We’re in the process of troubleshooting an authentication issue for anything using MCS passwords. Stay tuned to https://twitter.com/celssys for updates. We’ll send an all-clear to this list when it’s rectified.

Occasionally, I’m going to use this list to spread some helpful tips we’ve come across. These will also be posted to our blog at https://mcssys.wordpress.com. Today’s edition has two topics, specifically for Mac Users (so I’m copying the mac-users mailing list as well). 1: WiFi at Argonne Some folks have been reporting connectivity issues on …

A maintenance window of our GitLab services has been planned for 2019-02-27 at 12:00 CST in order to update the software. GitLab services provided by gitlab.cels.anl.gov and xgitlab.cels.anl.gov will be unavailable during maintenance. Service is expected to be restored by 2019-02-27 13:00 CST, and may be available sooner than that. If this window poses undue …

As noted when we released the new compute nodes (see https://mcssys.wordpress.com/2018/12/14/mcs-environment-compute-nodes/), we’re going to be turning off the compute nodes these machines supplanted. Our goal was to turn these off before the break, but the best laid plans of mice and men, yada yada yada. Still, what must be done must be done, so, at …

Most of the authentication issues from yesterday were resolved fairly early, with the remainder of the day finding the outliers. As of this morning, we believe all systems are operating as expected. If you encounter problems, please let us know at [email protected]. We also put solutions in place to prevent this from happening again. Sorry …

We had an issue last night with an expired certificate that affected authentication across many aspects of the environment using MCS/CELS accounts. Argonne authentication is not affected. We’re still cleaning up the pieces, and will send an all-clear when we believe everything is set.

After a longer than expected maintenance process, the CELS GitLab services are again operational. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please let us know if you encounter any issues by emailing [email protected] – CELS Systems

Beginning work to update our GitLab services at https://gitlab.cels.anl.gov and https://xgitlab.cels.anl.gov Services will be disrupted during this maintenance window. Service is expected to be restored by 14:00 CST and may be available sooner than that. We will send a followup email upon completion of the work. – CELS Systems

A maintenance window of our GitLab services has been planned for 2019-02-06 at 12:00 CST in order to update the software. This maintenance window will be 2 hours, which is longer than our typical 1 hour window, to perform some necessary maintenance on the system. GitLab services provided by gitlab.cels.anl.gov and xgitlab.cels.anl.gov will be unavailable …

Maintenance of our GitLab services has been completed. Please let us know if you encounter any issues by emailing [email protected] – CELS Systems