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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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Java SPI to determine if a server running in another JVM is running

We have a GUI that display various flavors of application servers installed on our system. The includes traditional websphere, standalone liberty servers, integrated servers (based on liberty). There could be dozens on the system. My focus is on L...
about 2 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration

Allow option to log Context Not Found errors

When a problem/corruption occurs in one instance of a cluster, it is a challenge to identify which Liberty JVM has the problem. In a Case I opened with IBM, I had cluster of 50+ CICS regions with the same Liberty JVM & application running in t...
about 2 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 3 Functionality already exists

Mechanism to share values between deployment steps at component level

We have a deployment process that shares information between steps. To share the information between steps we are using application variables and that way of working brokes when multiple component versiones are selected in a deployment execution. ...
about 2 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Not under consideration

When multiple versions are selected the deployment process guarantees that no information between version deployments is mixed

We have a deployment process that shares information between steps. To share the information between steps we are using application variables and that way of working brokes when multiple component versions are selected in an application deployment...
about 2 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Under review

Display the Keyring name in the JOBLOG on z/OS.

Currently we can't see what Keyring the Traditional WebSphere Application servers are using from the JOBLOG in SDSF. This would help us see what Keyrings need to be updated with renewed certificates rather than manually checking the TWAS server fi...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

REST API feature to search documents using watson assistant which is not available yet RAM

We are looking for REST APIs for RAM search that can be invoked via URL. and can be integrated with watson assistant.
about 5 years ago in Heritage / Asset Manager 0 Future consideration

Java - Support AES key from ICSF for encryption

We aim for an encryption with an AES key stored in CKDS dataset, hence protected with ICSF. The targeted flow would be as follows: 1. Create an AES key in CKDS2. Create a Java application that can read the key and perform encryption and decryption...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Future consideration

Graceful pause of CICS liberty port to prevent transaction loss

When a CICS liberty port was paused, we found that some API transactions are abended. We understand that when the port was paused, the TCP listener stops accepting NEW connections immediately. The channel destruction happens quickly which means th...
6 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 3 Not under consideration

API for creating LTPA keys file

Liberty docs recommend to place the same ltpa.keys file to any liberty node reachable by your loadbalancer. For automated deployments, creation via Java API (liberty feature) is feasible. Please provide a feature (or extend PasswordUtilityies-1.0 ...
4 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Needs more information

have an option to call nested properties within a process

we have scenarios where we would like to call a application property inside of a agent property reference, Example: we need to call below from a shell step in component process, value = "${p:agent/{p:application/mnemonic}.agent.propertyname}" Curr...
2 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Under review