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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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TO should get scheduled on product Available date rather than moving it into further date while performing backward date calculation on ETS based on ETD for optimal solution

Currently as per design When the TO is created on Tuesday, and the transit time identified based on the carrier service is 2 days, then the ETS is on Tuesday and the ETD is on Thursday (considering the working hours). Similarly, when the TO is cre...
about 2 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Not under consideration

Allow utility scripts like changepassphrase.sh, SEASCipherConfigTool.sh, seasRestAPI.sh to run in non interactive mode

Currently I'm not able to run scripts like changepassphrase.sh, SEASCipherConfigTool.sh, seasRestAPI.sh in the non interactive mode. There is no option to pass the multiple input passphrases to those scripts. Those scripts will also error out if I...
over 4 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 1 Planned for future release

Add multiple ICAP servers

Would like to have the option to add an alternate ICAP server for redundancy
over 4 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Performance 0 Not under consideration

Add a feature to pass the failed response from PP to PEM.

Hi, Currently, in PEM under the tab "Wait for Provisioning" when the control passes from PEM to PP to provision the resources in respective environments then in the PEM side we see a triangle draft kind of sign stating that the PP is working to cr...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 0 Future consideration

RTAM - Inventory Alerts - Save Suppy, Demand & Safety Stock inventory positions

As part of inventory publish, few systems are interested in ATP (supply - demand - safety stock), few other systems are in only (supply - demand) and few others are interested in only onhand supply. However, RTAM publishes only ATP and to calculat...
over 4 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

prioritizing routing of files, File A routing needs to take precedence over File B. Routing channel template is complex and burdensome. provided by Matt Moder

File ABC and File XYZ both hit their respective mailboxes in SFG at the same time or close to it. Both files use the same routing rule/ template (and associated business processes) File XYZ routing needs to take precedence over File ABC Once File ...
about 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Performance 1 Future consideration

Add support for the "OPTS UTF8 ON" FTP Client command/parameter.

Beginning with Windows Server 2016, the Microsoft FTP Client includes the "OPTS UTF8 ON" command. The Sterling B2B Integrator FTP Server does not support this command, and returns a 501 error message. This "OPTS UTF8 ON" command is included in RFC...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Future consideration

We were able to replay the transfer before, and looks like that feature was removed from further versions

We were able to replay the transfer before, and looks like that feature was removed from further versions. We wanted to be able to replay the files from completed file transfers interface.
over 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 2 Not under consideration

To determine whether to charge taxes or other additional fees based on a specific payment method, certain configuration settings must be put in place.

In certain use cases, such as when dealing with two payment tenders - Gift Card and Credit Card, it may be necessary to configure the payment settings to ensure that taxes or other additional fees are only charged using the Credit Card option. For...
about 2 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

RPM for automated installation

We need a RPM installation package for Connect:Direct to simple deploy in our Cloud enviroment. The RPM must inform all dependencies for a automated instalation process (like Puppet).
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration