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Sterling Connect:Direct

Connect:Direct for containers - S3 bucket setup available before the deployment

It would be highly beneficial to make the S3 bucket setup configurable directly within the values.yml file. For applications running in the OSE environment, this type of storage is the designated method for accessing data intended for transmission...
about 2 hours ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade Submitted

CDWS in Containers - additional options accessible before the deployment

Connect Direct Web Services for containers should allow to have more control before the deployment. We need to have the following parameters delivered upfront from values.yaml to setup in OpenShift environment, what would speed up the deployment a...
3 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade Submitted

CDWS in Containers - disable GUI access option accessible before the deployment

Connect Direct Web Services for containers should allow to disable GUI access (and leave the RESTful API access only) before the deployment. Currently there is no such an option. We need to have this parameter delivered upfront from values.yaml to...
3 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade Submitted

CDWS in Containers - disable admin access option accessible before the deployment

Connect Direct Web Services for containers should allow to disable the admin access before the deployment. Currently CDWS requires to start the deployment, then setup admin password and restart the deployment. Having this parameter delivered upfro...
3 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade Submitted

CDWS in Containers - files permissions default set up during the deployment

The following files/directories should be properly secured by default during deployment by disabling read access for "Others". We need this to be delivered upfront, which would speed up the deployment and ensure consistent configuration security a...
3 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade Submitted

Multiple integrated C:D file agent instances on Windows

When using the integrated file agent on a C:D hub to access multiple file shares the service account may need to be a member of multiple groups, each of which may have multiple sub-groups, causing the user’s token, which includes all group securit...

locking\managing FA to stop multiple configuration clashes

as it stands multiple users can access webservices - connect direct file agent both on unix and windows this means that if 2 or more users are attempting to make configuration updates to FA working directories and rules, clashes occur these clashe...
21 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other Submitted

Need ability to send files as more than one user in CD UNIX container.

We are using CD UNIX IBM Certified Container with SUM enabled, which allows two users, cdadmin and appuser. Only appuser can be user for file transfers. SUM will soon be deprecated in favor of SPM, which only allows one user, cdadmin, for all oper...