LI81182: EDITING CATALOG PORTAL SITE URL WITH INVALID VALUE IS SUCCESSFUL

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Portal disallows using core keyword in its url for the
  associated catalog and throws a 500 error when trying to create
  such site. However, if customers change an existing portal site
  url to include core keyword, we still show success to them.
  They expect to see an error thrown for using core.
  Here are the steps:
  1. Create a catalog called CORE (the name does not matter but
  it is for simplicity that we use CORE)
  2. Go to the catalog settings, portal section and create the
  portal site for the  catalog by select ... by default it will
  be "https://<portal-service-endpoint>/<orgname>/core"
  Result:
  This will fail/ be rejected with the message like:
  ****
  A Server Error occurred
  An error occurred communicating with the portal service at
  "https://<portal-service-endpoint>" (status: 500, response:
  '"Invalid portal_url:
  "https://<portal-service-endpoint>/<orgname>/core" - URL cannot
  end in /core\n"').
  ***
  This is the expected behavior since FixPack7
  3- Change the URL to be
  "https://<portal-endping>/<orgname>/core-sys" and create the
  site
  Result
  The site is created successfully and it works fine
  4. Now go back to the portal catalog settings and edit the URL
  to change it from
  "https://<portal-endping>/<orgname>/core-sys" into
  "https://<portal-endping>/<orgname>/core"
  Result:
  No message is given to the user that this is now allowed.
  Expected:
  Similar message as the one received in step 2
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• USER IS ABLE TO EDIT CATALOG PORTAL SITE URL WITH INVALID VALUE
  IS SUCCESSFUL
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix is included in 2018.4.1.13 and targeted at version
  10.0.1.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  API CONNECT ENT

• Fixed component ID

  5725Z2201

Applicable component levels

• R18X PSY

     UP