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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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Introduce timeout for process steps

- We recently saw a case where a deployment process was stuck at one particular step for 3+ hours due to some issues. - It's a good idea to introduce a new step property "timeout" that can kill the step that is stuck after the mentioned timeout pe...
10 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2

Extra check before deleting important instances

Extra check before deleting important instances PureApplication has the ability to deploy a full blown complex environment across PureApplication Systems.Before deleting an instance the PureApplication user is prompted for a dialog to 'Delete' or ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 1 Not under consideration

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 7 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 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 ...
10 months ago in UrbanCode / Velocity 3 Under review

Add formatting options for the MOTD in system settings

Add basic formatting, perhaps in Markdown, for the MOTD box in system settings. New LineBoldLinks I think that these are the most relevant, but it might be easier to just implement a full markdown rendering engine.The current way I get a new line ...
5 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Under review

Chargeback and organizational profiles

When an organizational profile is associated with an environment profile, there should be an option for all past deployments that used that environment profile be connected with the organizational profile.
over 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under 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...
10 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Pass the proxy config with webhook in urban code to integrate with MS Teams

We have been trying to integrate urban code webhook with our Microsoft teams which will us to receive notification in MS Teams about the deployment progress. But we are unable to do that as we need to go through the network proxy and we have no wa...
10 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 5

Liberty should support AT-TLS "awareness"

Liberty profile JVMS should support AT-TLS "awareness" at the same level that other products like CICS do.
almost 6 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Future consideration

Improve the Environment Inventory view

For incremental deployments the environment inventory is not very useful in its current form. It lists the versions deployed some deployment information and its status and compliance in the environment. Some examples of things that i think could b...
5 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Under review