Legacy SCC usernames will no longer be able to use the HPC login and compute nodes starting in 2026. The GWDG Unix HOMEs and Tape Archive (AHOME) will no longer be accessible from the SCC Legacy island. SCC users that have not done so yet need to migrate to project-specific usernames (of the form u12345) via the HPC Project Portal.

Legacy SCC usernames are directly activated Uni Göttingen, UMG, MPG, and DPZ usernames that usually contain a part of the users first or last name. Their HOME...

Legacy HLRN/NHR usernames will no longer be able to use the HPC login and compute nodes and unmigrated legacy HLRN/NHR projects will not longer work starting in 2026. NHR users that have not done so yet need to migrate to project-specific usernames (of the form u12345) via the HPC Project Portal. Login with legacy HLRN/NHR usernames will no longer be possible.

The HOME, SCRATCH/WORK, and PERM directories of legacy HLRN/NHR usernames will be deleted at the start of 2027. The PROJECT,...

Discontinuation of Rocket.Chat, further extended End-of-Life phase

With Nov 1st, 2024 the service Rocket.Chat entered its end-of-life phase. Users of Rocket.Chat should act now (see below).

What changes during the end-of-life phase?

GWDG has stopped renewing the licensing of the service. With the expiration of the license some functionality of Rocket.Chat may be limited in the future. The most prominent limitations are:

• no more push notifications to mobile clients
• online presence...

Launch of the Matrix service

After the replacement of RocketChat with Matrix was announced and prepared in the last weeks and months, the Matrix service is now available for all GWDG customers.
Comprehensive information on how to use Matrix can be found at https://docs.chat.academiccloud.de/.

Why Matrix?

The goal of the transition was to continue offering a central, simple, widely accessible, and modern communication tool. Matrix offers various advantages in this regard. For example, the...