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WebSphere traditional

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 Not under 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...
about 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 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 Not under consideration

Allow dynamic resizing of the HPEL TextLog

Customer wants to be able to change the size of the HPEL TextLog beyond the default setting. They suggested that it would be preferable if the size could be adjusted dynamically rather than being hardcode
11 months ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

WebSphere Audit Functionality

Using the Audit feature we want to be able to log any type of configuration change.What was the change, at what time and with what userid.Currently the only filter that allows that is “RESOURCE_ACCESS:SUCCESS ”, the problem is that it logs everyth...
about 9 years ago in WebSphere traditional Future consideration

WebSphere OIDC JWT Token - Allow reading of Array Strings

Our dev ops platform is PCF (Pivitol Cloud Foundry) using its built in User Account and Authentication Service (UAA) - https://docs.cloudfoundry.org/api/uaa/version/76.24.0/index.html#overview. The JWT token that is generated by this service inser...
almost 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

Explore the possibility of using ZERTJSSE on WAS

We are trying to configure WASv9 to make use of the ZERTJSSE provider and please note this is a continuation from the instructions obtained via previous case TS013670650. Subsequently we have opened a new case TS017440083 which the IBM support has...
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

To provide a 'relocate' function in Installation Manager

My client has a long history of using Installation Manager (IM) to set up WebSphere application servers (WAS). They take the IM default locations of 'Agent data location' and 'Shared resources directory.' Over the years, these directories have acc...
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

Deployment of HA DMGR in AWS using Application Load Balancers instead of On-demand routers

It is useful for the customer that is deploying traditional BAW 24 in AWS using EC2 instances. In QA and Prod they have an active passive stray nodes deployment across two availability zones within the same region. They have the request of having ...
12 months ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration

Deployment Manager DR strategy on AWS through AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

It is useful since the customer is deploying traditional BAW 24 in AWS using EC2 instances. In QA and Prod there is an active passive stray nodes deployment across two availability zones within the same region. Therefore to follow recommended DR f...
12 months ago in WebSphere traditional Not under consideration