New Features and Enhancements

Connect:Direct Web Services and its related software have the following features and enhancements:

FixPack 7 (v6.1.0.7)
New Features and Enhancements
To install this software, you should go to the Fix Central website and install the latest available fix pack.
  • With v6.1.0.7, uninstallZLinux.sh script is now changed to uninstall.sh.
  • Installer MFTWebservices.bat is now changed to MFTWebservicesInstall.bat.
  • Release jar name has been changed from ChangeKeystoreTruststoreAndUpdatePassword-0.1.jar to ChangeKeystoreTruststoreAndUpdatePassword.jar.
  • ChangeDatabasePassword-0.1.jar is renamed to ChangeDatabasePassword.jar.
  • Now, ./startWebserviceZLinux.sh has been changed to ./startWebservice.sh.
  • Microsoft Edge version 44.18362.449.0 and above is no longer supported.
  • Solaris 10 support has been removed from Fixpack 7 release.
FixPack 5 (v6.1.0.5)
New Features and Enhancements
To install this software, you should go to the Fix Central website and install the latest available fix pack.
  • Upgraded Postgresql version to resolve following PVR/PSIRT numbers:
    • PVR0266139, PVR0256662, PVR0256663, PVR0256664, PVR0256665, PVR0256666, PVR0261017
FixPack 4 (v6.1.0.4)
New Features and Enhancements
To install this software, you should go to the Fix Central website and install the latest available fix pack.
  • With this release, web console has following enhancements:
    • You have access to human readable certificate to ease troubleshooting.
    • Name and path of currently used Keystore and Truststore will be visible.
  • Keystore/Truststore password encryption key will be generated automatically. For more information, refer Changing Keystore/Truststore using Web Console.
  • Support for different Keystore and Key Certificate passwords is extended.
  • IBM® Connect:Direct® Web Service support is extended for configurable Password Exit. For more information refer to, Connect:Direct Windows Release Notes for Fix Pack 2 (6.1.0.2).
FixPack 3 (v6.1.0.3)
New Features and Enhancements
To install this software, you should go to the Fix Central website and install the latest available fix pack.
  • The log4j.properties file is changed to log4j2.yaml file. For more information, refer Configuring Logs.
  • IBM Connect:Direct Web Service support is extended for Connect:Direct Windows users to configure:
    • Allow No-Password Local Connections and Allow Process to run using Service Account in Functional Authority.
      • Navigate to Settings > Users > Create New Functional Authority > Authentication (Settings) > to configure these properties.
    • Allow Process to run using Service Account in User Proxy.
  • IBM Connect:Direct Web Service support is extended for Connect:Direct Windows and Unix users to configure Install Agent properties for installing new Connect:Direct servers from IBM Control Center Director:

FixPack 2 (v6.1.0.2)

New Features and Enhancements
Connect:Direct Web Services 6.1.0.2 has the following features and enhancements. To install this software, you should go to the Fix Central website and install the latest available fix pack.

FixPack 1 (v6.1.0.1)

New Features and Enhancements

Connect:Direct Web Services 6.1.0.1 has the following features and enhancements. To install this software, you should go to the Fix Central website and install the latest available fix pack.

  • Connect:Direct Web Services support extended for Connect:Direct UNIX and Windows users to cache certificate validation responses from External Authentication Server

    With this fix pack Connect:Direct UNIX and Windows can be configured via IBM Connect:Direct Web Service to cache certificate validation responses from External Authentication Server when it interfaces External Authentication Server during a TLS session. This option is available under Web Console using any of the following UI paths:
    • Settings >Secure + > Local Records> .SEAServer> View details/Edit> Caching Details to modify caching SEAS certificate validation response settings for the External Authenticator.
    • Settings >Secure + > Secure Partners file menu option. Select a External Authenticator node entry and click Edit to modify caching SEAS certificate validation response settings.
  • Partner security settings extended to include TLS 1.3 protocol support

    Connect:Direct Secure Plus for Windows, UNIX, and z/OS extended its security settings to include TLS 1.3 protocol support with v6.1. With this fix pack, IBM Connect:Direct Web Service partner security settings have been extended to include TLS 1.3 protocol support to ensure secure data transfer between the PNODE and SNODE.
    • To configure security settings and enable TLS 1.3 protocol, click Partners> Add Partners>Add Partner Details to display Add new Partner form.
    • From the Security drop-down list, select Custom Security to view Custom Security Type form. To enable TLS 1.3 go to Select Security Protocol>TLS 1.3.
    • Cipher Suites is also updated to display TLS 1.3 supported cipher suites.
  • Upgrade support available on Solaris SPARC 10 platform

    With this Fix Pack, upgrade support is available for IBM Connect:Direct Web Service users upgrading from v6.0.0.X to v6.1.0.1 on Solaris SPARC 10 platform.

Base Release (v6.1)

New Features and Enhancements

Connect:Direct Web Services 6.1 has the following features and enhancements:

  • Web Console support now available for Connect:Direct for z/OS users

    Connect:Direct Web Services now extends support for Web Console to Connect:Direct users signed in from Connect:Direct for z/OS. z/OS users can also continue to access Web Services via. its RESTful API interface.
  • Connect:Direct Secure Plus support

    Support added to configure and maintain Connect:Direct Secure Plus environment. IBM Connect:Direct Secure Plus for UNIX, Windows and z/OS provide enhances security for Connect:Direct using cryptography to secure data during transmission. This option is available under Web Console> Settings >Secure + > Secure Partners file menu option.
    The following Connect:Direct Secure Plus functionalities are available via Connect:Direct Web Console:
    • View, modify, delete, and create an Alias for Secure Plus .Local, .SEAServer, Remote node records.
    • Support introduced to filter node records basis security configuration. This option is available under Secure Partners>Filters.
  • Detailed certificate view available under Certificate tab

    With v6.1 Certificate tab is enhanced for Connect:Direct Web Services users to display certificate attributes in a summary, detailed, and tree navigational view. This option is available Web Services users under Settings>Secure+>Certificates>Key Certificates or Trusted Certificates.

    With v6.1 Certificate tab is now available for Web Services Administrator to display certificate attributes in a summary, detailed, and tree navigational view. This option is available to Admin user under Certificates>Key Certificates or Trusted Certificates.

  • Enhanced Statistics view

    Filtered searches in the Statistics view can result in a large number of entries being returned, possibly even all entries. Setting a search limits improve overall server performance by limiting how many entries are returned. With this release Connect:Direct Web Services administrators can set search limit by modifying the statistics.search.limit property. For more information see, Configuring application.properties.

    Statistics view displays data in local time while the Swagger UI displays all statistics data in UTC format, by default, unless time zone is offset if provided from the Swagger UI.
    Note: Statistics view displays transfer activity statistics showing results narrowed to the past 15 minutes.