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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 ...
PINNED Add a "Maximum persistent reuse" parameter for the backside of an MPGW or WSP
On an MPGW or a WSP, I want to be able to configure that the persistent backside connection should be closed after X amount of requests have been sent through that connection. I can already do this for the frontside by setting the "Maximum persist...

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MQ Explorer & Passphrase

It seems that IBM MQ Explorer (at least the v9.4.1 we used) does not support Passphrase. Since, for security reasons, more and more systems are implementing this mechanism, I think it is a good idea to support it from the MQ Explorer as well.
over 1 year ago in MQ, MQ Advanced & MQ Appliance 6 Functionality already exists

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 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

Multi-instance MQ be able of switchover without intervention after a failover

Problema: having 2 mq multi-instances, one as primary and the other as secondary and running in standby mode. When the primary MQ fails, the other one takes over as primary. However, the previous one goes to the status of “running elsewhere” and n...
over 2 years ago in MQ, MQ Advanced & MQ Appliance 2 Not under consideration

Service IP for NativeHA QMGR setup

We have been using RDQM for a couple of years now. With the feature to attach Floating / Service Ip to the NIC with a command it helped us to route the traffic seamless within HA and across HA/DR along with network DNS routing. We would like this ...
8 months ago in MQ, MQ Advanced & MQ Appliance 3 Not under consideration

To add x9 PKI certificate support officially.

One of our financial partners has updated to use PKI X9, and the certification is critical for IBM API Connect and DataPower Gateway to support officially to remain competitive in the market, as it is currently being used in our UAT environment fo...
8 months ago in API Connect 2 Submitted

Missing security headers for DataPower WebUI

Unfortunately, there is currently no option to configure security headers on the DataPower Web Management Service. As per our security guidelines the UI should be protected with at least following security headers: Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Pol...
6 months ago in DataPower Gateway 1 Future consideration

Option to export MQ objects (dmpmqcfg) in JSON format

we are looking for IBM to enhance dmpmqcfg tool to generate output in JSON format (MQ Object definitions), as it would be easy for any programmatic tool to read Ex: dmpmqcfg -m QMGR -n QUEUE -t channel -o json
over 1 year ago in MQ, MQ Advanced & MQ Appliance 1 Future consideration

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

Expose the missing required parameter name (header/query/path) in the client-facing 400 APIRuleError, which the gateway already logs internally

PROBLEM When an API has enforced=true and a parameter is marked required=true, the DataPower API Gateway performs a built-in presence check BEFORE the assembly runs. If a required header/query/path parameter is missing, the gateway raises an APIRu...
3 months ago in API Connect 0 Submitted