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.
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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
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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).
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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 to configure these properties.
- Allow Process to run using Service Account in User Proxy.
- Navigate to to configure this
property.
- 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:
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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.
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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.
For more details see the following resources:
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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.
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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.
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Base Release (v6.1)
New Features and Enhancements |
Connect:Direct Web Services 6.1 has the following features and enhancements:
- 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.
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