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PINNED Present Multiple Host Keys - RSA and ECDSA
As with standard Linux servers today Secure Proxy should be able to present Host Keys (more than one) in both RSA and ECDSA formats depending on what type the vendor incoming connection supports. Vendors are demanding Host Keys that are stronger t...
PINNED Add support to controllerWorkflow script to restart BPs that are in "completed, error" state by individual BP IDs
During system issues, we are unable to bulk restart the BP IDs at a time. This is causing huge support effort in the clean-up process. Existing controllerWorkflow.sh script doesn't have a solution to restart the BPIDs that are in "completed, error...

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InFlight 2.0 "Is Empty" search filter option

InFlight 2.0 filters would be better if for some fields we could use not only the options currently available (Precise match or “contains” and their negative form) but also the “Is Empty” option
about 16 hours ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight (beta) 0 Submitted

Capability to add multiple folders through PCM for processing

This is a capability that is already available via Sterling FileGateway.  Need PCM to have the same capability to allow us to build multiple folders for one partner (like FileGateway) that allows you to process files dropped by customers in d...

Support for topology constraints

pod antiaffinity does not help in proper pod distribution. We need topology level constraints also. This ensures that distribution of pods across nodes does not vary beyond a limit.  For example : topologySpreadConstraints:     ...
about 13 hours ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

Our client would like push notifications to alert the user new orders need to be picked.

During the day as orders are placed, it would be useful for the user to know what new orders need to be picked. For Click and Reserve orders, they need to be picked within 4 hours, so there is not much time. Having a push notification will let the...
1 day ago in Store Engagement / Other 0 Submitted

Support mandatory `modifiedBy` parameter on Segmentation Allocation Rules APIs in Order Hub to track the user who last created or modified a rule.

Currently, when Segmentation Allocation Rules are created or updated in Order Hub or via the SIP Inventory Configuration APIs (POST and PUT /inventory/{tenantId}/v1/configuration/segmentRules), the response only stores and returns ruleId and lastM...
1 day ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Submitted

DB Password to be fetched from Password Safe like HarshiCorp

Sterling Integrator should retrieve the database password dynamically from a credential vault solution such as HashiCorp Vault or CyberArk. Password rotation performed in the vault should be transparent to the application, without requiring servic...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 2 Submitted

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services 6.4 Suport for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10.x

Customer is creating a new environment and it's intent is to have the latest version of CDWS and OS. Customer is using RHEL 10.2 but the documentatio (below) states that the version supported is up do 9.x. Customer needs that CDWS supports at leas...

External Key Vault configuration

Background & Customer Context: Enterprise clients running or planning to run containerized IBM Sterling workloads on Kubernetes/OpenShift (such as Bradesco) can be required by corporate governance to centralize credentials in external vaults (...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Submitted

Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Support in Sterling Secure Proxy

Quantum computing presents a significant long-term risk to several widely deployed cryptographic algorithms currently used to protect data in transit, including RSA, ECDHE, and DHE, which form the foundation of modern TLS implementations. The imme...
23 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 0 Under review

ITXA: Support Multiple DB Root CA Certificates in processcerts.sh to Handle CA Migration Scenarios

Problem Statement Product: IBM Transformation Extender Advanced (ITXA)  Component: Startup script — processcerts.sh  Priority Driver: IBM Db2 SaaS SSL Certificate Authority migration (DigiCert → Let's Encrypt ISRG Root X1) Background IBM...
3 days ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 0 Submitted