Authentifizierung (RWTH Single Sign-On, MFA)

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Proxy - SW-Update

Maintenance
Mon 03/02/2026 09:00 AM - Mon 03/02/2026 10:00 AM

In the course of a software update, the individual proxies are restarted. Due to the HA implementation, there should be no failures. Affected are among others mail, WLAN VPN/Shibboleth (because of LDAP).

01.03.2026 16:00

Replacement of Central Data Center Switches

Maintenance
Tue 02/24/2026 04:00 PM - Tue 02/24/2026 07:15 PM

Due to the replacement of central switches in the data center at the Seffenter Weg and Wendlingweg locations, there may be brief outages of the services operated in the data center between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., or 10 p.m. at the latest.

As a result, authentication for Wi-Fi and VPN will also be temporarily unavailable, meaning that logging into Wi-Fi (eduroam, RWTH institutes, RWTH devices) and all VPN areas may be temporarily disrupted.

The maintenance will also affect various IT Center services, which may also experience brief outages. This message has been extended to the affected services.

02.02.2026 13:12
Updates

Die Wartung wurde erfolgreich beendet.

24.02.2026 19:20

Maintenance IdM system

Maintenance
Thu 02/19/2026 07:30 AM - Thu 02/19/2026 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts

If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

18.02.2026 16:11

Maintenance MySQL Database Server (MFA)

Maintenance
Tue 02/10/2026 07:00 AM - Tue 02/10/2026 07:30 AM

During the specified period maintenance work will be carried out on the IT Center's MFA MySQL databases. The databases will be unavailable for a total of approximately 15 minutes during this maintenance and new logins to services with RWTH Single Sign-On will not be possible. Existing sessions will remain intact.

23.01.2026 09:14

Proxy - SW-Update

Maintenance
Mon 02/02/2026 11:00 AM - Mon 02/02/2026 12:00 PM

In the course of a software update, the individual proxies are restarted. Due to the HA implementation, there should be no failures. Affected are among others mail, WLAN VPN/Shibboleth (because of LDAP).

02.02.2026 08:58

Maintenance IdM system

Maintenance
Thu 01/22/2026 07:30 AM - Thu 01/22/2026 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts

If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

20.01.2026 15:38

Partial malfunction shibboleth

Partial Outage
Wed 01/14/2026 02:45 PM - Wed 01/14/2026 03:00 PM

Technical issues may result in the error message ‘Service unavailable’ appearing.

14.01.2026 15:05

RWTH Single Sign-On partially disrupted

Partial Outage
Mon 12/01/2025 02:30 PM - Mon 12/01/2025 03:12 PM

The RWTH Single Sign-On is currently experiencing partial disruption.

We are aware of the partial disruption and are already working on a solution.

01.12.2025 15:11

Email token (SSO-MFA) is currently not working

Partial Outage
Tue 11/25/2025 12:00 PM - Tue 11/25/2025 01:18 PM

Unfortunately, the second factor, “email,” is currently not working, and when you select the token, you will receive the following error message:

“Authentication failed! None of the selected tokens are available.”

Our technical department is aware of the issue and is already working on a solution.

In the meantime, please use other token types to authenticate yourself with RWTH Single SignOn.

25.11.2025 12:56

Access to certain services via RWTH Single Sign-On not possible

Partial Outage
Thu 11/20/2025 05:15 PM - Mon 11/24/2025 08:51 AM

Currently, access via RWTH Single Sign-On is not possible for the some services, e.g.:

The problem has been identified and will be fixed shortly.

21.11.2025 09:06
Updates

RWTHmoodle is accessible again.

21.11.2025 13:46

MailAdm is available now

21.11.2025 15:33

MoveOn login works again

21.11.2025 15:43

Access to the aforementioned systems has been restored. Other services may still be affected at this time.

21.11.2025 16:36

Deployment of configuration ServiceProviderManager

Notice
Thu 11/20/2025 05:15 PM - Fri 11/21/2025 05:15 PM

The configuration deployment finished today at 05:07 pm.

20.11.2025 17:15

Deployment of configuration ServiceProviderManager

Notice
Wed 11/19/2025 05:04 PM - Thu 11/20/2025 05:04 PM

The configuration deployment planned for today has been postponed until tomorrow afternoon.

