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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...
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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IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Certified Container - db-setup pod should have logs volumes attached

db-setup pod should have logs volumes attached so the logs can be retained even after the auto deletion of db-setup pod. IBM asks for the logs but because the db-setup pod auto deleted so even the ephemeral logs also get deleted which are very imp...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 3 Functionality already exists

Automating CI/CD build/deployment pipeline starting with the development environment

We were working on a build/deployment pipeline for the IBM Sterling Order Management System (OMS) and there seemed to be too many manual steps in this process going from development to QA to PROD. We were hoping to get a more automated build/deplo...
over 2 years ago in Self Service Tool 1 Functionality already exists

Failed to authenticate with SFTP/FTPs, doesn't display any information of the source

Hi currently, we have a policy to lock an account after 3 failed connections on SFTP or FTPs protocol. In the communication session, it's possible to have the IP source when the authentication is successfull, but when the connection failed, the IP...
10 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 5 Functionality already exists

IV Node availability call to accomodate custom supply and demand types when integrated with OMS

Most of the OMS implementation would have custom supply and/or demand types part of their business. Currently, the IV node availability call considers only OOB supply and demand types when integrated with OMS, which gives an incorrect inventory pi...
over 5 years ago in Inventory Visibility 2 Functionality already exists

Self-Service option in SFG, allow our business partner to replay their own failed transfers.

Is there an option in SFG to allow our business partner to replay their own failed file transfers for their accounts? If so, do you have any documentation/information on how to enable that feature?
over 6 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 1 Functionality already exists

HTTP Adapter Enhancements

Banking sector needs a lot of security on the data we share . The current Http adapter supports some of these functionalities but not all. Currently we are implementing api's or integrating api's by writing jexit function to call an external java ...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Functionality already exists

REST API hostname 50 chars restriction

IBM Partner Engagement Manager does not accept hostname for REST APIs more than 50 chars but there are REST API hostnames more than 50 chars even in IBM Cloud (bluemix) CloudantDB REST API with guid-id.bluemix.cloudant.com and hostnames can be up ...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 0 Functionality already exists

Add native AS4 support to B2BI

We are a global manufacturer who has EDI trading partners in many countries. In Europe, AS4 is rapidly become a requirement. We would appreciate having our existing B2BI Solution (IBM Sterling B2BI) continue to be our one stop shop for all trading...
about 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 3 Functionality already exists

ITX output validation

ITX has option to validation the input file against schema by using the Schema-validation Option on the input card. Same can be disabled by choosing Well-formed. This option is not available for output file that is generated by the map. It would b...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 4 Functionality already exists

Unable to receive email notifications after changing of payload repository as filesystem in SFTP Server Adapter

Email notifications are very critical in business use cases where customer are required to get notified when file transfer success/failure, system performance.
11 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 1 Functionality already exists