Maintenance: ShareLaTeX/Overleaf restart Tue 8-9am

[sc name=”head_betriebsmeldungen_en” message_id=”202208221516″ time=”23.08.22 8-9 am” affected=”Users of ShareLaTex” impact=”Service unavailable for about 20 min” ][/sc] With an attempt to resolve the current issues with the service the service will be briefly updated and restarted Tue morning 08-09am. The service will be unavailable for about 20 min.

ShareLaTeX/Overleaf: problems with the code editor

[sc name=”head_betriebsmeldungen_en” message_id=”202208221343″ time=”known since 22.08.2022″ affected=”ShareLaTex/Overleaf users” impact=”Malfunction of the code display in the code editor” ][/sc] For some users the code editor of their LaTeX document is not displaying the code but rather a gray area. The richt text mode still works in theses cases.   The problem is not confined to certain … Read more

Information: Critical Vulnerability in Zoom Clients

[sc name=”head_betriebsmeldungen_en” message_id=”202208190649″ time=”August 19th, 2022” affected=”all Zoom users” impact=”possible attacks on endpoints” ][/sc] Zoom clients below version 5.11.0 are vulnerable to faked meeting addresses on all supported operating systems (Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows), which allow the system to be compromised. MacOS requires at least version 5.11.6 to resolve all known security issues. … Read more

Maintenance: Rocket.Chat & ShareLaTeX

[sc name=”head_betriebsmeldungen_en” message_id=”202208181009″ time=”18.08.2022, 5 p.m. until approx. 5:30 p.m.” affected=”Rocket.Chat and ShareLaTeX” impact=”services not available” ][/sc] The services RocketChat and ShareLaTeX receive a small update today starting at 5 pm. The services will be unavailable for about 15-30 minutes during the process. The update released today also resolves a problem regarding the comparison of … Read more

Maintenance completed: E-Learning Systems StudIP and ILIAS

[sc name=”head_betriebsmeldungen_en” message_id=”202208150851″ time=”Thursday 18.Aug.2022, 7-8 am” affected=”User of StudIp and ILIAS” impact=”Service available” ][/sc] Maintenance work for the e-learning systems StudIP and ILIAS was successfully completed as planned, at around 8 a.m. on Thursday, August 18, 2022.

Maintenance: Upgrade of metrics.gwdg.de (Grafana)

[sc name=”head_betriebsmeldungen_en” message_id=”202208171037″ time=”Maintenance window Thursday, 18.08.2022, 18:00 – 19:00″ affected=”Users of metrics.gwdg.de” impact=”Web-UI (Grafana) of metrics.gwdg.de not accessible” ][/sc] Due to an upgrade of Grafana (v8.5.2 -> v9.0.7) the web interface of metrics.gwdg.de will not be available for the indicated period of time. The underlying database (InfluxDB) is not affected by the upgrade and … Read more