. In the current CoreOS images for RHEL7 iptables is still in use. Please change the CoreOS (and all scripting that depends on this) to use firewalld instead off iptables. This statement could ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration