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Sterling Connect:Direct

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CDWebServices to allow separate WebInterface and RestAPI installations

Allow more individualized and specialized architecture implementations of CDWS by making separate component (or making them selectable/optional) installations for both the Web interface and the RestAPI components.Look into including the RestAPI's ...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Planned for future release

Support for Azure Blob Storage

Following our multi-cloud strategy the support for Blob Storage from Azure is important since Azure is one of the main players in public cloud, hence the native support for Azure Blob Storage is a request we have had from different customers.
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Future consideration

Have C:D log the expiration date of certificates it receives

Today, when C:D calls out to a remote server, it logs some details about the certificate it received. It would be nice if it also logged the expiration date. This would allow us to write, say, a Perl script to scan the logs once a day looking for ...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 0 Planned for future release

Support for Type=simple startup method in systemd for Connect Direct

The systemd is the default system manager on RHEL 8. Connect Direct should support service startup through systemd using Type=simple startup method. User can use Type=forking with external (custom) startup script but this requires to create additi...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

File Agent: sort capability missing to guarantee files sequence

FA doesn't provide a mechanism to process the files located in a specific folder in a specific order (i.e. file sorted by timestamp, name, size ). There are scenarios where the sequence the Producer Application generates the files must be respecte...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 1 Not under consideration

Supoprt for HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System)

What version of Sterling Connect:Direct Linux/Windows will support Hadoop HDFS? Do you have any release date? I found similar thread at https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=65228 but I didn't see any updates. T...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Not under consideration

automated cddef.bin creation via lcu.bat by passing positional paramters

I want to create cddef.bin automatically via script. Thus I want to pass all values to lcu.bat via positional paramters rather than interactively. e.g. lcu.bat %NODENAME% %IPADDRESS% 1363 %CD_UID% %CD_PWD% %CD_PWD%
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Group system in userfile.cfg (UNIX)

In an environment with hundreds of users defined in the same userfile.cfg, it would be nice to be able to govern them through a system of groups or profiles to reduce administration time and avoid unnecessary failures.
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Needs more information

Standardize SYSOPTS syntax for multi-environments

SYSOPTS syntax is written differently depending on the environment: Windows, i5/OS, z/OS, and UNIX. Example on z/OS: SYSOPTS = "DATATYPE(BINARY) XLATE(YES) STRIP.BLANKS(NO)" Same example on UNIX: sysopts=":datatype=binary:xlate=yes:pipe=yes:" This...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Simple silent upgrade for Connect Direct Web Services

According to IBM Support, for Connect Direct Web Services software, SILENT UPGRADE option requires to provide few additional parameters to silentInstall.properties file (e.g. SSL_PORT, POSTGRESQL_PORT, POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD) in comparison to INTERAC...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Planned for future release