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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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null from JSON messages must not be treated as string "null"

When customer sends null for mandatory fields in a JSON message, this must be treated as empty field instead of string "null"
over 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 1 Delivered

Configuration to Choose Specific Protocol from Distribution Point CRL URL's

Configuration to Choose Specific Protocol from Distribution Point CRL URL's.

Better SSH Key matching functionality

Currently in order to perform SSH Key-based SFTP authentication for trading partners using SSP and SEAS we utilize the preconfigured "VerifySSHPublicKey" Attribute Assertion, defined as "{sshPublicKey_b64}" == "{attr[sshPublicKeyQuery].sshPublicKe...

Provide additional information when Session High Water Mark is reached

For Product id 5665-X09, record the number of active PRIMARY (PNODE) sessions and the number of active SECONDARY (SNODE) sessions when the session high water mark is reached. Record as much additional information as is reasonably possible in the s...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Delivered

C:D for z/OS to support the allocation of PDSE V2 datasets

Currently, IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for z/OS (CDZ) does not support the allocation of PDSE Verion 2 (V2) data sets. Customer has the requirement to use the CDZ function to transfer PDSE V2 data sets for program deployment between testing and pr...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Delivered

Add support for AWS S3 storage as the back end file system instead of requiring a Clustered File System/NAS Share

AWS EFS does not provide adequate performance or HA to be used as the back end file system for file storage, and EBS can not be clustered across multiple nodes. Native support for S3 object storage would enable us to take advantage of the upcoming...

Allow for an upload of the CD export as text file for defining rules

Connect Direct Administration, File Agent Configuration: There is no business justification for the time needed to rebuild a ser file should it ever become corrupt. The File agent configuration has a nice feature to export to text. However the opp...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 5 Delivered

Support for MS Windows Server 2019

Please add Microsoft Windows Server 2019 to the list of supported OSes for Connect:Direct for Windows v4.7 and higher.

Getting Multiple Files from AWS via Sterling B2B Integrator 6.0

We have the facility to put multiple files to AWS from Sterling B2B Integrator 6.0 but do not have code/facility to go with getting multiple files.
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 0 Delivered

Certify SQLServer2017 for Connect:Direct for Windows

Support for the later versions of supporting software