19.11.2025 17:05

Maintenance IdM system

Maintenance
Thu 11/20/2025 07:30 AM - Thu 11/20/2025 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts

If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

19.11.2025 16:26

Zoom login malfunction

Partial Outage
Wed 10/29/2025 12:45 PM - Wed 10/29/2025 01:50 PM

Currently, logging in to Zoom via RWTH Single Sign-On is not working. A solution is currently under development.

29.10.2025 13:22
Updates

Logging in to Zoom is working again.

29.10.2025 14:10

Maintenance IdM system

Maintenance
Thu 10/23/2025 07:30 AM - Thu 10/23/2025 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts

If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

22.10.2025 13:35

Maintenance MySQL Database Server (MFA)

Maintenance
Tue 10/07/2025 07:00 AM - Tue 10/07/2025 07:15 AM

During the specified period maintenance work will be carried out on the IT Center's MFA MySQL databases. The databases will be unavailable for a total of approximately 15 minutes during this maintenance and new logins to services with RWTH Single Sign-On will not be possible. Existing sessions will remain intact.

17.09.2025 12:59
Updates

Die Wartung ist beendet.

07.10.2025 07:18

System overload due to semester change

Partial Outage
Tue 09/30/2025 06:00 AM - Sun 10/05/2025 06:00 PM

The transfer of large amounts of data at the end of the semester is currently putting a strain on the system. This may result in the following effects:
- Delayed response times when using Selfservice, ConnectMe, and PasswordReset
- Delay in creating Tokens for Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data, especially when redeeming ConnectMe coupons
- Delays in assigning permissions and roles
Changes made and data will not be lost, but may be processed more slowly and displayed correctly at a later stage.
Please be patient and refer to our current status messages for new information.

30.09.2025 09:28

Wartung IdM System

Maintenance
Thu 09/18/2025 07:30 AM - Thu 09/18/2025 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts
If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

17.09.2025 10:42

Proxy - SW-Update

Maintenance
Wed 09/17/2025 12:00 PM - Wed 09/17/2025 01:00 PM

In the course of a software update, the individual proxies are restarted. Due to the HA implementation, there should be no failures. Affected are among others mail, WLAN VPN/Shibboleth (because of LDAP).

17.09.2025 09:44

Proxy - SW-Update

Maintenance
Thu 09/11/2025 12:00 PM - Thu 09/11/2025 01:00 PM

In the course of a software update, the individual proxies are restarted. Due to the HA implementation, there should be no failures. Affected are among others mail, WLAN VPN/Shibboleth (because of LDAP).

11.09.2025 09:36

Data Protection Incident on 11.8.2025

Notice
Tue 08/12/2025 10:15 AM - Thu 09/04/2025 11:55 PM

Due to an unintentional configuration error, a data protection incident occurred on Monday, 11 August 2025, between 11:36 and 11:58 a.m. (or, in the context of RWTHmoodle, until approximately 12:40 p.m.):
Logged-in users may have been able to view the data of other logged-in users.
The following services are affected (analysis is ongoing):
- RWTHmoodle
- Git-Ce
- RWTHgpt
- Sciebo (only data in MySciebo)
- GigaMove
Affected persons will be informed separately by email.
If you have any questions, please contact our IT Service Desk (servicedesk@itc.rwth-aachen.de).

12.08.2025 10:22
Updates

The analysis has already been completed for most of the affected services. The affected users have been identified and informed by us. Once the analysis has been finalised, we will provide another update here.

26.08.2025 14:21

Wartung IdM System

Maintenance
Thu 08/21/2025 07:30 AM - Thu 08/21/2025 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts
If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

20.08.2025 10:49

Maintenance MySQL Database Server (MFA)

Maintenance
Tue 07/29/2025 07:00 AM - Tue 07/29/2025 07:30 AM

During the specified period maintenance work will be carried out on the IT Center's MFA MySQL databases. The databases will be unavailable for a total of approximately 15 minutes during this maintenance and new logins to services with RWTH Single Sign-On will not be possible. Existing sessions will remain intact.

23.07.2025 11:23

Login not possible

Outage
Tue 07/22/2025 11:30 AM - Tue 07/22/2025 11:44 AM

RWTH Single Sign-On login ist not possible at the moment.
Existing sessions are not affected.
We are working on fixing the problem.

