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Pinned ideas

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...
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...

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Support Reusable Service Principals Across Multiple Storage Accounts in initparm

Today, a dedicated file.ioexit entry must be created for each Storage Account to specify which Service Principal should be used for authentication. As a result, the initparm file requires a separate configuration block for every Storage Account. T...

Alternative way to create/change user password

Once a user is created, one way to change/create the password is using the link received by an email sent by ICC. Other way is using LDAP/SSO. As the customer doesn't have the SMTP and the LDAP working for now and needs to create users and it's pa...

Apply Configuration Updates on Helm Redeployment in cdu for containers

For Connect Direct in containers - Apply Helm-managed userfile.cfg and netmap.cfg (including Secure+) changes during upgrades and redeployments, not only on fresh installation. Background & Context The files are mounted from a Helm ConfigMap a...
1 day ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 0 Submitted

Ability to disable alerts during pre-defined windows

Our servers/agents are turned off during specific times of the day / weekday. We need an ability to monitor queue messages being processed, but the alerts should be disabled during the specific time that the agent is turned off, as queue messages ...
5 days ago in Self Service Tool 0 Submitted

Request for official support for Oracle Database 26ai with IBM webMethods B2B 12.1

We would like to request official support and certification for Oracle Database 26ai with IBM webMethods B2B 12.1. The customer intends to use Oracle Database 26ai and contacted IBM Support to confirm whether it is supported. We were informed...
17 days ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 3 Submitted

Request to enable OMoC Application Server Stop/Shutdown provision in Self Service Tool (SST)

We need a provision/feature in the Self Service Tool (SST) to bring down (stop) the OMoC Application Server on demand. Reason for Request: We conduct regular Disaster Recovery (DiRT) and resiliency testing that requires simulating an OMoC Applicat...
1 day ago in Self Service Tool 0 Submitted

IBM B2BAC / AS4 Mircoservices - Split Receipt settings in TWO-WAY Sync conformance profile

At the moment, the TWO-WAY Push/Pull exchange profiles link to one conformance policy. That one conformance policy has one set of "Reliability" settings that determine whether a receipt is required or not during communication with the end user. IS...

IBM B2BAC / AS4 Mircoservices - Independent grid for Schedulers and maintenance tasks

IDEA: Move SchedulerMapSet maps into their own independent grid. At the moment the SchedulerMapSet maps reside within the MEIG / B2BAC Base Grid which couples them together.

Native mTLS across Sterling File Gateway components and interfaces

We require IBM Sterling File Gateway to provide native mutual TLS (mTLS) support across Sterling components, interfaces, and external machine-to-machine connections. The capability should provide mutual authentication of both endpoints using enter...
8 days ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 0 Submitted

Enhance REST API Client Adapter to write response payload to Primary Document

In the current design of the REST API Client Adapter, whenever an HTTP GET request is performed, the server's response payload (typically application/json) is automatically dumped to the local or shared file system. As a result, developers are for...
16 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 0 Submitted