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Status Delivered
Workspace z/OS Connect
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 19, 2018

Require override for API requester in server.xml under zosconnect_apiRequesters

We have a requirement to set requireAuth=false for all API requester scenario. Today, you can do this by creating an apiRequester configuration element every time you deploy a new API requester function. This is not ideal since we don't want to update server.xml every time we deploy a new API requester function. Another option to do this is by setting the requireAuth=false at the zosconnect_zosConnectManager configuration element to avoid having to define for each API requester function. Doing this also affects the inbound and we don't want to create a separate instance for inbound and for outbound. We require the ability to override the default values under the zosconnect_aoiRequesters instead of zosconnect_zosConnectManager so the global override will only affect outbound scenario and not the inbound.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Jan 24, 2020

    This requirement is addressed by z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition V3.0.29 / APAR PH19949:
    https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?crawler=1&uid=swg1PH19949

    The z/OS Connect EE API requester is enhanced to allow you to specify the requireAuth attribute on the zosconnect_apiRequesters element for all API requesters.

    For further details about API Requester configurations, refer to the “Configuration elements” topic in the z/OS Connect EE V3.0 Knowledge Center:
    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS4SVW_3.0.0/reference/config_elements.html#config_elements__apiRequesters