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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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My ideas: IBM i

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Provide a method to automate Configure TLS for an HTTP server

I have written an application to automate the Let's Encrypt process for issuing and renewing certificates. I would like to automate the process of assigning a JavaKeyStore to the Admin5 HTTP server. In addition this would be useful for others who ...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Submitted

To ensure we don't miss CPU spikes, we want to be able to set the graph interval to a finer resolution.

Please allow us to specify the graph interval time for Navigator for i's performance display in greater detail. Current Situation:When displaying data for multiple days (four days or more) in the “Performance” section of Navigator for i, the minim...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 0 Submitted

Add nmap to IBM i repository to be downloaded via ACS

Hi IBM, can you add NMAP package to the IBM i repository? NCAT is part of NMAP and it will be useful to problem remote systems ports from IBM i
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 0 Submitted

ADMIN1 server environment to communicate with port 636 for SPNEGO

IBM Navigator for i Single Signon, the configuration currently supports only 389 ports. Our environment we allowed only 636 LDAPS service. So our security team asked to use the 636 instead of 389 to configure iNavigator SSO.
about 2 months ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

Add the autostart option to all IBM i Debug Servers and Debug Service

Currently in Navigator for i the TCP/IP server System Debugger consist of 3 instances the System Debugger, IDE Debugger Server and Debug Service. Unfortunately the Debug server is not available in the Navigator for i TCP/IP Configuration Propertie...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted

Provide *true & *false figurative constants for indicators

To align with modern languages, please consider adding new figurative constants *true & *false for indicators.
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

Add "Deploy" Feature to BOB

I would like Bob to support various Deploy features for the IBMi. As an example, after a successful compile of a program, I want the ability to distribute that program from Bob to a list of remote IBMi LPARs.
about 2 months ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 1 Submitted

Add SSH auto-tunneling to ACS so we can use a bastion server

Please, add an automatic tunnel or transparent proxy option so we can connect to IBM i using a bastion server or SSH port. This could help developers or PoC users to connect to cloud or hosted LPARs (IBM Power Virtual Server or any other) without ...
2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Submitted

Extend Eval-Corr to ignore empty or null subfields in source Ds

The eval-corr opcode is extremely convenient for all functions that require sharing a template type definition and ensures that adding new fields to the base template is easily extended to the eval-corr target DSs by simply recompiling the affecte...
2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

Fix Request: IBM i VSI WebConsole takeover with STS LAN Adapter kills actual session

When using the PowerVS VSI's 5250 WebConsole (HMC) and taking over with a LAN Console, kills the actual session and creates a new one. This happen on both directions: LAN Console -> WebConsole or WebConsole-> LAN Console This can be really a...
2 months ago in IBM i / Core OS 3 Submitted