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Status Under review
Workspace IBM MAS - Manage (Base)
Categories System Admin Config/Security
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 6, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

Request to provide an ability to manage environmental variables via ManageWorkspace CR

Currently latest versions of Maximo Manage 9.1 or 9.2 has ability to configure ephemeral volume mounts via Maximo Manage WorkSpace CR, which is a good option to redirect file operations(for example Maximo Logs or Liberty logs folder/process) to an ephemeral volume mounts mounted on PVCs (rather than writing them on local ephemeral storage of the container). But it has some limitations like, we are unable to redirect some of the operations or folder structures or environmen/system parameters like WLP_OUTPUT_DIR to an external ephemeral volume mount. Since these  environmental variables are not managed by ManageWorkSpace CR, we have to explicitly configure them via Deployment YAMLs or in Environmental properties of Deployment YAML or via Server.env file of WAS liberty. Changes made via Deployment YAML gets removed when we delete the deployments or make changes. So it would be nice if IBM provides an option to manage these kind of environmental variables or parameters via ManageWorkSpace CR as well.

Idea priority Medium
Needed By Not sure -- Just thought it was cool
  • ADMIN RESPONSE
    Aug 6, 2026

    Hi,

    Thank you for taking the time to provide your ideas to IBM. This Idea is now Under Review. We truly value our relationship with you and appreciate your willingness to share details about your experience, your recommendations, and ideas. Thank you again for your feedback.

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  • Guest
    Aug 10, 2026

    For hacky workaround, you can abuse spec.settings.db.encryptionSecret for that. In encryption secret, any key that doesn't start with MXE will eventually saved to a seperate secret and used as environment variables. (Don't forget to include actual encrpytion secret key-values.)

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