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Sterling Connect:Direct

Actions after a file is copied to a Azure Blob

As soon as the file is copied to connect direct and is persisted in a BLOB Object Store in Azure, customer needs to move/copy this file to another path/blob and/or delete this file directly from the cdp as a sysopt or some kind of task, but not us...
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability Planned for future release

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...
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration Future consideration

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...
27 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade Future consideration

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...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade Future consideration

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...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade Functionality already exists

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...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade Planned for future release

Write files in temporary datasets on a bucket

In some cases, files must not arrive on the destination system with their correct filenames, as this would immediately trigger processing. We therefore need a temporary filename that can be renamed once the transfer is complete. However, to do thi...
24 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability Needs more information

Fileagent get cloud notifications

It would be desirable for Connect Direct to be able to respond directly to notifications sent by a bucket. Is it possible for Fileagent to read these notifications?
24 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability Future consideration

Add "listing of buckets" Functions

We don’t want to have to manage additional tools (such as the Minio client) just to read or manage the buckets. Otherwise, we would have to manage multiple tools at the same time: Connect:Direct for data transfer and the Minio client for manual ma...
24 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability Needs more information

CDU Containers - Self signed certificates

In CDU for Containers - Disable generating self signed certificate Label=CDInternal when user certificate is provided Disable generating self signed certificate for file agent when file agent is disabled cdfa.enable=n Add possibility to prov...
25 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security Under review