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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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Provide a feature for Dynamic IP restriction settings for IBM Websphere Liberty server

Our product runs on bundled IBM Liberty Server. The version of the Liberty that gets deployed with the product is “WebSphere Application Server 19.0.0.8/wlp-1.0.31.cl190820190813-1136”.Currently IBM Websphere Liberty does not provide any mechanism...
over 5 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

Need a filter for Process Column under Application History Tab

When we access application and History except for Process Column filter is available for other columns like Environment, snapshot, status etc. It will be convenient to also have a filter for Process column
about 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Not under 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...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Under review

MSA and GMSA service account support for the ucdagent

Use case: Windows ucdgagent Active directory service accounts are restricted to systems in the allowed "Logon To" list. This is very restrictive in the amount f systems you can have this account to access. Basically approximately 64 systems. I the...
over 6 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 9 Not under consideration

Enhance Calendar View to display the deployed component versions

The UCD application view contains a calendar view to display the past and future deployments. This calendar view should be enhanced to show the deployed/selected component version - either in the details at the left side or in a hover box over the...
over 5 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 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...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Need IBM websphere liberty core images ready to use, to deploy on openshift.

We want to have websphere liberty core UBI images At this time only kernel or full edition are available: ibmcom/websphere-liberty - Docker Image | Docker Hub kernel-java8-openj9-ubi kernel-java8-ibmjava-ubi kernel-java11-openj9-ubi kernel-java17-...
about 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 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-...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

The agents table in UCD 7 does not shrink to fit a screen

The agents table in UCD 7 does not shrink to fit the screen when the browser window size is changed. This can cause the actions menu to become unavailable. Scrolling left/right and up/down can help but even with an expanded screen it can be diffic...
over 5 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 4 Future 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...
over 4 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Not under consideration