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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...
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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Provide "replace/override" capabilities when using the CDConfig Tool for Map.cfg and Usr.cfg import

Currently the Connect:Direct CDConfig tool does NOT support the "replace/override" functionality when importing Netmap or User entries. It currently will update existing Initparms, but for some reason it doesn't update existing Netmap or User entr...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration

automated deployment script cdinstall a always uses Secure+

I'm using cdinstall_a script to install/update C:D on UNIX and LINUX I need a command line parameter that disables Secure+ installation resp. checking for Secure+ during upgrade
over 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

Unique Variable for Connect:Direct Windows

During heavy load it happens that Connect:Direct processes submitted at the same time produce identical timestamp values that are used for target filenames.Also the %PRAND variable in Connect:Direct Windows returns the same value within the same m...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Protect or encrypt or sign all Audit records to protect or capture changes

Audit functions in CD are not consistently recorded in an immutable form so that attempts to alter them are inhibited. Many configurations in UNIX CD are not audited at all because the configurations are in plain text files with no tracking. All c...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Installation Manager Documentation

IM should be simple to install and easy to use. Since the UI cannot be used for the install there needs to be explicit instructions on how to Install/Upgrade Sterling Integrator, including sizing and recommended location, considering the old way w...
over 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 0 Is a defect

Need a Deployment specific role in Self Service Tool to manager deployments in Production.

We need a role in Self Service that is only for People who will do deployment in Production. Currently we only have 4 types of Role in prod Developer (Production), Developer (Non-Production), Stakeholder and Administrator. There is no specific seg...
over 1 year ago in Self Service Tool 1 Not under consideration

Ability to view deployment history till last 1 year in Self Service Tool.

Need to have deployment history reflected for the last 1 year in Self Service tool.
over 1 year ago in Self Service Tool 1 Future consideration

Protect SFG for event flood caused by large volume GET requests of very small fiels

When the File Gateway is hit by a very high amount of GET requests to download small files will cause an event flood. As these events are tracked in the visibility db, this may cause the system to "hang" - all threads blocked - as the visibility d...
over 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Performance 0 Future consideration

Digitally Sign the Partner Invitation Emails and Subsequent Followup Notifications

No description provided
over 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Security 1 Planned for future release

B2Bi Sterling Integrator generating invalid delivery status in the application UI following deadlock

In April 2024 an external client submitted a payment file into the B2Bi Sterling Integrator product within my production environment. The file routed and delivered successfully to the remote target system, and the payment file processed through th...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 1 Needs more information