FAS Research Computing - VPN concentrator rolling updates overnight – Maintenance details

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VPN concentrator rolling updates overnight

Completed
Scheduled for September 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM – 6:00 AM

Affects

Authentication

Under maintenance from 6:00 AM to 6:00 AM

FASRC VPN (@fasrc)

Under maintenance from 6:00 AM to 6:00 AM

FASSE VPN (@fasse)

Under maintenance from 6:00 AM to 6:00 AM

CEPR VPN (@cepr)

Under maintenance from 6:00 AM to 6:00 AM

Updates
  • Update
    September 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
    Completed
    September 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
    Maintenance has completed successfully
  • Completed
    September 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
    Completed
    September 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM

    Networking will be patching the VPN concentrators overnight. This will be done in a rolling order so that one ore more are always online.

    This may cause active VPN connections to drop, but they can be re-connected shortly after. ETA is one hour total.

  • Planned
    September 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
    Planned
    September 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM

    Networking will be patching the VPN concentrators overnight. This will be done in a rolling order so that one ore more are always online.

    This may cause active VPN connections to drop, but they can be re-connected shortly after. ETA is one hour total.