In connection with the security incident on September 28, 2023, we have created a page with FAQs where you can find important information. We will update this information regularly to inform you as transparently as possible.
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With this operating message we ask the customers of the GWDG as well as their user groups to change their passwords immediately.
To change please use https://id.academiccloud.de.
(Note: for security reasons the web address is not available as a link, [...]
On 09/28/2023, a security incident was detected on GWDG systems by internal security systems. This incident is being investigated in detail by the GWDG. Authorities and external security experts have also been informed and are consulted where necessary. So far, [...]
Yesterday, not only a serious vulnerability in AMD’s Zen 2 CPUs was disclosed, but also a very easy-to-use exploit for this vulnerability was published. By exploiting this vulnerability, sensitive data, such as passwords, can be read from other processes and [...]
Time: 2023-05-20 02:30
Affected: Aleph production server
Impact: Working with Aleph not possible
The Aleph server (https://aleph.mpg.de) is down and cannot be used at the moment. We are working on restoring the service as soon as possible. [...]
Message-Id: 202305051300
Time: July 2023
Affected: all
Impact: no Sophos on-premise support
In July, Sophos on-premises support will end, which is why the GWDG is switching endpoint protection to Bitdefender. Currently, extensive tests with the Bitdefender software are taking place [...]
Message-Id: 2023050114500
Time: 02.05.2023, 5 pm - 10:35 pm
Affected: Applications using PostgreSQL service
Impact: PostgreSQL back online
Message-Id: 2023050114500
Time: 02.05.2023, 5 pm - 7 pm
Affected: Applications using PostgreSQL service
Impact: PostgreSQL service temporäry not available
Cause of maintenance work the PostgreSQL service of the GWDG will be out of service on 02.05.2023 from 5 pm [...]
Message-Id: 202303271340
Time: 5 pm to 10 pm
Affected: Applications using PostgreSQL service
Impact: PostgreSQL service temporäry not available
Message-Id: 202303271340
Time: 30.03.2023, 5 pm - 7 pm
Affected: Applications using PostgreSQL service
Impact: PostgreSQL service temporäry not available
Message-Id: 202302131638
Time: 14.02.2023, 01:15 pm – 14.02.2023, 04:15 pm
Affected: applications using ora5
Impact: during relocation of the server no data can written to the database or read from there
On Tuesday the 14.02.2023 the server 0ra5.gwdg.de will be [...]
As already announced in GWDG news 12/2022, our own Mastodon instance for AcademicCloud opens its doors today. All institutions and partners in the AcademicCloud network (institutes and universities in Lower Saxony, all Max Planck institutes and other selected partners) can [...]
With our scheduled maintenance of https://gwdg.de and https://academiccloud.de on 12/15/2022 starting at 5 pm, a new account management website has been released.
At https://id.academiccloud.de, we now provide a centralized way to manage account settings and enable additional services.
The [...]
No more operational messages about the status of a service at the GWDG will be published here.
Please use the link on the homepage via the RSS feed “Operating News” or go directly via https://status.gwdg.de. [...]
Message-Id: 202208300922
Time: uesday, the 30.08.2022 - 6:50 - 8:30
Affected: Users of GWDG Cloud Server Service
Impact: Management of cloud resources not possible
For reasons still unknown, the load balancer of the GWDG Cloud Server service lost its Virtual [...]
Message-Id: 202208251611
Time: permanent, from now on
Affected: Users of the vCenter
Impact: Longterm no access to
Dear VMware customers,
unfortunately some users are experiencing trouble with the permissions on the new RDS, please excuse these issues.
If you have [...]
Message-Id: 202208261110
Time: 27.08.2022 07:00 – 15:05
Affected: SharePoint Farm
Impact: All website collections were temporarily unavailable
As announced, GWDG SharePoint Farm maintenance has been carried out and has finished successfully.
All site collections are available again without any restrictions. [...]
Message-Id: 202208261431
Time: immeadiately
Affected: Users of ShareLaTeX/Overleaf
Impact: Code Editor problem solved
The display issue with the Code Editor has just been resolved with the help of official
support. Affected users simply need to reload their browser window.
The [...]
Message-Id: 202208261110
Time: 27.08.2022 07:00 – 18:00
Affected: SharePoint farm
Impact: All website collections will temporarily unavailable
The GWDG SharePoint farm will be under maintenance and will be not available. This will affect all Site-Collections starting with one of the [...]
Message-Id: 202208251611
Time: permanent, from now on
Affected: Users of the vCenter
Impact: Longterm no access to
Dear VMware customers,
you can and should use the new RDS (remote desktop server) vcenter.rds.gwdg.de from now
on.
The servers are web proxy [...]