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IBM i

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ACS update to include built in token acceptance for Oauth or Open ID connect

See case TS013914045 for background
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Provide functionality to query RFE information via IBM i Service

Provide an IBM i Service that allows users to query the RFE database from their IBM i server. All details shown on the website / available when downloaded, should be returned; including comments that could be "concatenated" into a (DB)CLOB column....
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Provide an SQL service, view, or other way to report out information about services deployed via Integrated Web Services.

The ability to run reporting of information about deployed services, such as what services are deployed, what servers those are on, whether or not those are applying TLS and basic authentication, etc., would be a help to easily determine and audit...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

Port mod_md to IBM i Apache

mod_md is an Apache module that integrates ACME/Let's Encrypt into Apache, enabling a single line per virtual host to enable automatic Let's Encrypt renewal and registration. Such ease of use and automation would fit well with IBM i's intended nic...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 0 Not under consideration

Coding free format line should be possible from column 8 to end of line

If you can use fully free format (**free) then the free-form statements can appear between column 1 and the end of the line. Otherwise, the source is column-limited, and a free-form statement is coded in columns 8-80. I would like this limitation ...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 6 Not under consideration

Bind to specific source address on Integrated Web Service Client calls

Add the ability to bind to a specific source IP address when making Integrated Web Service client calls. Use Case: Your IBM i could have several interfaces associated with it and you might not always want the Integrated Web Services Client to go o...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Future consideration

Enable Global Override of Compiler Options for SQL Statements

We are using SQL Functions and due to our security concept, those SQL Functions need to be created with the compile options USRPRF and DYNUSRPRF both set to *OWNER. This can be done by calling SET OPTIONS inside the CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION stat...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

5733-ICC proxy configuration

An ICC proxy option should be included in the AWSS3 configuration Use Case: If ICC is used in Power VS with a private COS endpoint, a proxy configuration is currently necessary. Creating this manually with a date area is not practical. The connect...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 1 Future consideration

Improve PCML to allow non-integer return variables and SQL service to retrieve PCML

Please update PCML to allow any return variable or parameter that RPG natively supports and add a SQL service to pull PCML from the object. This was mentioned in a comment for IBMI-I-2812 but I thought it warranted it's own request. The PGMINFO co...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Future consideration

Host Print Transform (HTP) to process PNG formatted graphical files

For a project a need to get a .png image into a PDF file (including some text) generated by Infoprint Server. The Infoprint Server is not documented to support .png images as this is only something that can be physically printed on an IPDS printer...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Print 5 Future consideration

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