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Status Not under consideration
Workspace CICS Transaction Server for z/OS
Categories Runtime
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 9, 2012

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CICS TECHNIQUE TO SEND HTTP OUTBOUND USING THE SPECIFIC LOGICAL IP ADDRESS.

The customer has a CICSTS32 acting as an " HTTP client " and using WEB OPEN API. So cics is working as a client doing a HTTP request to
an external server .

For that cics system uses the default IP address of the stack which is a phisical IP address, but customer need to assign a logical one.

The customer needs customize the source IP Address which will be used to send the request to the outside HTTP server .Or customize the
origin IP Address as a source when cics is acting as an HTTP client.

Customer would like that his application program allow to do a explicit
bind to specific IP .

The recommendation from TCPIP support which source IP can be assigned through the PORT statement definition in the TCPIP profile was done with success and worked, but with limitation ( customer must dedicate one address space cics by coding SRCIP JOBNAME IPADDRESS) .

The customer's requirement is have this facility in the API EXEC CICS WEB interface.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 19, 2016

    Whilst this requirement is valid, based on our current plans and priorities, it is not likely that this could be implemented in the next 12 months, or in the next CICS TS release. Correspondingly this requirement is being declined at this point. The requirement will be kept in the RFE system and might be reassessed in the future. You also have an opportunity to resubmit in twelve months time if you wish it to be reconsidered then.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 5, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - CICS Transaction Server

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - CICS Transaction Server

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 5, 2014

    No information received from customer

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 10, 2013

    Both source IP Address control and TCP stack affinity are understood requirements for CICS TCP/IP support. To help clarify the particular scenario can you answer the following questions:
    1. Can you clarify if the multiple potential source IP addresses are on the same or different IP stacks. If they are on different stacks, have you reviewed the usage of the BPXTCAFF job or _BPXK_SETIBMOPT_TRANSPORT variables which can provide stack affinity.
    2. Can you clarify what is missing from the SRCIP statement function provided by Comms Server. As this provides the ability to match on wildcard job names i.e : the following which will match all Jobs with prefix CICS1
    JOBNAME CICS1* 1.2.3.4 CLIENT
    or on a subnet of destination IP addresses such as:
    DESTINATION 9.1.0.0/16 1.2.3.4

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