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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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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...
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    Include the SA steps as part of run-as-root | C:D installation and upgrade

    The customer noticed Connect Direct services are impacted post RHEL 8 upgrade (from previous RHEL versions 7.x) . The SA needs to perform a few steps (outlined in https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-sterling-connectdirect-unix-fails-start-red-ha...
    4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Functionality already exists

    Automatic reconfiguration of primary cluster node

    It would be so much easier to migrate and not create a new databases just for adding or removing old nodes. Easier for maintenance and scalability as well.
    4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

    Certificate Management Automation

    The CA / Browser consortium has voted to reduce the certificate lifetime down to 47 days over the next 2 years. The process to manage certificates in connect:direct is manual. This will become unmanageable to maintain manually.
    8 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 7 Not under consideration

    Add support for FASP in Sterling B2B Integrator

    support for FASP protocol require in Sterling B2B Integrator
    over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 2 Future consideration

    Include native Multi-Factor Authentication against a variety of commercial MFA vendors

    There are growing needs for integration with Single Sign-On and Multi-Factor Authentication. IBM File Gateway as well as IBM Sterling Secure Proxy need to be updated to natively support direct communication with a variety of SSO/MFA solutions with...
    about 3 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 2 Not under consideration

    Essentials - add summary graphs for basic reporting

    There is no Analytics in Essentials but rudimentary reporting would add some value
    4 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Functionality already exists

    Monthly Summary Report Enhancement: Add Extrainfo1/2/3 to the Monthly summary report

    Enhance the Monthly TP Summary to include the Extrainfo1, Extrainfo2, and Extrainfo3 fields. This addition will allow Ceva to: Sort and filter files within the reports based on these fields, facilitating accurate cross-billing for their customers....
    8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 0 Future consideration

    Request for improvement of the CONNECT DIRECT manual contents so that incompatibility information items are clearly indicated

    Our client plans to upgrade Connect:Direcr for z/OS from V6.1 to V6.4 in 2025 and we need to provide them with information about incompatibilities from V6.4 to V6.1. We checked the manual of IBM Connect:Direct for z/OS 6.4 Documentaion, but there ...
    12 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 4 Functionality already exists

    Ability to search for orders by ISBN or UPC

    I work for a college campus bookstore, and it's incredibly frustrating to have to manually go into each individual order to see if a specific book or product is in the order. We get hundreds of orders, and sometimes, like this past Friday, we only...
    4 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future 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 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Planned for future release

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