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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.
6 months ago in Logging and Monitoring 1 Functionality already exists

Add ISO virtual media support to PowerVS

A virtual ISO media repository could be amazing for install , migrate and restore purposes . Please add this feature to PowerVS
11 months ago in Power 0 Not under consideration

Add a "mkvterm" console option to the IBM Cloud CLI "power-iaas" plugin for AIX

Add and option to IBM CLOUD CLI - Power-IaaS plugin, so we can access the "mkvterm" command on NovaLink/PowerVS and AIX intances. The Web console has no cut&paste feature and the time-out can be annoying with long-running processes (ie: instal...
11 months ago in Virtual Servers 0 Not under consideration

Provide Internet access on PowerVS without Internet publishing

When we don't add Internet access to our network settings we are not able to download PTFs, fixes, updates or install open source tools, unless we set an instance with this features or jump to VPC landing zone and use a VRA or proxy VM. It would b...
11 months ago in Virtual Servers 2 Not under consideration

Change the percentage of traffic per revision via GUI on "Code Engine".

I want to change the percentage of traffic per revision via GUI on "Code Engine”. So this feature makes to easy deploy (ex. canary release) Cloud Run(GCP) has been able to do that. I think Code Engine needs similar feature too.
about 4 years ago in Containers 1 Future consideration

Provide invoice details via (Billing) API using a ServiceID w/ Billing/Viewer

Can you pls. extend the (Billing) API to allow retrieval of the index of invoices as well as the attachments (PDF, PDF-extended, XLS) via the Billing API using (!) a ServiceID w/ API key and "Billing/Viewer" access policy assigned? Right now a ind...
over 2 years ago in Billing 0 Future consideration

ibmcloud CLI cos plugin: add command to get bucket configuration / metadata

Currently the only way to get the bucket total number of objects and total size as is: In the IBM Cloud Portal web UI go to the bucket configuration Manually calling the API with curl https://config.cloud-object-storage.cloud.ibm.com/v1/b/{my-buck...
6 months ago in CLI 1 Future consideration

Daily / Weekly Usage Report

Currently we get a monthly aggregate of usage metrics. This doesn't give us insight into how changes to infrastructure affects our usage.
over 3 years ago in Billing 2 Planned for future release

Add "Create a support case" button at chat box

The support case need be opened when the issues or questions are not able to solve or answered during the chat. It takes time for supports or client to create case at ServiceNow. Adding "create support case" button at chat box will make easier to ...
almost 2 years ago in Templates & Best Practises 1 Future consideration

Add VSI host name to audit logs in IBM Cloud Activity Tracker with LogDNA

Currently only the VSI host IP address is in the log context, however also having the host name in there would make it a lot better when using with alerts. Was requested to post this here by IBM Cloud support.
6 months ago in Logging and Monitoring 0 Not under consideration