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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

DevOps Automation

Evaluation of snapshot status in the application process

Hello all, we would like to use the functionality of the snapshot state, but unfortunately we did not find any support in the application process for this state. Based on the snapshot state, the application process would decide what to process. Wo...
over 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Not under consideration

SELinux support for DevOps Deploy (formally known as UrbanCode Deploy)

Currently, DevOps Deploy v8.0.0.1.1164713, on RHEL 8.8, with SELinux status set to enforcing mode. The DevOps Deploy does not run in a "confined" context, currently running in the "unconfined_service_t" context. Please add SELinux support.
over 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 7 Not under consideration

Add function to adjust the width of the table cell showing VP comparison result in unified report

In Details pane of unified report, tables showing data grid VP result display actual/expected data in fixed-width cells. Long data cannot be fully displayed in a cell, and short data has too much space. Both cases degrade readability.
almost 5 years ago in DevOps Automation / Test UI 2 Future consideration

Need to have Smart Card support restored for Rational Performance Tester

Beyond versions 9.5, smart card support was removed from the products due to a transition with the underlying JRE. Support for Smart Cards remains a requirement for US government clients and should be restored as quickly as possible.
almost 5 years ago in DevOps Automation / Test Performance 3 Not under consideration

API call that returns results of permissions granted to a role/team

This idea is useful to anyone looking to find out what permissions are associated with a role, specially auditors. They need to make sure there is separation of duties between Deploy Engineer and Design Engineer Roles. This is in reference to this...
over 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Not under consideration

Need automated cleanup for folder inside /opt/udeployha/agent/var/work/SourceConfig

We had issue with our nam relayWe have 8 nam relays on our UCD1 enviornment and they all have one folder /opt/udeployha/agent/var/work/ SourceConfig which is occupying more than 10G on each 8 relay IBM asked us to cleanup the files under /opt/udep...
about 7 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Future consideration

Add enhanced fields to 'Create Environment' UrbanCode uDeploy Plugin

Add fields to the UrbanCode uDeploy Environment plugin to account for 'inherent cleanup settings' and 'environment color' when automating environment creation. The lack of these fields adds manual tasks to automating environment creation using the...
over 9 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Not under consideration

audit logs to capture rename/Move of the reosurces

Currently t he IBM UrbanCode audit table currently records the following event types for resource operations (such as renaming or moving): Can we have this operation in more readable format EVENT_TYPEMANAGE CHILDREN MAP TO ENVIRONMENTS EDIT BASIC ...
over 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 4 Not under consideration

Global searches for any properties in UrbanCode Deploy

Search any property value in UCD UI and be able to see wherever (component/component process/ environment/ etc) this property is defined so that you can update it. Or any closest solution to this requirement. For example: If there is one property ...
over 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Not under consideration

Let agents inherit or use permissions and team object mappings from agent pool

Currently, there is no straightforward option to configure permissions purely at the agent pool level. When permissions are set at the agent pool level, they are neither inherited nor used by the agents added to that pool. More specifically, when ...
over 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 5 Not under consideration