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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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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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Target node alternate communication paths not retried when connected via Sterling Secure Proxy.

There appears to be a design flaw within CD/U when communicating via SSP and target CD node not being reachable via primary path, CD/U initial SSL handshake times out and connection to target CD node not retried by CD/U via ALT.COMM path(s).
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 8 Planned for future release

Ability to copy a work queue as a starting point

We have some very similar work queues which are quite complex. It would be helpful if, like you can with tableau reports, you could "copy" an existing work queue as a starting point so that you don't have to recreate all the rules and risk missing...
about 1 month ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Functionality already exists

Certificate Management Automation

The CA / Browser consortium has voted to reduce the certificate lifetime down to 47 days over the next 2 years. The process to manage certificates in connect:direct is manual. This will become unmanageable to maintain manually.
3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 7 Not under consideration

Enhancement Request: API for Automating FS Virtual Roots Creation for SFTP Server Adapters in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator

Dear IBM Team, I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to request an enhancement for IBM Sterling B2B Integrator. Our team is looking to automate the creation of FS Virtual Roots for use with SFTP server adapters. However, we have been un...
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 1 Under review

Archived document should always contains both input and output data even though there are multiple processing steps.

I have noticed that, for a flow, IBM is receiving the files from the trading partner with the CII format and converting them to XML format before sending them to the customer, and finally, the customer is receiving XML files from IBM. In this flow...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 0 Future consideration

Monthly Summary Report Enhancement: Add Extrainfo1/2/3 to the Monthly summary report

Enhance the Monthly TP Summary to include the Extrainfo1, Extrainfo2, and Extrainfo3 fields. This addition will allow Ceva to: Sort and filter files within the reports based on these fields, facilitating accurate cross-billing for their customers....
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 0 Future consideration

Support NetApp StorageGRID S3 Implementation

Many IBM customers have NetApp storage as part of their infrastructure. NetApp's StorageGRID offering (https://www.netapp.com/data-storage/storagegrid/) provides native support for S3 APIs. Adding support for this implementation of those APIs will...
11 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Future consideration

Avoid creating 0 byte file at destination when mail box document is not present in SFG while reference in database is available

Avoid creating 0 byte file at destination when mail box document is not present in SFG while reference in database is available Case # TS017160795
10 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Mapping & Translation 2 Not under consideration

Monitor and alert on expiring SFG/B2Bi certificates and keys

Control Center already provides monitoring and alerting on certificates used in SSP and C:D. SFG transfers using protocols such as FTPS, AS/2, and EBICS also rely on certificates with SFTP transfers relying on SSH keys to secure them. Where SFG is...
4 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 0 Submitted

API support to Create, Update, Delete and Get List of records from YFS_ZIP_CODE_LOCATION table

Currently, there is no API support to Create, Update, Delete and Get records from YFS_ZIP_CODE_LOCATION table. Liverpool project has a use case where Countries or logistic update the list of postal codes every year and more zip codes will be added...
4 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

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