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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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TLS 1.3 support for Cloud Pak System

In order to prepare for the future, with quantum secure encryption in mind, we are moving to using TLS 1.3 for internal communications. Currently, the main services in CPS still use TLS 1.2 and do not support TLS 1.3 communications.As such, TLS 1....
6 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Submitted

Create Generic Process Step for Locking Snapshots

This request is to create a generic process that can lock a snapshot (versions and configuration) on a particular application. As a requirement for audit, all production deployments must lock their snapshot before deploying. Using an orchestration...
5 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2

Customizing application installation path similar to tWAS

We deploy applications in tWAS today by specifying application installation path to a custom directory outside of configurations to avoid default installedApps directory which is subject to stricter access control, by specifying a custom path inte...
about 2 months ago in Modernized Runtime Extension for Java 0 Under review

Use alternate mechanism to call ClearCase from the cmi_migrate.pl script.

The current CMI migration script repetively calls the "cleartool" command to perform operations. In environments where process creation or license checks are "expensive" in terms of time, this has a significant negative impact on migration speed/p...
3 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 1 Under review

cmi_migrate.pl script should gracefully handle ClearCase MultiSite environments

Reason: Migration to CMI fails if the branch/brtype of the version to be associated with the task is not locally mastered. Check mastership of a given version's branch and skip migration/association if the version is mastered remotely. At the end ...
3 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Under review

Install diagnostic features by default when using features.sh with the Liberty kernel base image

If the Liberty kernel base image is used to build a container (e.g. icr.io/appcafe/websphere-liberty:kernel-java17-openj9-ubi) and features.sh is used to install the necessary features from the server XML file(s), then, usually, potentially requir...
6 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Needs more information

add the button Backout counter to the mq web console 9.2 very useful for the client to unlock the queue

is it possible to add the button Backout counter to the mq web console 9.2 like this: Increase BO counter +/-5 and Decrease BO counter+/-5? our client is asking for it. for now, the only option is to change the default value. but in case of blocke...
over 3 years ago in Heritage / Application Developer 2 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.
over 4 years ago in Heritage / Asset Manager 0 Future consideration

Enable WebSphere ND "Test Connection" to Support Custom LoginModule via J2C-JAAS

Idea Summary: Enhance the WebSphere ND administrative console's "Test Connection" function so that it leverages the same internal logic path used by application code, enabling support for custom credential retrieval mechanisms implemented via a cu...
3 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Upgrade Jandex Version to Support the Latest Persistent Format Version to Shorten CDI scanning processing

We are addressing the Java version-up project and have a problem of taking about at least 12 minutes to start Liberty in the development environment (Eclipse), which means that development productivity cannot be increased and fundamental measures ...
8 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Planned for future release