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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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Oracle 12.2 support

This idea is rather obvious. We need support for Oracle 12.2. The current compatibility list of ITX 9.0.0 lists version 12.1 only.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Delivered

Ability to reject user access at proxy before authentication check

We would like the ability to create a proxy filter (blacklist) to block unknown user names that result in failed authentication attempts. Many of these attempts come from both domestic and foreign nations, so IP whitelisting is not useful to restr...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 2 Delivered

Support for multiple endpoints for partners migrating from legacy MFT to SFG

When migrating partners from legacy MFT platforms to SFG, a campaign is required to inform partner about the change of systems, and any change they would have to do at their end. Partners being migrated will have a test environment and prod enviro...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 0 Delivered

Ability to "configure" the location of files created in the ITX Design Studio directory

The "IBM Sterling Transformation Extender Design Studio" application writes a log file in the root directory of the installation folder. Example is the "ttmaker.log" generated when we import a Type Tree through the XML Schema Importer. IDEA: Abili...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 1 Delivered

Support for Windows Server 2022

Would like to request getting support for Windows Server 2022 as soon as possible please.

Inflight - EDIT option for updating the Trading Partner Names

We are adding the Names in Inflight for New Client ID and Partner ID. When we want to change the display of names, we need to delete and need to create again. Right now we have an option of ADD & DELETE only, If we have an Option of EDIT for T...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Delivered

Using EC2 Profile to access AWS S3 buckets

SI 6.0.2 has an S3 client but mandates the use of access and secret keys to connect to AWS S3 buckets. It does not allow the use of Assume IAM role or EC2 profiles to access S3 . Assume IAM role/EC2 Profiles eliminate the need to store and maintai...
about 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 3 Delivered

Sterling File Agent support required for AWS S3 buckets

As Enterprise is moving towards AWS cloud, support to watch S3 bucket will be required for business.
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 6 Delivered

Support for Azure Blob Storage

Following our multi-cloud strategy the support for Blob Storage from Azure is important since Azure is one of the main players in public cloud, hence the native support for Azure Blob Storage is a request we have had from different customers.

Allow for generic or service accounts that don't expire passwords for systems making calls

Either allow for generic or service accounts with non-expiring passwords or allow for other authentication means for apps that are making calls. Resetting every x days is intrusive.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / APIs & SDKs 3 Delivered