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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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REST API to manage the authentication tokens

We have been exploring automation solutions to manage the renewal of UrbanCode authentication tokens via REST APIs. However, we have encountered a limitation as the current REST API offerings do not fully support our requirements. At present, the ...
about 2 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Under review

WebSphere OpenID Connect Relying Party - Could you please add client_assertion as an authentication method?

Current Situation: We are using the IBM supplied replying party plugin with Microsoft Entra: Component name: OpenID Connect Relying Party TAI TAI class name: com.ibm.ws.security.oidc.client.RelyingParty Version: 9.0 f5192405.01 This combination al...
4 months ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Under review

Enforcing logoff regardless of user activity after a duration

We need an automatic logoff after 12h, in order to enforce our security policies, that makes more efficient our sec policies.
2 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Under review

Add a feature to allow connection between UCD and a suitable data warehouse to archive and retrieve history table.

Add a feature to allow connection between UCD and a suitable data warehouse to archive and retrieve history table. We don’t want to perform archive outside UCD interface (meaning directly from UCD DB to Solix), as data once moved out – auditors qu...
8 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Future consideration

Ability to create Snapshot without environment via Jenkins UCD plugin

We want to create a snapshot that only includes the components we are deploying, we don't want to include the components which are already deployed in the environment. Its helpful since now developers has to manually remove the unwanted components...
4 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Under review

Observed a negative value for %D and a dash(-) for %{R}W in the NCSA access log

In the customer's WASv8.5.5.20 system, they have observed a negative value for %D and a dash(-) for %{R}W in the NCSA access log. Referring the WAS code, it just subtract System.currentTimeMillis from the previous System.currentTimeMillis. We were...
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Use systemd to run UCD deployserver and agentrelay as a service in Linux servers

We have been using init.d to run our UCD deployservers and agentrelay as service in our Linux servers, but systemd could be used as an alternative of init.d because it is a backward compatibility for RHEL 7 or above servers.
9 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1

Require Ansible playbooks to deploy and manage WAS ND deployments

Client is using CP4WAIOPS Infrastrututure Management to deploy and manage WAS ND. When they used the tooling in the past they had used Chef cookbooks to build and deploy WAS ND systems. Since IBM Purchaed RH, the CloudPak has indicated that Chef i...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

For a user lockout feature with time limit from UCD side

UCD 100 days lock For a user lockout feature with time limit from UCD side, as user will not get locked out automatically after 100 days.
12 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1

Add feature to configure Enable/Disable System Dump from admin console

WAS admin console users have the ability to take System dumps and causes issues in production during peak traffic. Requesting a feature added so WAS admins can configure to enable or disable in production environments.
over 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration