IAM production environments will be receiving quarterly updates and patches as described below. This is the first quarterly that is part of the new ITS patching schedule. Unlike previous quarterlies, updates are split between the Saturday and Sunday of the same weekend instead of Sundays that are two weeks apart.
Please read carefully, some of the planned work may impact you.
Saturday, October 19, 6:00 – 8:00 AM
- Production CAS
- OS updates will be applied
- Java will be updated to 1.8.0_212
- Tomcat will be updated to 8.5.43
- This should be transparent since the service is load balanced.
- Production Shibboleth
- OS updates will be applied.
- Java will be updated to 1.8.0_212
- Tomcat will be updated to 8.5.43
- This should be transparent since the service is load balanced.
Sunday, October 20, 6:00 – 8:00 AM
- Production Grouper (UH Groupings)
- OS and database updates will be applied.
- Java will be updated to 1.8.0_212
- Tomcat will be updated to 8.5.43
- Production LDAP
- OS and LDAP server patches will be applied.
- This should be transparent since the service is load balanced.
- You will need to restart your application if it maintains a persistent connection.
Sunday, October 20, 6:00 – 9:30 AM
- Production RabbitMQ (UH Message Broker, UHIMS Events)
- OS updates will be applied.
- The UH Message Broker will be upgraded to a clustered environment.
- You will need to restart your application if it maintains a persistent connection.
- Other services such as username requests, password changes, and other administrative applications which rely on our services may also be unavailable while our services are undergoing maintenance.
Quarterly patching is a necessary endeavor. We appreciate your patience and cooperation.
If you have any questions, please send them to <its-iam-help@lists.hawaii.edu>.