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PINNED OpenAPI schema validation including headers
Currently to schema validate a REST based API in DataPower you have to extract the JSON schema from the OpenAPI file and then code manually code the individual header checks defined in the OpenAPI file Would be a vast improvement to be able to j...
PINNED Request for Adding Limited GitOps Functionality to default Domain
We have some use cases around form factor portability and cloud instance provisioning where it might be helpful to have an automated approach to loading common configurations to the default domain through GitOps. Some examples are the RBM and ODR ...

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Add support for OpenTelemetry Metrics to IBM MQ

The IBM MQ metrics samples that are available on GitHub here, https://github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-metric-samples/tree/master/cmd/mq_otel provide a sample for collecting metrics from IBM MQ and exporting them to the OpenTelemetry Collector. The Ope...
over 2 years ago in MQ, MQ Advanced & MQ Appliance 3 Future consideration

Necessary MQ Security Enhancements - Especially on z/OS

Lack of access visibility, especially while RESLEVEL is set permissively For example, if the CICS ID establishes a connection to MQ, MQ would not verify subsequent IDs from a user ID leveraging that CICS region to submit something to MQ from CIC...
10 months ago in MQ, MQ Advanced & MQ Appliance 4 Future consideration

RDQM : Avoid Split brain for HA and DR design

In case of DR(Automatic), MQ admins don't have access to change the DR role on primary site. They change the QMGR DR role on secondary side as Primary and Bring the QMGR up and application start processing. When Primary site comes up automatically...
over 1 year ago in MQ, MQ Advanced & MQ Appliance 3 Not under consideration

Improved mTLS certificate lifecycle management

Background webMethods.io currently supports mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication using client certificates. While the current implementation enables certificate-based authentication, there are some limitations regarding certificate lifecycle managemen...
2 months ago in webMethods Integration SaaS 0 Planned for future release

We would like for traditional DataPower services to support JSON RFC 7159 when setting request and/or response type to JSON

At the moment the request and response type settings in traditional DataPower services like Multiprotocol Gateway and Web Service Proxy support JSON RFC 4627 when choosing request and/or response type JSON. For more recent services with a JSON pay...
7 months ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Future consideration

Scheduled API Governance Scans & Email Distribution

Good day, I’d like to request a new feature in IBM API Connect: the ability to schedule API governance scans and automatically email the resulting reports to selected recipients. Rationale API Manager already has outbound email configured (used fo...
about 1 year ago in API Connect 1 Planned for future release

Request for Node Selector and Toleration Support in Nano Gateway to Address Licensing Implications

We have been operating IBM API Connect with the DataPower API Gateway as a component of IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) since 2019. We are currently planning a migration to APIC v12.1 utilising the DataPower Nano Gateway (nanogw). However, ba...
5 months ago in API Connect 0 Submitted

Multiple kdb file support in IBM App Connect Enterprise

Currently, an ACE Integration Runtime is constrained to a single global CMS Key Repository (.kdb / .sth) for IBM MQ client TLS connections (configured via mqKeyRepository in server.conf.yaml, node.conf.yaml, or MQCLNTCF/mqclient.ini). While a sing...
25 days ago in Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) 0 Submitted

The client connection channel password in the CCDT supports only up to 12 characters, whereas the security policy requires a minimum password length of 15 characters.

The minimum 15-character password requirement is part of the security policy and helps improve account security by making passwords more resistant to brute-force and password-cracking attacks.
about 2 months ago in MQ, MQ Advanced & MQ Appliance 0 Needs more information

Multiple vault archive zip files support and Avoid Integration Server restarts for credential updates on ACE v13

1. How the IBM‑designed process works today As confirmed through IBM documentation and previous IBM Support interactions: Credentials must be generated externally, outside the Integration Server, in a separate container. Each Integration Serve...
7 months ago in App Connect 1 Not under consideration