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    Google Pub/Sub support on IBMi OS

    We have tried to develop a solution to interact with Google Pub/Sub directly on the IBMi and have been unable to due to restrictions related to the processor on the IBMi. This has included attempts to run a Python coded solution on the IBMi direct...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 4 Submitted

    viosupgrade force/yes option

    viosupgrade command helps to upgrade VIOS 3.1 to 4.1. If viosupgrade finds some outdated filesets which are possibly not supported on VIOS 4.1, it stops and waits for user's confirmation. In an automated process it means that a user should confirm...
    almost 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Planned for future release

    IBM should "open source" the source code for LPPs when they are withdrawn from marketing

    Over the years, I have seen several IBM LPPs for OS/400 (now IBM i) that were withdrawn from marketing and eventually had support dropped -- for whatever reasons. I think it would be a great way for IBM to educate the world on how to build robust ...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 3 Not under consideration

    MVP for PowerVM VIOS

    Today, IBM supply ISO images for the target PowerVM VIOS levels via entitled software distribution channel. However considering the overall security and audit posture for the clients ,can IBM look at providing a 'slimmer' VIOS image that only cont...
    over 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Not under consideration

    PASE IP Tools

    We need IP tools like ping, traceroute, netstat, ifconfig, etc in PASE environment, so we can improve scripting Use Case: When creating PASE environments/containers for users developing on OSS programming languages sometimes we need to check basic...
    about 7 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 2 Future consideration

    Port native boost libraries ot IBM i for xgboost

    I cannot install xgboost (https://pypi.org/project/xgboost/) `pip3 install xgboost` because the native boost libraries have not been ported.This is an extract of the error message (which is attached): XGBoostLibraryNotFound: Cannot find XGBoost Li...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Planned for future release

    Compile ILE source from Orion

    Our team includes PHP developers who are beginning to maintain the existing RPG code base. Since the RPG code is included in the same git repository as the PHP code, we need the ability to make changes to the ILE source and compile from the same i...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 3 Not under consideration

    Get the lpar name instead of lpar id on lsmap -vadapter output

    The only way I have to get the lpar name to which a vhost is connected to is to get it in the HMC. On my clients HMC access is restricted to the NIMs and not available on the VIOS. So I am unable to write a script that get's all the mappings for a...
    5 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Under review

    Add libpam-google-authenticator so we can use 2FA with SSH on IBMi

    Please , add libpam-google-authenticator so we can use 2FA Use Case: When trying to connect to our IBM i using SSH we can use 2FA with our smartphone to improve security
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Future consideration

    Add command "dialog" to PASE

    Please, port "dialog" command to PASE, so we can create powerful menues for OSS applications, scripts, etc. Use Case: We have created a PoC with ANSI menues to backup IBM i to IBM Cloud Object Storage easily, but it's complex to use for the averag...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 2 Future consideration

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