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Pinned ideas

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

All ideas

UCV executor plugin to return valid http status code

This plugin returns 200 every single time, even if the deployment can't be started or if there's something wrong with the json data that gets passed. The plugin is supposed to respond with an error if the incorrect data gets passed (e.g. pipeline ...
over 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Velocity 3 Under review

OpenTelemetry integration for the IHS WebSphere plugin

OTEL is the new standard for telemetry data like traces, logs, metrics and events to be shipped to any external systems for enhanced visibility. Datadog currently does not have an integration for IHS plugin, hence the idea here is if IBM can build...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Liberty Member SSLCertificate auto renewal

The Liberty Collective Controller does not auto renew Liberty Member Certificates.
about 10 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration

Requesting a Linux/s390x build of the Packaging Utility for Installation Manager

We are interested in setting up local Installation Manager repositories that can be accessed over http/https to provide updates for WebSphere Liberty ND and IBM HTTP server products as described in the documentation: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/in...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Allow environment variables in the plugin-cfg.xml file

Our customer is evaluating WebSphere Liberty 18.0.0.3 using the latest version v9.0.0.0 IHS + PLUGIN tar instalation package to develop an architecture for running WebSphere Liberty in a containerized environment. When we run the "pluginUtility ge...
over 7 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 3 Not under consideration

ClearCase CMI integrations should allow setting tasks in the GUIs

The Change Managment Interface (CMI) based integrations have replaced some of the older integration methods with an arguably less usable integration. Feature shorrtcomings include: 1. In the old base ClearCase/Clearquest integration, the user can ...
over 2 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

JAVA byte code only interpreter

The least privilege security and privacy control restricts compiles to the sandbox/development environments only. Unfortunately, the JAVA interpreter, in addition to executing byte code, also executes source code which must be enabled in the produ...
over 1 year ago in Java Runtimes (Semeru, OpenJDK) 6 Functionality already exists

Rest API to add files to a version

There is currently no rest api equivalent for the cli 'addVersionFiles'.
about 5 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 0 Future consideration

Enhance PACC to Allow for Comments

The current implementation of the processes-as-code compiler does not work unless the "Require a Comment For Process Design Changes" is turned off. We have requirements from Audit within our organization and need to keep that enabled. We would lik...
about 5 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 0 Future consideration

Report Failure - button

I as an enduser will be able to report a failure by pressing the "Report Failure" button to provide logs/traces/description of failure to Support
over 1 year ago in DevOps Loop / Core 0 Future consideration