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WebSphere traditional

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Consider to support OAuth2 modern authentication for Mail Sessions in WebSphere Administrative Console

In my organization we're migrating e-mail to Office 365, and Microsoft is deprecating basic authentication (username/password) for email accounts. Instead they are encouraging us to use modern authentication using Client ID, ID tenant... and so. I...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Enhancement required in auditing framework to include below changes done through admin console.

We are sending websphere audit log to SEIM to identify critical events. During the testing we identified the below security configurations done through websphere console is not getting audited and not part of audit log. a) Disabling Global Sec...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

The metrics endpoint should report basic status information about the cell, applications and JVMs similarly to what is shown in the dmgr

As a WAS admin using prometheus for JVM monitoring, I'd like an exposed GAUGE metric that tells me the status of various things from the Deployment Manager perspective: - List the Deployment Manager Cell info, Node info, WAS version. - List all t...
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Enable Options to store old config backups out of WAS installation Directory during restoreConfig.bat

IBM team in Case TS006197127, has requested below To remove old backup configurations as we noticed the issues with that in the past. However we still see you keep old config backups under the profile please remove them from that folder and store ...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

IBM Cloud - manual VPC selection when creating new WAS environment

We're currently using/evaluating the WAS traditional build template on VSI v2.1.0 and have noticed you have to use a unique vpc_name in its build configuration. In an IBM multi cloud heterogeneous environment, it would great if you had the option ...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Future consideration

Add the ability to add login_hint parameter to the OIDC TAI, that will allow a hint to be passed to the Identity Provider

System: WebSphere Application ServerActor: User needing new featured We are using the WAS OIDC TAI to connect with Azure AD as the identity provider. We are being asked to send some information to Azure in the authentication request, using a login...
about 4 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Future consideration

Headline: Proxy server to access Installation Manager repositories

Due to the fact that WebSphere v9.0 is no longer delivered via SMP/E, the Installation Manager needs to download the software components from a cloud-based repository. Because our z/OS system runs behind a firewall, the download fails miserably ;-...
almost 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

cryptic exception when session max count exceeded

when WAS ND (v8.5.5.10) has a session setting to limit max HTTP sessions per JVM and that limit is crossed a cryptic exception is being thrown. it took 8 hours for IBM team to understand the real cause.
about 7 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

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