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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...
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    JSON Validation on ITX maps

    We have a requirement to implement a JSON validator for the files sent by the customer. The key requirement is to return a 400-error response synchronously if the incoming JSON is invalid, including detailed error information in the response body....
    1 day ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 0 Under review

    Enable payment processing in B2B Contract Orders

    We are looking to leverage Contract Orders as the Parent entity for our B2B large-order fulfilment process. A single large B2B Contract Order will serve as the source, spawning multiple Sales Orders based on specific attributes. The customer will ...
    3 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Submitted

    Externalizing initparm.cfg configuration Using ConfigMaps and Secrets

    In IBM Connect:Direct containerized deployments running on OpenShift, the initparm.cfg file is generated exclusively during the installation phase and is not designed for dynamic updates. As a result, configuring or modifying integrations with clo...
    about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration

    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...
    about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 1 Submitted

    Support IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS run on IBM i 7.6

    In April 2025, IBM released version 7.6 of IBM i, the successor to IBM i 7.5.However, we have been informed by the Offering Manager that, at this time, there are no plans to support IBM i 7.6 for IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS, which has hi...
    5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 7

    CancelRemovedQuantity and AllowOverage should be configurable in Order Hub

    Once the shipment is created, CancelRemovedQuantity and AllowOverage should be provided as a configurable parameter in OrderHub during shipment modification.
    17 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Under review

    Optional lock on YFS_ORDER_HEADER lock during getShipmentLineList API

    On getShipmentLineList API invocation with output template shared below, SELECT FOR UPDATE lock been applied on YFS_ORDER_HEADER, but this is not mandatory for getList API invocation. This has to be made optional with SelectMethod as NO_LOCK to av...
    7 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Under review

    SFG Redelivers files multiple times once Redeliver button is triggered from SFG UI.

    Current Behavior: When the SFG operator/user wants to redeliver/replay one/multiple files and ticks on the checkbox before the file name (as shown in Fig1) then this/these files are put into queue for redeliver/replay and are picked-up by the “Fil...
    about 2 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

    Ability to add the Client division as it was feasible on Config Center

    When we create a new map, The Division field is limited to 4 characters only. This field should be increased to minimum of 8 characters, so when we create a new map to the existing customer, the division name matches with the old maps.
    21 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 1 Submitted

    User Create , Manage, Delete option in OrderHub

    Currently there is no User Create , Manage, Delete option in OrderHub. Can this feature be added to OrderHub?. If Application Console and Application Manager is getting deprecated, what is the replacement?.
    about 2 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Under review

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