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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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Allow Concurrent Access to FileAgent rules. if not lock the access until rules are applied

Integrated file Agent allows concurrent access for multiple users which mean rules or config can be overwritten. Enhancement request is to either Allow safe concurrent access where user wont trip on each other rules If that is not possible, at...
2 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Submitted

Enhance Integrated File Agent (IFA) for Windows and Linux allow flexibility as to where the process scripts are stored

Our team recently converted a Stand Alone File Agent to Integrated File Agent. The imported rules work fine. However, we discovered that when creating a new rule, the process script must be placed in the process directory. No other location is all...
8 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 0 Submitted

Allow all decryption ciphers for OFTP according to the official Odette specifications

We were told that the SI software is coded based upon https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5024#section-10.2 which only includes 2 ciphers for decryption and these are outdated. Companies are switching to a more secure cipher which prevents us...

Sterling B2B Integrator HSM Integration to store TLS certificate encryption key only

In Regulated and Banking Industry the private key/system certificates of Sterling B2B Integrator can't be stored in database and need to be integrated with HSM. For application with high volumes to communicate with HSM for TLS offloading which wou...
12 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Under review

The backend service which connects CDSA adapters from SSP to B2bi does not load balance

The backend service which connects CDSA adapters from SSP to B2bi does not load balance. Looks like the backend service is tied to only 1 particular sfg-asi node at a time and when the adapter goes down on that B2bi node, inbound connectivity from...

Native PGP should perform at least comparatively with Command Line versions of PGP when encrypting large files

Recent versions of B2Bi have included a version of PGP (Native PGP) built into the product which allows users to perform PGP operations within B2Bi rather than having to use the CLA2 adapter to call these operations. This on paper provides many be...
16 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 0 Submitted

Improvements to the B2B API framework

B2Bi customers are making large time, resource, and budget investments in automation. These automation projects rely heavily on the B2Bi API framework. The current API framework and documentation do not lend itself to large scale automation projec...
16 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 1 Submitted

Support for Apache ActiveMQ Artemis

Need support for Apache ActiveMQ Artemis using SSL/TLS. JMS11 implemenation support Artemis without SSL. But configuring SSL connection is not working in SI 6.2.0. If Artemis is already supported, is there any document on how to setup the adapte...
23 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 0 Submitted

Support for Arbitrary User ID in IBM Connect:Direct Container Images

Modify the Connect:Direct container image to enable running it with a random UID. OpenShift Security Context Constraints (SCCs) assign random user IDs at runtime while maintaining group ID 0 (root group) for security purposes. This security model...
25 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Future consideration

Please announce the release schedule for the Replacement tool for GPM that removed SI6.2.2 as early as possible.

GPM is a key tool for developing and maintaining Business Processes in Sterling B2B Integrator, and it is a purchasing factor for our customers. The sudden removal of this tool from the product without any prior notice, and the fact that the tool ...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 0 Submitted