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Sterling Connect:Direct

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Conditional Runtask/Runjob

We need to execute processes after receiving files from clients, today this process depends on the client adding the command we need to execute in its transmission process. This is done via runtask and runjob and works well, however when we need t...
3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 6 Needs more information

Allow optional ODBC connection strings to allow DB connection encryption

My Database team would like to have all connections to the database encrypted, preferably at the application level, using the below: encrypt=true;TrustServerCertificate=false; It is currently not possible to supply this information using the DB Wi...
4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Functionality already exists

Add Certificate Authentication capability to the CD Web Services REST API web interface (swagger).

CD Web Services supports certificate authentication for the web UI and also for REST API calls, but the provided web UI interface for testing REST API (swagger, path is cdws-doc/signOn.html) does not. This makes it difficult to design and test sol...
4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Future consideration

Send record length and block size larger than 4050 on HPNS Connect Direct

The record size when it worked was BLK Size = 27944 and RECL = 3992 it was changed to BLK SIZE = 21742 RECL= 10871 and then the job fail to completed and abend in NDM
4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Performance 9

Support Alma 8

support Alma8 for AWS deployments and open source deployments
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 4 Not under consideration

Sterling Connect:Direct on RHOS on IBM Power

Support for Sterling Connect:Direct on RHOS on IBM Power is essential for technology modernization initiatives to support flexible deployment methodologies and technology strategies. This would benefit customers running Sterling Connect:Direct on ...
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Not under consideration

We have refresh netmap in Mainframe Connect Direct and its not available in Linux connect direct

We had an issue with connect direct process, In the middle of file transfer client brought down the connect direct in primary server and brought up in the secondary. Since the process was interrupted and its keep retrying the primary server. Its n...
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 4 Future consideration

Encrypted Access Key and Secret Key in # S3 IO Exit parameters

Encrypted Access Key and Secret Key in # S3 IO Exit parameters Stanza of Initparm.cfg file. Here is problem Statement : We were able to send the file to DELL ECS S3 Bucket from linux node, for this one we have updated the initparm.cfg file, We hav...
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 3 Not under consideration

Cryptographic function used for TLS certificates storage should use SHA-384 or SHA-512 or POLY-1305

CA Certificates, Key Certificates and Private Keys are stored in key database file cdkeystore.kdb + STH file. In addition software stores the key database password in .keystore file and passphrase to the private key in .password file in C:\Program...
7 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 4 Not under consideration

Test and certify Connect Direct to use DFS in addition to UNC paths

Connect Direct has not been tested nor certified to use DFS paths instead of UNC paths. The use of DFS paths allows Connect Direct copy configurations to automatically switch to a new device location vs the current use of UNC paths where we would ...
8 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Future consideration