Status
The GWDG is currently preparing to transition to a new SharePoint environment. During the migration phase, content will be transferred and related adjustments will be made to the system environment. For security reasons, access to the current SharePoint environment will be temporarily restricted during this transition phase starting August 10, 2026 for a few weeks to the intranet and connections via eduVPN only. We are aware that this will cause some inconvenience and, in particular, make...
The login node login.gwdg.de is currently out of service. Login2.gwdg.de is available as an alternative system.
The required patch for the Rancher environment is now available and will be applied on Monday, August 10, 2026, starting at 17:00 CEST.
Following successful completion of the maintenance work, the Rancher web interface can be reopened for regular operation.
We do not expect the patch to have any impact on existing clusters or workloads. However, as with maintenance of this kind, residual risks cannot be completely ruled out.
We will provide another update once the maintenance work has...
Information notices
The GWDG is currently preparing to transition to a new SharePoint environment. During the migration phase, content will be transferred and related adjustments will be made to the system environment. For security reasons, access to the current SharePoint environment will be temporarily restricted during this transition phase — starting August 10, 2026 — for a few weeks, allowing access only from the intranet and via eduVPN connections. We are aware that this will cause some inconvenience and,...
The LimeSurvey 3.x instance will be shut down on September 3, 2026, and will no longer be accessible after that date. After that, the survey service will be available exclusively through the LimeSurvey 6.x instance.
Surveys created on the LimeSurvey 3.x instance before December 2025 that have not yet been migrated to the new LimeSurvey 6.x instance will no longer be accessible after that date. Please ensure that all surveys you still need are migrated in a timely manner. You can find...
Past Incidents
This maintenance has been concluded as planned.
The certificate was renewed to resolve the issue. Once the certificate has been imported locally into B&R, backups should run successfully again on all systems. RPO warnings may occur; these can be ignored in this context.