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DataPower Gateway

Preserve checkpoints after a DataPower upgrade

Developers use checkpoint while developing, after upgrade checkpoints are lost, and they need to redo everything from scratch to create new checkpoints. If it is an option to perserve them after upgrade.
4 months ago in DataPower Gateway Not under consideration

Increase the maximum aggregate length in bytes of HTTP headers to allow (>128kByte)

We recieve HTTP response from backend system, which exceeds the 128kByte limit of DataPower. As described in service request TS021264469 we tried to ship around this limit with no success. Please increase the limit, so we can better integrate Data...
6 months ago in DataPower Gateway Not under consideration

Curl cmd on DataPower server through ssh

We are looking for guidance on how to execute cURL commands directly on the DataPower appliance via SSH. We are aware that Telnet tests can be performed through the DataPower UI under Troubleshooting → Telnet, but we would like to know whether the...
7 months ago in DataPower Gateway Not under consideration

Keeping the option to switch between new and old webgui due to performance issues

We are currently experiencing significant performance issues with the new WebGUI. It would be very important to have the option to switch between the two GUIs and set a preferred default until these issues are resolved. Several teams manage around...
9 months ago in DataPower Gateway Not under consideration

Don't bring down HTTPS front side handler that uses mTLS if a cert is missing or down from the validation credentials list

If a cert is deleted or missing from the file mgmt of datapower that is in the validation credentials certificate list the entire validation credential object is down. If a HTTPS FSH is using this validation credential, the HTTPS handler goes down.
about 1 year ago in DataPower Gateway Not under consideration

Allow user id with character such as '!' in it. Example p!john

I would like to create a user in DataPower which gets authenticated via LDAP. The user has '!' in it for example; p!asim DataPower doesn't allow this and throws this error, 'Name contains an invalid character (!).' Would you please be able to prov...
about 1 year ago in DataPower Gateway Not under consideration

DataPower IMS Callout Handler: ACK Removal or Configuration Option

This RFE proposes making the ACK mechanism in IBM DataPower IMS Callout Handler configurable or removable to address critical performance bottlenecks in production banking environments. By eliminating unnecessary ACK/NAK exchanges between DataPowe...
over 1 year ago in DataPower Gateway Not under consideration

NTP Service should get time from at least three NTP servers and average the time retrieved for better accuracy and resilience.

We have seen that DataPower queries the NTP servers sequentially based on their order in the NTP server list. It starts with the first server and moves down the list if the first server is unavailable or does not respond within the configured time...
over 1 year ago in DataPower Gateway Not under consideration

Add CONNECT Method as Allowed Features for DataPower Inbound Services Such as MPG and WSP for Tunneling connection

Currently DataPower doesn't support Connect Method for Inbound services for Tunneling.DataPower only support outbound Connect method as a client and not as a server
over 1 year ago in DataPower Gateway Not under consideration

Add ability to configure DataPower WebUI TLS Profile from APIConnectCluster / DataPowerService CRs

Please make it so it is as easy to configure the TLS certificates for the DataPower WebUI as it is for the other API Connect endpoints. For example, the APIConnectCluster can be configured with most endpoints and secret names, like this: apiVersio...
over 1 year ago in DataPower Gateway Not under consideration