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z/OS Connect

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RFE for parse JWT token from ZCEE to Mainframe - In reference with Case # TS007365310

Requirement is, APIGEE server calls ZCEE(Zos Connect server) with JWT token and ZCEE validates token based on certificate provided by APIGEE team. We are trying to find out how this JWT Token can be decoded on ZCEE passed to mainframe CICS Channel...
over 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

z/OS Connect API http headers

Developer wants to set the followings in the http header of response in order to comply with internal security standard. key="Pragma" value="no-cache"key="Cache-Control" value="no-store"key="Strict-Transport-Security" value="max-age=63072000;inclu...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 6 Delivered

ARInvokeHandler sets the Accept to always be MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON this needs to be configurable

An external API provider uses the Accept/Content headers for versioning. We have set the zconbt property ignoreMIMETypeCheck=true which allows the ARA build to complete. However when driving the API requester we get a 406 response as zOS Connect s...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Provide name of API/Service on Error Mesage

Please add qualifier to message GMOMW0005E to indicate WHAT API/SERVICE issued the error message so that it could be corrected.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Support for OAuth 2.0 client_credentials grant type using an X.509 certificate signed JWT

The JWT needs to be signed with a z/OS Connect private key. The client_id used in the JWT “iss” and “sub” claims must be a functional ID configured in server.xml, which is then also used on the client_id parameter of the OAuth 2.0 access token req...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Pass JWT payload (the claims) to a service provider of all sub-systems.

We want to use OAuth and JWT Access Tokens to authenticate and identify consumers of our APIs with z/OS Connect. A previous RFE was submitted and implemented that ensured JWT token is valid (signature & expiry check) and returns HTTP status co...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 5 Delivered

Need controls for setting array size based on user-defined Counter variable

We need the ability to control size of transformed arrays based on a used-defined variables other than OBJECTS of ODO (OCCURS DEPENDING ON), in COBOL. This is perhaps best suited for new API Mapping capability allowing the user to identify the fie...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Monitor End-to-End Access in real time for Audit Purposes

The requirement is to monitor end-to-end access from requester to the databases. The audit information must be available in real time to a Security Information and Event Management system (QRadar). Monitoring is for both inbound and outbound acces...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Enable z/OS Connect API Requester Feature to Transparently handle API Endpoint changes

Currently, when an API endpoint has new response fields added that an API Consumer does not need, z/OS Connect API Requester will start to fail unless its API Requester Archive (ARA) is updated so its definition of the API includes the new fields ...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Provide a token which will allow correlation of a z/OS Connect request and the work executed in the related z/OS subsystem(s)

In order to build a complete picture of a transaction in a z/OS Connect environment there must be a mechanism which will allow the user to understand the relationship between a z/OS Connect request and the work that's executed on behalf of the req...
about 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered