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Sterling Connect:Direct

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Connect Direct File Agent 1.4.0.3-SterlingConnectDirectFileAgent-iFix012 upgrade on Window 2012 upgrade failing when userID is already a part of Admin group

Being a part of admin group, user was not able to upgrade while trying to upgrade CDFA 1.4.0.3 iFix012. Now suggestion is to add this User as a designated admin user of window box. This addition of user as admin is not allowed because this practic...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Under review

To install Connect:Direct on Kubernetes using OpenShift Restricted SCC

When operating in Connect Direct for Unix operating in Standard User Mode, the SCC allows the following capabilities and SETUID and SETGID requires Privilege Escalation. The customer request the Privilege Escalation to be false. The product should...
2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 3 Future consideration

Show IPs from external connection

When the product ConnectDirect recive conection from other servers like GSLB or conections from other servers and it gets for example FMH68 or other, Its interesting konws from which servers its comming this connection, because its imposible deter...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 2 Future consideration

Remove old STATARCH logs

Hello, We've detected that the STATARCH ConnectDirect logs are never deleted; only the work logs are compromised, converting them to STATARCH.gz. Over time, the STATARCH files accumulate and fill the filesystem, and we need to delete them manually...
2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Future consideration

Documantation for Third Party Licenses

Hi Support, Our client is asking whether C:D 6.2 uses 3rd party components and libraries. As I cannot find any documentation, please provide related information. And I want to propose for this information released based on every CD version for cli...
26 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Documentation 2 Not under consideration

ID logging for added / deleted/ modiifed ID's in User proxy/ Functional Authorities

We need logging to be done as to what ID has been added deleted or modified in connect Direct Proxy users or functional authorities in windows Connect Direct as currently no modification can be seen of users only submitter details are found
4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Future consideration

Wildcard Copy to and from Cloud Object Stores

With many customers now moving to the cloud, sending receiving multiple files at a time from the object store is a mandatory requirement for many of our customers and without this support, they are preferring using S3 copy / data sync.
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Planned for future release

allow configurable rows in settings of Integrated File Agent (browser)

settings of Integrated File Agent cdws-ui/setting/fileAgent/viewDirectories rules per page & directories per page setting is 10 by default. Can these BOTH be made configurable so it doesn't reset to 10 each time the page is revisited\reloaded
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration

Automate db Wizard option

For Windows Servers I think that colud be interesting have and option to automate a DB Wizard. I think that in the past this could be possible, but not now. Because if someone have a problem with postgres database and need to do a DB Wizard correc...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Functionality already exists

Improve Message ID XCMM005I

Actually to know what user is that who gets the error XCMM005I its necessary explore the logs and see the line before from the next message: STAR=20250527 09:07:23.950|CCOD=8|RECI=XCMM|RECC=CAEV|OSID=3589|TZDI=7200|MSGI=XCMM005I|MSGT=The submit co...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 2 Future consideration

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