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Docker utility should support Functional Perspective test scripts. Slack Issue https://devops---testing.slack.com/archives/CGV8AAGCD/p1645022341509149

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Extend the scope of the maxFiles parameter in logging configuration

As per case TS015417399 when configuring <accessLogging> with maxFiles in WebSphere Liberty the server only deletes old logs of more that maxFiles logs have been created by the currently running process. The current behavior makes the maxFil...
7 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

ClearQuest install should check for existence of dependent libraries and error or warn if they're not present

Our ClearQuest prerequisites mention this requirement, but the ClearQuest install is allowed to complete (without any error or warning), even when these dependent libraries are not present. This yields errors when running the product after the "su...
almost 4 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

Generate the OpenAPI3 attributes in the order that is consistent with RSA Order

We use both Swagger and OpenAPI3 generated interfaces. When we generate yaml or json the order of the attributes is not the same in both transformations. The order is Swagger follows the order of the attributes in the entities as they are sorted. ...

Support JDBC 4.2 in WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5

WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5 supports Java SE 8. It should support JDBC 4.2 in accordance with specification of JSE 8 (https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=337). However, the latest system requirement of WAS 8.5.5 only states support of JDBC up ...
over 4 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Increase filtering options in the UI

Hi, In our infrastructure, we have 5 cell names, each name represent all the environments of each one, I mean, the cell name 90app_cell ( for example ) is the same for each environment ( DEV/INTG/QA/PROD), and we maintain the same instance name in...
11 months ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Future consideration

Allow remote source when debugging in RDi

Provide the ability for a system definition in RDi to reference another system for source code. A possible implementation would be to associate a debug configuration with a system definition.
over 3 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 0 Future consideration

Fix the issue that's causing stuck of the JWT tokens from the z/OS Liberty server

A JSON Web Token(JWT) can get stuck. It manifests as /zosmf/services/authenticate endpoint issuing a JWT with success RC that is not valid for api calls, resulting in 401 rc. This is a persistent condition. We are tracking two cases where it happe...
almost 3 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Future 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...
8 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

WebSphere should offer StartTLS support when connecting to LDAP server for authentication

When configuring WebSphere for LDAP authentication, if you select "use SSL", this forces WebSphere to establish an LDAPS connection with the LDAP server (port 636 by default). This is an outdated mechanism. LDAP v3 defines the StartTLS extension, ...
over 7 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Monitor UCD token expiry

As part of continuous deployments we have created tokens for external users(gitlab,jenkins) to connect to UCD and perform the deployments. we have very large footprint of applications using UCD to perform deployments for which we have created bunc...
over 1 year ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Future consideration