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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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Add the ability to set a personalized "kid" value in jwtBuilder configuration.

Currently, the jwtBuilder does not provide a method to override the "kid" in the token creation header request. Liberty automatically generates the "kid" value based on the jwtEnabled value, either by creating a random string of 20 characters or b...
9 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Provide "summary view" of WebSphere Automation registered servers, total servers, number of cores, etc

Since WebSphere servers are registered with WebSphere Automation, and WebSphere Automation is licensed on the total number of cores available to the registered WebSphere servers, we should provide a "summary page" that shows the total number of re...
almost 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Future consideration

Include embedded products: BAW and ODM

I like the automation feature but it is incomplete without the embedded products. For eg, I cannot use its features on WebSphere that is underneath the BAW or ODM products. So far, I have discovered that even WAS that is installed as part of the p...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Planned for future release

Notification Scheme cannot be customized per Application or Environment when using Templates

We utilize Application Templates to enforce rules/environments etc... A notification scheme is selected in the template configuration but once an application is created from the template, the selected scheme is locked down and a different scheme c...
over 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Future consideration

Liberty profile - Allow passing of variables to "include" elements in server.xml

WebSphere Liberty profile provides use of "include" elements and variables in the server.xml. However, the variables can only have one value - the last assigned value to the variable overrides all previous. This precludes the use of different vari...
over 8 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration

Add a "Test" email button

When configuring the email server settings, it would be very helpful to have a "Test connection" type button to ensure the mail configuration works. In the event of an error, exposing the error through the UI (and not requiring directions to the p...
almost 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Future consideration

Liberty z/OS SyncToOSThread support for J2C resource adapters

JCA resource adapters in WAS for z/OS (full profile) are able to exploit native z/OS security features when SyncToOSThread is enabled. However, the JCA resource adapter code needs use SyncToOSThread independently of the wider web application, so a...
over 7 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Not under consideration

Rational Synergy Software for Solaris

Rational Synergy Software support for Solaris,at least a client package for Solaris is needed
over 4 years ago in Rational Other / Synergy 3 Not under consideration

Disable/Enable a button for select all application components to deployment

New interface under Application deployment has a button for select all application components for deployment. Because of that the customer can deploy hundreds of components by mistake. We're suggesting the option for disable this button from the s...
over 1 year ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Needs more information

Alert of potential data-loss if "Set a Single Value" option is activated in environment-properties

The environment-properties of multiple components can be defined as "single value" or "as value per component". If the mode is changed from value per component to single value, the individual values are overwritten with the single specified value.
about 5 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Not under consideration