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Container Extensions (zCX)

Ability to run deployment, reconfiguration and upgrades of ZCX automated

The workflows today have a manual step so automation is not possible. If we have the possibility to add and run the workflows fully automated we would save time and also get better quality. This would also fix the error when the user needs to own ...
21 days ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) Submitted

Enabling FIPS Mode Support in zCX

We recently conducted a CIS audit which, among other recommendations, identified the need to enable FIPS mode in our environment. This requirement is aligned with industry best practices and may be enforced in future compliance audits. However, wh...
4 months ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) Future consideration

zCX Docker Enhancement Request: Native Support for Pre-Startup Network Dependencies (NFS over AT-TLS)

Executive Summary In zCX environments, container startup is currently non-deterministic when external network dependencies (such as NFS over AT-TLS) are required. The platform lacks native mechanisms for dependency management, startup ordering, an...
6 months ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) Future consideration

Remove home directory of removed LDAP user

When a ZCX user is removed from LDAP it's home directory is not removed. There is no way to remove this. So you end up with home directories which correspond to old users. I think there must be a solution created for this. When using ZCX local use...
7 months ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) Future consideration

Add proxy settings to the Z/OSMF workflow for zCX

Hi, For a user to be able to download containers from the outside world from a zCX SSH prompt when you are behind a proxy they all must run "export http_proxy=..." commands. I think that is quite awkward. Especially since you have to do it every t...
7 months ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) Functionality already exists

Allow customer control of ssh host keys in the SSH CLI container

When configured with LDAP (“ZCX_SSHD_LDAP_ENABLE TRUE”) the SSH CLI container is generating new host keys every restart, this prevents using ssh key authentication and host verification, the latter is a security issue as the identity of the host c...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) Future consideration

Allow modification of the core_pattern in zCX.

Currently the core_pattern (/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern) in zCX contains string “|/usr/sbin/event-daemonCoreDump.sh %e %p %s” even though /usr/sbin/event-daemonCoreDump.sh is not supplied by IBM. This prevents capturing core dumps in containers.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) Future consideration

Fluentd as one of default Docker logging drivers

Currently we have json-file and jornald are the only default logging drivers that zCX supports. It's common to export logs to different analytics platforms what is posible by ussing fluentd container. Sometimes can be problematic to specify fluent...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) Future consideration

Allow a custom subnet mask for zCX OpenShift nodes

Currently, only the default subnet mask 255.255.255.0 can be used for zCX OpenShift nodes. We need to be able to configure a custom subnet mask to fit our network configuration.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) Future consideration

Multiple Image Registry for zCX

This is a request for Enhancement in z/OS Container Extensions (zcx or classic zCX). zCX currently allows only one secure image registry & its certificate to be specified in its configuration. If we want to change the image registry, we need t...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) Future consideration

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