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Sterling Connect:Direct

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Allowing command line editing of the CD File Agent configuration

There is a need within the Treasury to be able to script password changes to Connect Direct File Agents. Currently there is no documented way to accomplish this outside of using the GUI.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Not under consideration

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 ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 3 Not under consideration

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

New parameter CD_ADMIN_GROUPID in CD_SRVR.INI

Currently silent installation for Windows allows to provide CD_ADMIN_USERID in CD_SRVR.INI. The enhancement is to add new parameter CD_ADMIN_GROUPID that would allow to provide Group Name as CD Administrator Group.
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 3 Not under consideration

Mask or Don't Include Passwords In Connect Direct Process Scripts that have been built in Connect Direct Web Services or Connect Direct Browser UI

Currently when a user builds a process in CDWS or CD Browser UI, the password is in plain text if a pnode/snode ID is used with password. This is a security vulnerability and should be addressed. We realize that there is no way to stop a user from...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Planned for future release

Passwordless connection to built-in local PostgreSQL

This enhancement should allow to use alternate access options to local PostgreSQL other than locally encrypted password to PostgreSQL user. Proposed solutions include: certificate-based authentication (preferred, if technically feasable) password ...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Future consideration

Password Vault support for CD web Services

This is to add to CD Web Services integration with Password Vault to avoid storing passwords inside the application. That should include "admin" user as well. Currently CD Web Services allows for cert-based authentication (for API) or user/passwor...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 2 Not under consideration

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...
3 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

FileAgent - Windows .ser file cleartext

Have the Default_Config.ser or other .ser files clear text or similar.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Not under consideration