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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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Integrate CCM with Open Telemetry

Provide the ability to emit key MFT/B2B events using Open Telemetry so they can be consumed and used for troubleshooting with open tools. Adding CCM capability to consume Open Telemetry signals will simplify integration across 3rd party products a...
6 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / APIs & SDKs 0 Under review

Ability to invoke a BP in a specific queue other than its default queue

In order to prioritize processing of certain transactions over others in common BP's it would be useful if we were able to specify a specific queue for an Async BP to be invoked in rather than have it invoked in its default queue.
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 1 Under review

Having different Status icon and Status in InFlight for the files that are Finished and not delivered to Partner/Customer.

Currently we see a Green tick mark for the files that get successfully processed irrespective of the fact whether these were delivered to the receiving party via an established connectivity or else FINISHED on SCBN. Many times while working on the...
9 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Under review

Enable file exchange access to IBM Sterling Global High Availability Mailbox with Connect:Direct

Connect:Direct has the ability to transfer files using several application files storage platforms such as local files, NFS, S3, and others. This could be extended to support direct access to B2B Integrator mailboxes and, in particular, to Global ...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 1 Under review

Include ForgeRock Directory LDAP service to IBM officially supported list

We're using ForgeRock Directory service in LDAP and enabled HTTP password policy. But got an issue that the warming message will be changing randomly with multiple login attempted. case has been raised to IBM but they noticed that ForgeRock Direct...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Other 2 Under review

Mailbox delete should mark all mailbox data for deletion

Customer urgently needs the mailbox delete options shown in the attached image to delete all data associated with the mailbox entry. Some data is being marked for deletion, but not everything. They need all data associated with that mailbox entry ...
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance / Usability 1 Under review

SPE Transformation Service adding CDATA for Process Data update

CDATA is adding a prefix in process data for ITXA transformation when actual data contains "&" in the input file which is causing the issue. Currently, with SI transformation/translation service, the prefix is not getting added. However, in...
8 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 0 Under review

Stream logs to AWS cloudwatch for better visibility.

Need logs streamed to cloudwatch so they can be monitored and acted upon using our visibility tools. We do not have direct access to the containers for checking logs and rely upon automated solutions to monitor activity in the cloud.
about 2 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 1 Under review

Provide native SailPoint IdentityIQ Lifecycle Manager (IIQ LCM) integration connector for IBM Transformation Extender Advanced (ITXA)

Our security group is standardising on SailPoint IdentityIQ Lifecycle Manager (IIQ LCM) for access requests and approvals. SailPoint already ships certified connectors for several IBM platforms (AIX, IBM i, IBM Security Access Manager, etc.) but n...
4 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 0 Under review

IBM Control Center - Not finding specific MSGID's

Need IBM Control Center to monitor the following MSG ID's SVTM026I - Session not establishedSVTM505I - Session Retry exceededSVTM105I - A process may be moved to HO HC Currently IBM Control Center is not getting recording these events and we need ...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 0 Under review