22.07.2025 11:37
Updates

The problem has been solved.

22.07.2025 11:45

Wartung IdM System

Maintenance
Thu 07/17/2025 07:30 AM - Thu 07/17/2025 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts
If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

16.07.2025 15:08

Altes Ticket ohne Titel

Partial Outage
Sat 07/05/2025 12:15 PM - Sat 07/05/2025 12:45 PM

There were disruptions to RWTH Single Sign-On in some cases during the specified period . After entering your login details, the screen loads and then an Internal Server Error appears. This affects all services that use the RWTH Single Sign-On login.

07.07.2025 11:45

Maintenance MySQL Database Server

Maintenance
Tue 07/01/2025 07:00 AM - Tue 07/01/2025 07:10 AM

Maintenance work will be carried out on the IT Center's MySQL database servers during the specified period. The MySQL databases hosted by the IT Center will be unavailable for a total of approx. 15 minutes during this maintenance.
This also affects dependent services of the IT Center that use these MySQL databases, i.e. multi-factor authentication (MFA) and Icinga
Due to the great importance of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for the work processes at RWTH, the work on the MFA-related databases is carried out directly at the start of maintenance. Accordingly, MFA will not be available between 7:00 and probably 7:20 am. During this period, new logins to services with RWTH Single Sign-On are not possible. Existing sessions will be preserved.

27.05.2025 10:25
Updates

Die Wartung ist beendet.

01.07.2025 07:08

Login via RWTH Single Sign-On not working

Outage
Thu 06/26/2025 03:45 PM - Thu 06/26/2025 04:16 PM

There are currently disruptions to RWTH Single Sign-On. After entering your login details, the screen loads and then an Internal Server Error appears. This affects all services that use the RWTH Single Sign-On login.
The specialist department has been informed and is working to resolve the issue.

26.06.2025 15:53
Updates

The problem has been fixed.

26.06.2025 16:16

Proxy - SW-Update

Maintenance
Thu 06/26/2025 03:00 PM - Thu 06/26/2025 04:00 PM

In the course of a software update, the individual proxies are restarted. Due to the HA implementation, there should be no failures. Affected are among others mail, WLAN VPN/Shibboleth (because of LDAP).

26.06.2025 12:46

Wartung IdM System

Maintenance
Tue 06/17/2025 07:30 AM - Tue 06/17/2025 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts
If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

16.06.2025 17:32

Routing über neue XWiN-Router

Maintenance
Tue 06/10/2025 09:00 PM - Tue 06/10/2025 10:13 PM

During this period, the routing of the previous XWiN routers (Nexus 7700) will be switched to the new XWiN routers (Catalyst 9600). These routers are essential for RWTH's network connection. This changeover also requires the migration of the DFN connection, which is switched redundantly to Frankfurt and Hannover, and the RWTH firewall to the new systems.
There will be complete or partial outages of the external connection during the maintenance window. All RWTH services (e.g. VPN, email, RWTHonline, RWTHmoodle) will not be available during this period. The accessibility of services within the RWTH network will be temporarily unavailable due to limited DNS functionality.

07.05.2025 12:47
Updates

Der Uplink nach Frankfurt wurde erfolgreich auf das neue System geschwenkt.

10.06.2025 21:07

Umbau des Uplinks nach Hannover beginnt.

10.06.2025 21:36

Uplink nach Hannover auf das neue System umgezogen.

10.06.2025 21:45

BGP v4/v6 nach Frankfurt und Hannover sind nun über die neue Routern funktional.

10.06.2025 21:57

Es stehen noch ein paar kleinere Nacharbeiten an.

10.06.2025 22:03

Wartung ist abgeschlossen. Der Datenverkehr läuft nun vollständig über die neuen Router!

10.06.2025 22:12

Problematik mit der Anbindung zur Physik identifiziert, Lösung erfolgt morgen früh.

10.06.2025 23:50

RWTH Single Sign-On login currently unavailable

Partial Outage
Tue 06/03/2025 02:00 PM - Tue 06/03/2025 05:00 PM

There is currently a problem with the RWTH Single Sign-On login. New logins are not possible.

03.06.2025 14:08
Updates

The problem has been solved.

03.06.2025 17:01

E-Mail token out of order

Partial Outage
Sat 05/31/2025 08:25 PM - Mon 06/02/2025 09:50 AM

Zurzeit ist es nicht möglich, einen Einmal Sicherheitscode über den E-Mail-Token zu generieren.
Die zuständige Stelle ist informiert und arbeitet bereits an der Lösung.
Bitte verwenden Sie zur Authentifizierung einen anderen Token.
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02.06.2025 08:23
Updates

The problem has been solved.

02.06.2025 14:55

Wartung IdM System

Maintenance
Thu 05/22/2025 07:00 AM - Thu 05/22/2025 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts
If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

21.05.2025 14:01

Wartung des RWTH Single Sign-On

Maintenance
Wed 05/21/2025 03:00 PM - Wed 05/21/2025 04:30 PM

In der angegebenen Zeit findet ein Update unseres MFA-Backends statt. Während dieser Zeit können neue RWTH Single Sign-On Sitzungen mit MFA nicht gestartet werden. Weiterhin sind neue VPN-Sessions nicht möglich. Bestehende Sitzungen (SSO & VPN) bleiben unbeeinträchtigt aktiv.
Aufgrund von fehlenden Policies konnten nicht alle Token gefunden werden und es kam zu Problem bei der Anmeldung.

16.05.2025 11:06

Wartung RWTH Single Sign-On

Maintenance
Wed 05/07/2025 04:00 PM - Wed 05/07/2025 04:30 PM

Bitte beachten Sie, dass der RWTH Single Sign-On (SSO) während der oben genannten Zeit aufgrund geplanter Wartungsarbeiten für wenige Sekunden nicht verfügbar sein wird.
Betroffene Dienste: Alle Anwendungen, die den SSO verwenden.
Auswirkungen: Es können keine neuen Sitzungen gestartet werden und bestehende Sitzungen sind nicht nutzbar. Nutzerinnen und Nutzer in bereits geöffneten Anwendungen können jedoch bis zu ihrem Logout normal weiterarbeiten.
Während der Wartung sehen Sie eine entsprechende Wartungsseite.

06.05.2025 10:13

Wartung IdM System

Maintenance
Wed 04/16/2025 07:30 AM - Wed 04/16/2025 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts
If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

15.04.2025 09:56

Authentifizierung (RWTH Single Sign-On, MFA)

Outage
Wed 04/09/2025 11:05 AM - Wed 04/09/2025 11:20 AM

There are currently sporadic failures of the RWTH Single Sign-On and the MFA.

09.04.2025 11:22

Wartung IdM System

Maintenance
Thu 03/20/2025 07:30 AM - Thu 03/20/2025 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts
If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

19.03.2025 13:56

Wartung: Proxy - Update des SW-Image für die Appliance

Warning
Wed 03/19/2025 03:00 PM - Wed 03/19/2025 04:00 PM

After the necessary preparatory work (replacement of the SFPs), the operating system relevant to the appliance can now be updated. No interruption of services is to be expected due to the redundancy/HA setup.

11.03.2025 09:14

Maintenance MySQL Database Server Network

Maintenance
Tue 03/18/2025 03:00 PM - Tue 03/18/2025 03:30 PM

Maintenance work will be carried out on the IT Center's MySQL database servers network during the specified period. The MySQL databases hosted by the IT Center will be unavailable for a total of approx. 20 minutes during this maintenance.
This also affects dependent services of the IT Center that use these MySQL databases, i.e. MFA, Icinga, Hiwi Portal among others.
During maintenance, new logins to the VPN and to services with RWTH Single Sign-On are temporarily not possible. If you are already logged in, these sessions will remain active during maintenance. We kindly ask you to take this into account in your work processes.

24.02.2025 12:12
Updates

Die Wartung ist beendet.

18.03.2025 15:31

Proxy - SW-Update

Maintenance
Thu 02/27/2025 04:15 PM - Thu 02/27/2025 06:00 PM

In the course of a software update, the individual proxies are restarted. Due to the HA implementation, there should be no failures. Affected are among others mail, WLAN VPN/Shibboleth (because of LDAP).

27.02.2025 08:52
Updates

must be postponed/repeated due to problems

27.02.2025 14:31

neuer Versuch
nre try

27.02.2025 16:22

Proxy - Nacharbeiten zum gestrigen HW Test

Maintenance
Fri 02/21/2025 02:15 PM - Fri 02/21/2025 03:00 PM

After yesterday's hardware work, combined with a software upgrade, the software used still needs to be adapted today
The work on the standby system alone should not lead to any interruption of services.

21.02.2025 14:06

Proxy - HW Test

Maintenance
Thu 02/20/2025 03:00 PM - Thu 02/20/2025 04:30 PM

As parts of the hardware currently in use led to massive malfunctions during a software upgrade of the appliance itself some time ago, alternative/new components will be tested on the inactive system during this appointment.
Working on the standby system alone should not result in any interruption of services.

19.02.2025 15:49

Wartung IdM System

Maintenance
Thu 02/20/2025 07:30 AM - Thu 02/20/2025 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts
If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

11.02.2025 16:47

Kurze SSO-Störung

Outage
Wed 02/12/2025 08:25 PM - Wed 02/12/2025 09:00 PM

This evening around 20:25 - 21:00 there was a performance low in the SSO service and was checked by the specialist department during this time. The problem has been solved and fast logins without waiting times are possible again.

12.02.2025 21:41

Probleme Single Sign-On Anmeldung

Partial Outage
Thu 02/06/2025 08:00 AM - Thu 02/06/2025 08:28 AM

There may currently be problems with the single sign-on login. We are already working on a solution.

06.02.2025 08:18

Maintenance MySQL Database Server

Maintenance
Mon 02/03/2025 07:00 AM - Mon 02/03/2025 07:17 AM

Maintenance work will be carried out on the IT Center's MySQL database servers during the specified period. The MySQL databases hosted by the IT Center will be unavailable for a total of approx. 15 minutes during this maintenance.
This also affects dependent services of the IT Center that use these MySQL databases, i.e. MFA, Icinga, Hiwi Portal among others.
Due to the great importance of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for the work processes of the RWTH, the work on the MFA-related databases will be carried out directly at the beginning of the maintenance. Accordingly, MFA will probably not be available between 7:00 and 7:20 am. During this period, new logins to the VPN and to services with RWTH Single Sign-On are not possible. If you are already logged in, these sessions will remain active during maintenance. We kindly ask you to take this into account in your work processes.

23.01.2025 11:15
Updates

Die Wartung ist beendet.

03.02.2025 07:23

Proxy - SW-Update

Maintenance
Thu 01/16/2025 09:00 AM - Thu 01/16/2025 10:00 AM

In the course of a software update, the individual proxies are restarted. Due to the HA implementation, there should be no failures. Affected are among others mail, WLAN VPN/Shibboleth (because of LDAP).

15.01.2025 14:51

Wartung IdM System

Maintenance
Thu 12/19/2024 07:30 AM - Thu 12/19/2024 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts
If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

17.12.2024 10:36

Maintenance MySQL Database Server

Maintenance
Tue 12/17/2024 07:00 AM - Tue 12/17/2024 07:10 AM

During the specified period, maintenance work will be carried out on some of the IT Center's MySQL database servers. The MySQL databases hosted on these servers will be unavailable for a short time during this maintenance.
This also affects dependent services of the IT Center that use these MySQL databases, i.e. MFA, Icinga and Hiwi Portal.
Due to the high importance of multifactor authentication (MFA) for the work processes of the RWTH, we would like to point out that MFA will not be available for a short time between 07:00 and probably 07:10. During this period new logins to services with RWTH Single Sign-On are not possible.

05.12.2024 14:47

Single sign-on and MFA mailfunction

Partial Outage
Wed 12/11/2024 08:00 AM - Wed 12/11/2024 09:30 AM

At the moment, single sign-on and multi-factor authentication are sporadically disrupted. We are already working on a solution and ask for your patience.

11.12.2024 08:12

Proxy - SW-Update

Maintenance
Wed 12/04/2024 12:00 PM - Wed 12/04/2024 12:30 PM

In the course of a software update, the individual proxies are restarted. Due to the HA implementation, there should be no failures. Affected are among others mail, WLAN VPN/Shibboleth (because of LDAP).

04.12.2024 09:11

Malfunction RWTH Single Sign-On

Outage
Fri 11/22/2024 01:19 PM - Fri 11/22/2024 01:21 PM

For a short period of time (approx. two minutes) today, login via the RWTH Single Sign-On and thus access to the connected services was disrupted.

22.11.2024 15:47

Temporary Loss of Services Due to Defective Hardware

Outage
Thu 11/21/2024 09:45 AM - Thu 11/21/2024 04:45 PM

Due to problems with the load balancers (F5), the majority of services such as RWTHmoodle, RWTH Single Sign-On, RWTH E-Mail etc. and all services behind the RWTH Single Sign-On are disrupted.

21.11.2024 11:12
Updates

A technician from the manufacturer has now also been called in to solve the problem.

21.11.2024 12:40

The fault has been rectified. However, there may still be delays in delivery or receipt.

21.11.2024 16:56

Wartung IdM System

Maintenance
Thu 11/21/2024 07:30 AM - Thu 11/21/2024 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts
If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

31.10.2024 18:20

Proxy - SW-Update

Maintenance
Thu 11/21/2024 08:00 AM - Thu 11/21/2024 10:00 AM

In the course of a software update, the individual proxies are restarted. Due to the HA implementation, there should be no failures. Affected are among others mail, WLAN VPN/Shibboleth (because of LDAP).

13.11.2024 14:53

Interruption of the Login via RWTH Single Sign-On

Maintenance
Tue 11/12/2024 03:00 PM - Tue 11/12/2024 03:30 PM

Due to database maintenance, login to applications protected by RWTH Single Sign-On (e.g. RWTHonline, RWTHmoodle, Selfservice, SAP) will not be possible for a short time during the specified period.
Please log in to the application in which you would like to work during this period before the maintenance.
We assume that the interruption of the login will last about five minutes.

07.11.2024 16:24

Maintenance MySQL Database Server

Maintenance
Tue 10/22/2024 07:00 AM - Tue 10/22/2024 07:25 AM

Maintenance work will be carried out on the IT Center's MySQL database servers during the specified period. The MySQL databases hosted by the IT Center will be unavailable for a total of approx. 15 minutes during this maintenance.
This also affects dependent services of the IT Center that use these MySQL databases, i.e. MFA, SeviRe, Mailadm, Gigamove, Jards, RWTHblog, among others.
Due to the great importance of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for the work processes at RWTH, the work on the MFA-related databases is carried out directly at the start of maintenance. Accordingly, MFA will not be available between 7:00 and probably 7:20 am. During this period, new logins to services with RWTH Single Sign-On are not possible.

16.10.2024 14:12
Updates

Die Wartung ist beendet.

22.10.2024 07:24

Short problems while using RWTH Single Sign-On

Maintenance
Mon 10/07/2024 04:00 PM - Mon 10/07/2024 04:30 PM

For a short period of time, there was an error while using RWTH Single Sign-On.
The problem has been solved.

07.10.2024 16:03

Proxy - SW-Update

Maintenance
Fri 09/27/2024 12:00 PM - Fri 09/27/2024 01:00 PM

In the course of a software update, the individual proxies are restarted. Due to the HA implementation, there should be no failures. Affected are among others mail, WLAN VPN/Shibboleth (because of LDAP).

27.09.2024 09:55

Wartungsarbeiten MySQL Datenbankserver

Partial Maintenance
Tue 09/24/2024 07:00 AM - Tue 09/24/2024 07:20 AM

Im angegebenen Zeitraum werden Wartungsarbeiten an den MySQL-Datenbankservern des IT Centers durchgeführt. Einige der vom IT Center gehosteten MySQL Datenbanken werden während dieser Wartung für insgesamt ca. 15 Minuten nicht zur Verfügung stehen.
Betroffen davon sind auch abhängige Services des IT Centers, welche diese MySQL Datenbanken verwenden, d.h. unter anderem Hiwi Portal und MFA.

17.09.2024 10:22
Updates

Die Wartung ist beendet.

24.09.2024 07:19

Expired certificate

Outage
Mon 09/23/2024 08:00 AM - Mon 09/23/2024 09:03 AM

Due to the expired certificate for idm.rwth-aachen.de, no IdM applications and the applications that use RWTH Single Sign-On can be accessed.
We are working on a solution.
- An insecure connection message is displayed when calling up IdM applications.
- When calling up applications with access via RWTH Single Sign-On, a message about missing authorisations is displayed.

23.09.2024 08:11
Updates

The certificate has been updated and the applications can be accessed again. Please delete the browser cache before accessing the pages again.

