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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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Export assets in readable format such as XML or JSON

Be able to export assets (TPAs and Partner Profiles) to a xml/json file format, instead of in the binary format. This is useful for two main reasons:Extended fields can't be searched for in GUI.We use it as sort of a version history for assets in ...
8 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Future consideration

Add Password Expiration to the Password Policy for Control Center

We need to be able to set a password expiration for Control Center users. It needs to be flexible so that certain users/roles can be set to never expire.

Sterling Gentran Director Version 5.5 to be supported on Windows 11

Windows 10 end of life is coming in Sept 2025

Enable SAPSTAT document tracking direction

For client Electrolux, we received a request to change the SAPSTAT Inflight tracking direction from Outbound to Inbound. I reviewed the rules, and it is already configured as Inbound under the SAPSTAT eval ruleset SendPod Action. However, the Infl...
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Future consideration

Sterling Filegateway - Disable the Known host key validations for Outbound sftp connections ( StrictHostKeyChecking=no )

Hello - Checking, for the SFG outbound sftp client connections - if the known host key validations will be turned-off or make them dynamically added. this way we can get rid off the BP's that will fail in the steps for each occurrence when a partn...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Other 0 Future consideration

Enable authentication by token on the Sterling B2B REST API

Seems like currently the B2B REST API only supports authentication of basic type, where username/password is sent in header of get/post/put HTTP call. Can there be a mechanism to authenticate via bearer token? Thanks very much!
about 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 2 Planned for future release

Enhance the supplyChange.v2 event schema to allow propagation of custom attributes included in the original IV request.

Problem Statement:We are using the supplyChange.v2 event to publish IV resonance data to a configured webhook endpoint. As part of our implementation, we are including several custom attributes (e.g., SourceSystemID, AdjustmentReasonCodeID, etc.) ...
3 months ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Future consideration

Add Conection to ISERIES Servers

Hello, We need to connect Steling control Center Director to ISERIES Servers to manage the configurations of netmap, secure+, Userfile. Actually its not possible with this software (SCCDirector). We are managing more thant 1500 servers with connec...
5 months ago in Sterling Control Center Director 0 Submitted

AS4 Connectivity and Configuration Support

Request the IBM update Sterling B2b to support complete AS4 (Applicability Statement 4) functionality for client and server transmissions. Initial request is focused on European standards, but desire is for design to meet global AS4 options. Reque...

Sterling Connect:Direct Application Interface for Java support to iSeries C:D version

CDJAI support all other platforms (Windows, Unix, ZOS and Tandem) except iSeries. This limitation restricts users to automate C:D configuration through CDJAI, similar to what we do in other platforms. Now we have to login to iSeries machine to do ...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 3 Not under consideration