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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

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

Pagination for IBM Container Registry APIs

IBM Container Registry APIs does not support pagination and there are APIs like "list images" which can contain millions of images in response. It will be good if this can support pagination with offset & limit like other IBM APIs
over 2 years ago in Containers 0 Future consideration

Have the Failover check "down-after-milliseconds" Sentinel attribute to be Customer configurable

The down-after-milliseconds is the time in milliseconds an instance should not be reachable (either does not reply to our PINGs or it is replying with an error) for a Sentinel starting to think it is down. Currently we are unable to configure/chan...
6 months ago in Databases 0 Future consideration

Have a test page to allow clients to test ping and latancy to each datacenter

Something like https://cloudpingtest.com/digital_ocean which allow the client to see the basic network stats from its location to all IBM DC. And have all the information at glance, and not like the looking glass page, where you need to test manua...
almost 2 years ago in Network 0 Not under consideration

LogDNA export / import

After creating all my alerts in a single LogDNA service I exported the JSON, and edited it slightly (the names of the views and the Slack webhook channel) and tried to import it but couldnt. I am trying to have the same consistent monitoring acros...
over 2 years ago in  1 Functionality already exists

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

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

Add fields for Bluemix Maintenance Notifications

Hi, It would be extremely useful for us to add more posible fields to the notifications that we are subscribed. Searching in the Bluemix Console Documentation the only values available for the notifications are the following: {{content.categor...
over 7 years ago in Core Platform Services 2 Not under consideration