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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%
9 months 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.
9 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

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...
9 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Not under 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...
11 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 0 Not under consideration

File agent high availability run GUI cdfa -C from a single Default_Config.ser copy in shared workspace

Instead of maintaining multiple local copies of Default_Config.ser, could a parm be added to cdfa -C to direct GUI to use a single copy in the shared directory. Similar to the cdfa -w parameter.
12 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Planned for future release

Security enhancement in GUI: would it be possible to add GUI session timeout parameter which would lock session or log off user ?

this request came from security team/audit, they believe it would improve product security
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 4 Functionality already exists

CDHPNonstop SPCLI - Create Command Line Commands

Need to schedule a batch job that collects cipher/encryption information for CDHPNonstop. SPCLI - Create Command Line Commands
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 1 Functionality already exists

CIphers configuration for Connect Direct Web Services

Connect Direct Web Services configuration should allow to limit list of allowed ciphers. Similar functionality is present for protocol configuration under "server.ssl.enabled-protocols”. Support for similar parameter e.g. "server.ssl.enabled-ciphe...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Planned for future release

Tool to monitor cert expiry

We want to put an alerting mechanism to monitor cert expire so we can proactively plan.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Functionality already exists

Option to disable Connect Direct Web Services web page

Current version of Connect Direct Web Services software provides two interfaces - RESTful API and webpage GUI access. Software should allow to disable web GUI access.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Planned for future release

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