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Proxy settings in Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud

I would use RHCOS in a pure OpenShift environment. However, ROKS uses RHEL7 and there is no machineConfigOperator either. Therefore, Proxy setting to WorkerNode cannot be done by setting cluster Proxy object as shown in the following URL. IBM Clou...
over 2 years ago in  2 Functionality already exists

More Details needed for Storage upgrade

Hello, When we make a storage increase on a datastore, we receive an invoice with the final amount of storage configured. For example, if we upgrade form 15 TB to 20 TB, we receive a notification with the final storage space : --------------------...
about 2 years ago in Ordering 0 Not under consideration

Recurring error in the calculation of storage extentiosn invoices

We had many issue with invoice calculation for storage increase. => take a look to cases : CS2969717, CS3079502 & CS3050845. We are charged for the initial amount of data, not just for the amount we added. For example, for a 20 TB datastor...
about 2 years ago in Ordering 0 Is a defect

ibmcloud pi service-list should show Unauthorized error message if appropriate rather than an empty result

When I used the API key for a Service ID we had created, no workspaces were listed: $ ibmcloud pi service-list Listing services under account [REDACTED] as user ... No instances found in the current account. This is wrong in two ways: 1. There is ...
over 1 year ago in Power 0 Is a defect

gRPC support between Code Engine applications

Considering gRPC is well-defined and used thouroughly in cloud deployments from small startups to global scaled services, it makes little sense that IBM Cloud Engine does not support this type of microservice communications. My company is using a ...
about 3 years ago in  0 Future consideration

Ability to Downgrade from Standard to Lite Plan

It would be great to be able to downgrade from the paid standard plans to the lite plan in the event that your project scope changes instead of having to completely delete your account.
about 3 years ago in  1 Not under consideration

Ability to disable or extend session timeout for power virtual server lpar sessions

We are using the IBM Cloud services as our DR strategy. We have a couple of large databases that would have to be restored during a DR scenario or our annual tests. These database restores require interaction and run for nearly 4 hours. Disabling ...
over 3 years ago in Power 2 Not under consideration

Add 'Replace text' function in LogDNA parsing rule or view template

Useful for when you cannot control the source of the logs but need to replace strings such as UUIDs with human readable names.
7 months ago in Logging and Monitoring 1 Functionality already exists

IBM Cloud File Storage support for cluster namespace

IBM Cloud File Storage (Classic and VPC) support for cluster namespace to allow for the reduction of vm/host mountpoints. In particular, there is a customer moving thousands of servers to IBM Cloud. This customer has hundreds of servers with clust...
almost 3 years ago in  0 Not under consideration

create a Watson personal assistant to help us with everything within bluemix

I love Watson and so do all people, Watson is going to change the way we look at things, but first, people need to get to know Watson. I say, integrate a smart Watson assistant within blue mix, it could answer any question e.g. which file can I us...
over 8 years ago in Core Platform Services 5 Not under consideration