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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...
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...

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Add support for "binary" (=non-xml) messages in "Send a Test Message" tool

The "Send a Test Message" tool is very useful to be able to unit test locally without involving external systems or partners (or when firewalls blocks you from internal networks to DMZ).Unfortunately the test tool only supports XML messages as bod...
about 8 years ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Not under consideration

Enhance RESET DOMAIN command to keep password-map

The reset domain command clears configuration objects from a domain, but leaves the cert: directory intact. In previous versions of firmware, the key objects could be re-established easily because the password-map was held in the default domain an...
over 7 years ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Not under consideration

Getting response code in error rule

In case a MPG is configured with the "Process Backend Errors" option turned off, all HTTP errors from the backend server end up at the error rule, but currently there's no way to get the actual response code from the backend server. This could be ...
over 1 year ago in DataPower Gateway 4 Functionality already exists

Front Side Timeout Settings in IBM API Connect API Gateway

The API Gateway service in IBM API Connect version 2018.4.1 doesn't have any settings for front side timeout like all other services as MPGW, WSP etc. This RFE is just to get this feature available in the product.
over 4 years ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Future consideration

Remove RunTime Dependency (For Each Request) on Primary Gateway by OAuth Secured APIs

Customer is having one of the larger DP Gateway clusters deployed to implement their Enterprise API layer.They’re having single active-active DP GW cluster set up across two sites – each site having 6 GW instances - even distribution such that sit...
over 1 year ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Future consideration

Incorrect Crypto object status with Luna HSM

We have a VM DataPower and a remote HSM (SafeNet LUNA HSM). We are connecting to the HSM partition via a HSM High Availability group which has been configured on DataPower. When we deploy our crypto objects in DataPower, they correctly show the st...
over 4 years ago in DataPower Gateway 1 Future consideration

APIC gateway Service in Firmware 2018 version

Recently for our newly added IDG appliance we did the upgrade to 2018.4.13 version and migrate our existing codeWith that there is a new service got added in default domainapic gateway service which is by default in down state and it started throw...
over 5 years ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Future consideration

Add subject validation option to Crypto Validation Credentials

When setting up communication over insecure channels (i.e. over Internet) it is required to narrow down list of clients that might connect to DataPower. This selection should be based on what is contained within Subject of client's certificate. Sp...
about 3 years ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Future consideration

Support persistence connection with proxy policy

We found out that Datapower does not support Persistent connection with proxy policy setting. The DP original architects decided when tunneling requests through a proxy it was better to create a new connection for each request. This design cause m...
almost 5 years ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Future consideration

GSSAPI/Kerberos authentication support in IDG 10.0.1

Customer is looking at integrating IDG 10.0.1 with a kafka cluster as part of an inter agency initiative however the required GSSAPI/Kerberos authentication method isn't supported in IDG 10.0.1.
almost 4 years ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Future consideration