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Workspace Sterling Connect:Direct
Categories Administration & Configuration
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 21, 2026

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Increase the maximum Integrated File Agent Default_Config.json size beyond 2 MB to support large-scale rule configurations

We would like to request an enhancement to IBM Sterling Connect for Windows to increase the maximum supported size of the Integrated File Agent configuration file (Default_Config.json) beyond the current 2 MB limit.

Current Situation:

Our environment currently operates two Connect installations on the same Windows server:

  • Connect 6.3.0.6: Default_Config.json approximately 858 KB.

  • Connect 6.4.0.3: Default_Config.json approximately 933 KB.

These installations were maintained separately due to historical limitations in the size of the File Agent configuration file.

IBM Support confirmed that the maximum supported configuration file size was increased to 2 MB starting with Connect for Windows 6.4.0.0.

Although this improvement is beneficial, our number of File Agent rules continues to grow, and the current limit may become insufficient in the future.

Requested Enhancement:

We request IBM to consider:

  1. Increasing the maximum supported configuration file size to at least 10 MB, preferably with a configurable limit.

  2. Supporting a significantly larger number of File Agent rules within a single configuration.

  3. Improving configuration loading, validation, and rule management performance for large configuration files.

  4. Providing clear warnings when the configuration approaches its supported size limit.

  5. Considering a scalable configuration storage mechanism that avoids fixed file-size limitations.

Expected Benefits:

This enhancement would allow organizations with large-scale file transfer environments to consolidate File Agent rules into fewer Connect installations, simplify maintenance, reduce operational complexity, and support future business growth.

We would appreciate IBM Product Management evaluating this enhancement for inclusion in the Connect product roadmap.

What is your industry? Banking
How will this idea be used?

As an administrator of IBM Sterling Connect in a large-scale banking environment, I need to manage an increasing number of Integrated File Agent rules within a single Connect installation.

Currently, multiple Connect installations are maintained to distribute File Agent configurations and avoid configuration file size limitations.

With this enhancement, administrators would be able to consolidate existing rules into a single installation, continue creating new rules as business requirements grow, and manage file transfer automation without being constrained by the current 2 MB configuration file limit.

This would simplify administration, upgrades, monitoring, and maintenance while improving the scalability of our managed file transfer infrastructure.

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