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WebSphere Liberty

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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...
7 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

[Liberty Server] Two Phase Commit support for WOLA to IMS/CICS

Similar to what happen in WebSPhere Applicaiton server, we ask the introduction on Liberty the two phase commit support, for the WOLA channel outbout call to IMS/CICS.
about 8 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

Support token authentication (IDT) when accessing a db when using a connection pool

PCI data security is requiring servers to never expose a password when accessing a db. The industry is moving towards using JWTs (for example, a RACF IDT on z/OS) to meet this requirement. JWT eliminate the need to manage a db password in Liberty ...
about 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Make compression feature extensible

Currently, Liberty only supports gzip and deflate, as already stated in https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/LIBERTY-I-144 However, it is impossible for users to add new compressions globally, as the classes are not extensible at all. I think the relevant ...
4 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Under review

Allow JNDI as a mpConfig configuration source to allow encryption of secrets

Currently, it is not clear whether any configuration source can benefit from the liberty encryption.If this was possible, the secrets could be stored on disk in an encrypted way. I know JNDI properties can be encrypted, so let's add JNDI to the ex...
4 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Enable Liberty installables download through FixCentral API's

To fully automate(unmanned) Liberty software build pipelines to (1) check latest release versions and (2) download it through FixCentral, we wanted FixCentral download feature to be made available through API's, something like hosting them on deve...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Functionality already exists

Support FIPS 140-3 in WebSphere Liberty Core with IBM Semeru 21

Existing 140-2 support is becoming deprecated and certification is available for IBM Semeru Java for FIPS 140-3. Futhermore Java 8 we are currently using will reach EOS in 2025. We would like to move to IBM Semeru Java 21 for WebSphere Liberty and...
8 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Planned for future release

Request for enhancement to local JWT generation functionality in Liberty under z/OS Connect

Request for enhancement to local JWT generation functionality in Liberty under z/OS Connect: Background : As part of a firm migration project for one of our bank’s cards, we were required to migrate our z/OS requester API’s to a new external vendo...
4 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Restrict which http method can be called

For better security, it should be possible to configure what http methods can be used to access an application. For example, application 1 may only allow http get/put. Application 2 may disallow http options. This applies to both traditional WAS a...
about 9 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

Trusted DB2 for z/OS connection for Liberty Profile

It would be very helpful if WAS Liberty Profile supported DB2 trusted connections and trusted contexts. Right now I am forced to use SyncToOSThread functionality but that causes problems with authorization to write to log files. I am working on a ...
almost 11 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 7 Future consideration