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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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Enable restapi within ITM shared services

Unable to activate rest api within the ITM shared Service. We want to call the restapi to optain data from the ITM sharedservice in order to send some of the information to splunk and APM to generate reports and other summaries
almost 8 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 2 Not under consideration

Resurrect the IBM UrbanCode Deploy and Release Mobile App

In our environment, we had used the IBM UrbanCode Release and Deploy App and it was well received. Since it was retired, I receive contact feedback about how much of a "pain" it is for approvers to have to either log into UrbanCode Deploy to execu...
over 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Not under consideration

Change variables values when applying efix at Virtual System Instance

At classic instances we could change the variables values defined at the service.xml when you applied the emergency fix At the vnext virtual system instance this doesn't work anymore.
over 8 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

OIDC integration with the the IBM IHS HTTP Server

I know that the apache web server has and oidc module and the IBM's HTTP Server is built on it. But IBM doesn't support the use of the oidc module. It would be great if IBM could support the use of the oidc module in it's HTTP Server. This would a...
6 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

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...
about 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Allow Agent Groovy management via UCD UI

Following the successful implementation of java management via the UCD UI, it would be good to also allow groovy to be upgraded via the UI for agents. We have recently found issues for groovy-3.0.10 compatibility with java 17, which means we can't...
about 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Not under consideration

Support for SAML authentication

Direct access to central authentication servers using ldap/s protocol will not be allowed in many companies in the near future. Authentication must be possible using SAML and/or OpenID/OAuth
over 4 years ago in Heritage 1 Not under consideration

SERVERWLM Support for z/OS Connect

In order to achieve high availability in z/OS Connect, the product documentation (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos-connect/zosconnect/3.0?topic=availability-sysplex-distributor) recommends use of a DVIPA to distribute workload between multiple LPAR...
about 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration

add Singularity container support...

it will be nice to have possibility to use Singularity container with Clearcase (as solution you already provide for docker). Only Singularity is authorized by our IT.
about 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearCase 3 Not under consideration

SOAP Call (JAX-WS) with LTPA from Liberty

We need support for LTPA when calling a SOAP Service from an application running on Liberty (please see use case below).
over 10 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration