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Docker utility should support Functional Perspective test scripts. Slack Issue https://devops---testing.slack.com/archives/CGV8AAGCD/p1645022341509149

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Plugin Generation Utility implement File Serving Enabled/Disabled feature that mimics traditional websphere

This is useful when we have multiple web application modules in a EAR application and want to designate one of them as a default application by providing / as webcontext.
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

ship mod_brotli from upstream

Currently, mod_brotli is not part of the IHS distribution. However, https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_brotli.html is available in Apache httpd 2.4.26 and higher. In comparison to mod_deflate, mod_brotli offers better compression with far l...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Please add the ability to create graphs.

We are seeking the ability to display graphs to streamline our validation process.Specifically, we would like to create a line graph with ObtainedValue and ExpectedValue on the vertical axis and cycle count on the horizontal axis.
over 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Test Embedded 0 Future consideration

To include IMShared directory in the WebSphere Automation backup

During the fix installation process, WebSphere Application Server (WSA) provides the option to back up the following directories:1. The Installation Manager installation directory2. The Installation Manager data directory3. The WebSphere Applicati...
8 months ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Under review

Display the compute nodes with their FQDN in vCenter instead of their IP

Since v2.3.3.2 of Cloud Pak System, BigFix entitlement is no longer included. Our organization is transitioning to Flexera FNMS (FlexNet Manager Suite), an IBM-certified alternative to BigFix/ILMT as described here (https://www.flexera.com/blog/it...
over 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0

Enhance JAX-RS 2.0 client implementation to make it use WAS SSLSetting defined in the cell automatically

See also CASE TS005178606.
almost 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Future consideration

Reload certificate chain when one of the signer certicate expired during IHS runtime

Supposed we have 2 intermediate CA certificates which have the same key identifier and same public key in IHS SSL keystore. These 2 certificates are still within their validity period, which is not uncommon when a CA is rolling update their certif...
8 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Allow wildcard or mutiple entries, on an RDN entry in the controller.xml file

When configuring a collective, in the controller.xml file, we specify a collectiveCertificate rdn value - to allow members and the collector to talk to each other.We user RACF to create and store our certificates, where many of the fields are pre-...
8 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

Utility to update ALBD service credentials

For previous versions of ClearCase (<9.x) there was a utility provided by IBM to update the ALBD credentials while storing the password in an encrypted format (CCALBDPW.exe). That utility does not work starting with ClearCase 9.x. Need an equiv...
almost 7 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 3 Not under consideration

Implementing WSSubject.getRootLoginException() in Liberty

We are migrating an existing JEE application from WebSphere Traditional to Liberty, and the current application has a custom user registry module. In WebSphere Traditional, we can call WSSubject.getRootLoginException() to get the root cause of log...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration