Friday, July 9, 2021
What is happening? Shibboleth SAML identity provider (https://idp.uwaterloo.ca/), one of the University’s application authentication tools, is being upgraded from version 4.0.1 to 4.1.2.
When is this happening? The upgrade will start on Tuesday, July 20 at 7:00 a.m. and will take a few hours to complete.
What is the impact?
- During the upgrade, the service should remain largely available. Some authentications may fail when service nodes are taken offline or returned to service.
- After the upgrade, users accessing Shibboleth supported applications will be redirected to authenticate using the ADFS login page.
What do users need to do? Owners of Shibboleth supported applications should test each application’s authentication after the maintenance time above. Any issues found during testing should be reported to rt@uwaterloo.ca.
Questions or concerns? Please contact the IST Service Desk, helpdesk@uwaterloo.ca, ext. 44357.