23.09.2024 09:06

Wartung IdM System

Maintenance
Thu 09/19/2024 07:30 AM - Thu 09/19/2024 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts
If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

12.09.2024 09:57

Wartung

Maintenance
Wed 09/11/2024 12:00 AM - Wed 09/11/2024 12:05 AM

Aufgrund einer Wartung wird MFA im angegebenen Zeitraum nicht zur Verfügung stehen. Bestehende Browser Sessions sind von der Wartung nicht betroffen.

11.09.2024 11:04
Updates

The announced maintenance on 12.09.2024 from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. will not be carried out. A new date will be arranged.

11.09.2024 15:24

Wartung IdM System

Partial Maintenance
Mon 08/26/2024 09:00 AM - Mon 08/26/2024 10:00 AM

At this time, changes are made to a central component of the IdM system. During maintenance, the IdM services will not be available for a short time. If you receive an error message, please try the desired process again.

21.08.2024 13:59

Hosts of RWTH Aachen University partly not accessible from networks of other providers

Partial Outage
Sat 08/24/2024 08:15 PM - Sun 08/25/2024 09:00 PM

Due to DNS disruption, the name servers of various providers are currently not returning an IP address for hosts under *.rwth-aachen.de.
As a workaround, you can store alternative DNS servers in your connection settings, e.g. the Level3-Nameserver (4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.1) or Comodo (8.26.56.26 und 8.20.247.20). It may also be possible to reach the RWTH VPN server, in which case please use VPN.

25.08.2024 10:34
Updates

Instructions for configuring an alternative DNS server under Windows can be found via the following links:
https:
www.ionos.de/digitalguide/server/konfiguration/windows-11-dns-aendern/
https:
www.netzwelt.de/galerie/25894-dns-einstellungen-windows-10-11-aendern.html
You can also use VPN as an alternative. If you cannot reach the VPN server, you can adjust the host file under Windows according to the following instructions. This will allow you to reach the server vpn.rwth-aachen.de. To do this, the following entry must be added:
134.130.5.231 vpn.rwth-aachen.de
https:
www.windows-faq.de/2022/10/04/windows-11-hosts-datei-bearbeiten/

25.08.2024 13:20

The hosts of RWTH Aachen University can now be reached again from outside the RWTH network.

25.08.2024 21:10

Individual users may have experienced problems even after the fault was rectified on 25 August at 9 pm. On 26.8. at 9 a.m. all follow-up work was completed, so there should be no further problems.

26.08.2024 15:25

Wartung SSO

Maintenance
Fri 08/23/2024 09:30 AM - Fri 08/23/2024 11:00 AM

In der angegebenen Zeit findet eine Wartung am RWTH Single Sign-On statt. Es wird mit keiner Dienstunterbrechung oder -störung gerechnet. Bitte versuchen Sie im Falle einer Fehlermeldung den Login erneut.

22.08.2024 09:52

Wartung IdM System

Maintenance
Thu 08/22/2024 07:30 AM - Thu 08/22/2024 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts
If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

09.08.2024 16:28

Wartung RWTH Single Sign-On

Maintenance
Wed 08/21/2024 09:00 AM - Wed 08/21/2024 11:00 AM

In der angegebenen Zeit findet eine Wartung am RWTH Single Sign-On statt. Es wird mit keiner Dienstunterbrechung oder -störung gerechnet. Bitte versuchen Sie im Falle einer Fehlermeldung den Login erneut.

13.08.2024 09:16
Updates

Die Wartung muss leider verlängert werden. Es ist weiterhin mit keinen Einschränkungen zu rechnen.

21.08.2024 10:00

Störung SSO

Outage
Wed 08/07/2024 01:35 PM - Wed 08/07/2024 01:40 PM

Derzeit gibt es eine Störung bei der Anmeldungen über das RWTH Single Sign-On. An der Behebung wird gearbeitet.

07.08.2024 13:39
Updates

Die Störung ist behoben.

07.08.2024 13:43

vCenter Server

Outage
Wed 07/24/2024 07:00 AM - Wed 07/24/2024 12:15 PM

Aufgrund von Erneuerung der SSL Zertifikate wird der vCenter Server im genannten Zeitraum teilweise kurzzeitig nicht erreichbar sein.
Alle VMs laufen wie gewohnt weiter und die Erreichbarkeit der darauf laufenden Dienste wird NICHT durch diese Wartung beeinträchtigt werden. Lediglich die Funktionen des HTML5 Clients für das Management ihrer VMs werden nicht verfügbar sein, da Sie sich während der Wartung nicht am vCenter Server einloggen können.

