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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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Add "receive" functionality to the Transfer a File option when using Connect Direct Web Services (CDWS)

No description provided
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Delivered

Can Secure+ be made any simpler?

I spend a lot of time trying to figure out Secure+ screens. Is there any way they could add more help to PF1?
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Delivered

Add API for standard, wildcard, and workflow slcs

Currently there aren't any APIs for standard, wildcard, and workflow slcs. Only for simple slcs, which we do not use.

Connect Direct with support 64 Bit libraries

We have problem by installing C:D on Linux because it only works with a lot of 32 Bit libraries which our Unix Administrators won't install. Please made a C:D package which works under 64 Bit environment without additional installation of 32 Bit
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Delivered

Event to publish any demand changes to external systems

Since there were no description in this idea, the offering assumption is for IV to publish demand.change data similar to supply.change event.
over 3 years ago in Inventory Visibility 4 Delivered

Provision to Encrypt the Keystore and Truststore Passwords for Active MQ

No description provided
over 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Delivered

On a reallocation request, Inventory update in IV should be done synchronously, and should not be through messages posted to internal queues in an asynchronous way

On a reallocation request, Inventory update in IV should be done synchronously, and should not be through messages posted to internal queues in an asynchronous way. Below is the use case under consideration. The asynchronous update to IV (as menti...
about 1 year ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Delivered

In Server Inventory report, we are not able to include server meta data parameter as an output parameter.

We have specified all 10 server meta data parameters in the connected connect direct servers and want these parameters in the server inventory report. As of now, we are seeing the server meta data parameters in filter option only in Audit > Sev...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 3 Delivered

Ability to set dirty node

We need an ability to set Dirty Node at Item Node combination that resolves automatically based on Inventory Movement or Time. Currently IV does not seem to suppor this feature.
almost 4 years ago in Inventory Visibility 3 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.