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Decouple Order Service Dependency on Cassandra

Currently, Order Service relies on Cassandra for index data before triggering a search in Elastic. This dependency on Cassandra for search operations in Order Service can cause service disruptions during a Cassandra outage. Additionally, the time ...
10 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Support multiple replicas and autoscaling for SSP engine containers.

The engine component of SSP naturally lends itself to multiple replicas and scaling like this and it would be very useful for autoscaling to create additional engines on demand. I do realize that all the engines would have to be "pre-defined" on t...
5 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 2 Future consideration

Stream logs to AWS cloudwatch for better visibility.

For CD UNIX and CDWS Need stats/logs streamed to cloudwatch so they can be monitored and acted upon using our visibility tools. We do not have direct access to the containers for checking logs and rely upon automated solutions to monitor activity ...
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Future consideration

Make the 'SourceReferenceNumber' available through the InFlight APIs

The 'SourceReferenceNumber' is a key field used for audit and reconciliation purposes. It is essential that this value be made available through the InFlight APIs.
10 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 3 Planned for future release

Support Microsoft Entra ID since we are replacing the use of LDAP

We are moving away as an organization from using LDAP and replacing it with Microsoft Entra ID. Please build in support for that as an additional method of user authentication outside of SFG and B2Bi
over 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 2 Under review

Uploading of Test Files to be Optional for IBMers

While uploading a map to Config Hub it is mandatory to upload a valid Input file even in CTE, along with the Source and Compiled map.
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 0 Not under consideration

Allow External Authentication without create a local user

An user created for example in AD can use the SBI console (or ICC, SSP ...), only with external authentication, not being necessary to create a local user in Sterling. In other platforms the client has, the users just need register in AD, are assi...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Add support for RSA-OAEP Encryption algorithms to Sterling Integrator & File Gateway

Clients who exchange files with external partners may need RSA-OAEP encryption algorithms. Currently this is supported as a web service but not in the core functionality of the product. Lack of this is preventing more secure transfers when using S...
5 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 3 Not under consideration

AS2SendSyncMDN status should be reset to 'Success' after successful http POST and positive MDN

For AS2SendSyncMDN state is being set to 'Error' when a AS2 message fails to POST to the partner URL in the first attempt. However, in the next retry interval it is being successfully posted to customer and MDN received. AS2SendSyncMDN business pr...
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 0 Submitted

Add native 2 Factor Authentication (2FA/MFA) for external MyFileGateway users

Banking security standards require that external customer access to banking systems require Multi-Factor Authentication. While IBM offer SEAS, and the ability to build customised connectivity to external 2FA providers, this introduces risk whene...
over 4 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 0 Functionality already exists