19.07.2024 10:57
Updates

Während der Wartung ist es zu Fehlern gekommen, sodass die Wartung verlängert werden muss.

24.07.2024 08:47

---englisch version below---
Due to maintenance, some servers are currently unavailable.
There are temporary connection problems with some services.

24.07.2024 11:38

Multifactor-Authentication for the RWTH Single Sign-On

Warning
Tue 07/02/2024 07:45 AM - Tue 07/16/2024 12:00 AM

Since July 2, 2024, the RWTH Single Sign-On (SSO) and the login of all SSO-connected services is protected with multifactor-authentication (MFA). In addition to an individual password, users must now enter a second factor when logging in. The second factor must be generated in Selfservice [1] via the Token Manager. Further information can be found on IT Center Help [2] and the IT Center Blog [3].
[1] http:
www.rwth-aachen.de/selfservice
[2] https:
help.itc.rwth-aachen.de/service/0f861f53818c44e9a5df6ea7b244dacd/article/b084004d1bcf40a3be00f456f3e4a543/
[3] https:
blog.rwth-aachen.de/itc/en/tag/mfa/

02.07.2024 08:20

Login via RWTH Single Sign-On Partially Not Possible

Notice
Tue 07/02/2024 10:30 AM - Wed 07/03/2024 01:55 PM

Unfortunately, the login via the RWTH Single Sign-On and thus into the connected services is currently only successful in individual cases.
If you receive an error message, please try to log in again in about an hour.
People who are already successfully logged in are not affected by the disruption.

02.07.2024 11:27
Updates

The servers are currently at full capacity. We therefore ask you to try to log in at a later time (approx. in one hour). We are working on a solution to the problem.

02.07.2024 11:59

Through various measures, which have significantly increased the overall performance of the servers, the loading difficulties and login problems were resolved around 3 pm.
For the time being, the message remains as a note, as we continue to monitor the load on the system.

02.07.2024 17:03

The login to the RWTH Single Sign-On is stabilized. For this reason, we are ending this notice.

03.07.2024 13:57

Wartung IdM System

Maintenance
Thu 05/23/2024 07:30 AM - Thu 05/23/2024 02:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts
If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

22.05.2024 17:37

Proxy - SW-Update

Maintenance
Tue 05/07/2024 12:00 PM - Tue 05/07/2024 01:00 PM

In the course of a software update, the individual proxies are restarted. Due to the HA implementation, there should be no failures. Affected are among others mail, WLAN VPN/Shibboleth (because of LDAP).

07.05.2024 10:26

Proxy - SW-Update

Maintenance
Thu 04/25/2024 12:00 PM - Thu 04/25/2024 01:00 PM

In the course of a software update, the individual proxies are restarted. Due to the HA implementation, there should be no failures. Affected are among others mail, WLAN VPN/Shibboleth (because of LDAP).

25.04.2024 08:38

Proxy - SW-Update

Maintenance
Mon 04/08/2024 02:00 PM - Mon 04/08/2024 03:00 PM

In the course of a software update, the individual proxies are restarted. Due to the HA implementation, there should be no failures. Affected are among others mail, WLAN VPN/Shibboleth (because of LDAP).

08.04.2024 11:25

Wartung IdM System

Maintenance
Thu 03/21/2024 07:30 AM - Thu 03/21/2024 01:00 PM

During this period, the system undergoes regular maintenance. From the user's perspective, the following short-term effects may occur temporarily during the maintenance period:
- Limited functionality and availability of SelfService, ConnectMe and PasswordReset
- Delays when creating new accounts and updating personal data
- Delays in the assignment of authorizations and roles
- Interference with new Shibboleth logins
- Limited functionality and availability of RWTHcontacts, RWTH directory of people, RWTH directory of organizations, and UKAcontacts
If a login via Shibboleth (RWTH Single Sign-On) fails during maintenance, we ask users to repeat the login attempt. Existing Shibboleth sessions are not affected by the maintenance.

20.03.2024 20:16