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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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Support subscription control through Application enable/disable status in DataPower Nano Gateway

We request that DataPower Nano Gateway support controlling API subscriptions based on the Application status in API Connect. When an Application status is changed to Disabled, all API subscriptions associated with that Application should be suspen...
10 days ago in API Connect 0 Submitted

Expose a pre-emptive vs. reactive authorization toggle for Basic Auth / OAuth directly in the security policy

Right now, whether the server challenges a client pre-emptively or reactively for Basic Auth or OAuth comes down to a setting that's hidden. It's not in the security policy where you'd expect it, and the docs don't make it obvious. You only find i...
about 2 months ago in App Connect 0 Submitted

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...
about 1 month ago in API Connect 0 Submitted

Consistent technique for mirroring images for an air-gapped cluster - OpenShift and CPs

Currently Redhat recommends oc -mirror for replicating images for gapped install. CP4I recommends a different tool and as a result customers have to install/support two different toolset to mirror images for air-gapped install. Would like a consis...
almost 2 years ago in Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) 7 Future consideration

IBM API Connect compliant with RFC 9457 (Problem Details for HTTP APIs)

RFC 9457, "Problem Details for HTTP APIs," is a significant advancement in standardizing error responses for HTTP APIs. Implementing it within IBM API Connect offers several key advantages, enhancing the quality and usability of your APIs. Here's ...
over 1 year ago in API Connect 2 Future consideration

Add native SoupBinTCP client and server protocol support to IBM DataPower Gateway.

Many financial institutions integrate with exchanges, clearing houses, trading platforms, and market infrastructure providers that use the SoupBinTCP protocol for transmitting market data, trade information, and FIX/FIXML messages. Currently, IBM ...
12 days ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Submitted

AMS needs to support more than RSA cipher specs

RSA has been deprecated for a while, and there are moves in the general security world, to support quantum proof cipher specs (or those available with tls 1.3, such as Lattice).AMS should support these. If you try to use an Elliptic curve cipher s...
12 days ago in MQ, MQ Advanced & MQ Appliance 0 Under review

Include OAuth in Authorization Type drop down list in Try API page in DPO

Although we have protected all the APIs using Identity&Authorize policy configured as OAuth, BasicAuth & None are listed by Default Authorization Type in TryAPI page of portal. this misleads the consumers as the API itself cannot be access...
12 days ago in webMethods Integration SaaS 0 Submitted

Add ALPN (Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation) support for client-side / outbound TLS connections

Description: What is the idea? Add support for the ALPN TLS extension (RFC 7301) on client-side (outbound) TLS connections initiated by the firmware, so that the appliance can negotiate the application protocol (e.g., HTTP/2 "h2", HTTP/1.1 "http/1...
about 1 month ago in DataPower Gateway 2 Submitted

Add pagination to MQ Web Console

Hi, The IBM Web Console takes a long time to load because it relies on the MQ API, which retrieves all queues and all queue attributes by default when navigating to the Queues menu: /ibmmq/console/internal/ibmmq/qmgr/QMESB/queue?type=all&attri...
5 months ago in MQ, MQ Advanced & MQ Appliance 0 Future consideration