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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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Update tool to integrate provide API or Log forwarding to SIEM tooling

Many enterprises are shifting towards centrally monitored Security Information and Event Management tools like DEVO. Currently DoD Audit logs are stored in a DB format and are not generally consumable by tools SIEM tools. In order to better integr...
10 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 7 Needs more information

Switch option to finish searching all repositories in the federated repositories right after user is found.

In customer's WAS 8.5.5.x system, many base entries for each CN entries in customer's LDAP are registered to the federated repositories. In current design, search results for user are returned after all repositories are searched. Federated reposit...
over 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 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

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...
over 4 years ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Not under consideration

Default browser in playback for the first time should show the same browser as recording

[Environment] RFT 10.5.1(WebUI perspective) [Description] Default browser in playback for the first time should show the same browser as recording(RTW_WebUI_Browser_Selection setting). Actual behavior: For example, when try following steps, (1) St...
over 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Test UI 2 Future consideration

Impersonation deployment issue due to wrong onwership on work directory

Impersonation deployments are failing with UCD agent where work directory does not have right ownership permission.When users run the impersonation deployment /work directory is not getting created with the parent directory permissions.For ex: If ...
about 6 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Future 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.
almost 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Test Embedded 0 Future consideration

Support java 11 Websphere Express(8.5.5.x)/Base(9.0.5.x) WebEnablement on IBM i

As currently announced by IBM Websphere Express(8.5.5.x)/Base(9.0.5.x) are supported at least until 2030 and there is no EOS announced after 2030. https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&supplier=897&l...
over 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

"Quality of Protection (QoP) settings" display box leads to security breaches

The SSL Quality of Protection (QoP) settings (SSL certificate and key management > SSL configuration > NodeDefaultSSLSettings) panel is particularly frustrating to use and leads to security breaches 1- The list of available ciphers is contai...
almost 8 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under 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...
almost 9 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Not under consideration