News, Events & Announcements
Stavros Ladas
Janina Mincer-Daszkiewicz
Monika Płatek (Unlicensed)
This section contains the latest news, events and announcements relevant to the technical community of the EWP Network, like changes in APIs, the sharing of commonly encountered bugs in implementations, security alerts, scheduled service breaks, and information on events, such as Infrastructure Forum meetings, technical workshops, conferences.
The technical community's most important news and announcements are also shared via the EWP providers mailing list.
News
Message from DG EAC | Date: 16/10/2024 |
DG EAC participated in the Infrastructure Forum meeting on 16/10/2024 and presented plans on evolution of the European Student Card Initiative (ESCI): . | |
Message from DG EAC | Date: 10/07/2024 |
DG EAC participated in the Infrastructure Forum meeting on 10/07/2024 and presented vision, tentative release plan and acceptable use policy: . | |
Message from DG EAC | Date: 12/06/2024 |
DG EAC participated in the Infrastructure Forum meeting on 12/06/2024 and presented priorities of actions in the EWP network relevant to the technical community: . | |
Mandatory Business Requirements for Nominations and Transcripts of Records | Date: 15/04/2024 |
Both documents have been written by the Erasmus Without Paper+ consortium and approved by DG EAC: Resources | Mandatory business requirements | |
Events
Consultation workshop on the next steps of the European Student Card Initiative | Date: 28-29/01/2025 |
This workshop is tailored for technical colleagues leading the work on connecting their student mobility management systems to EWP. The goals of the meeting will be to further build on the discussions that already took place at the Infrastructure Forum and bilaterally with DG EAC to:
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Announcements
Scheduled downtime of some central components of the EWP Network: DEV Stats Portal and Monitoring system, DEV Registration Portal, EWP DEMO Testbed.
Planned maintenance for DEV and PROD Registries | Date: 10/01/2025 9-10 a.m. CET (UTC+1) |
Due to scheduled technical maintenance, we expect several brief downtimes for two EWP network services, expected to last up 15 minutes combined, on Friday, January 10th, between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. CET (UTC+1).
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Possible downtimes of DEV, PROD Registries, Stats Portal, Monitoring System | Date: 8/01/2025 7-8 p.m. CET (UTC+1) |
Due to scheduled technical maintenance, we expect several brief downtimes, a couple of minutes each, of the EWP network services, on Wednesday, January 8th, between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. CET (UTC+1). You will be unable to access the corresponding web pages for a few minutes.
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Planned restart of the EWP DEV Registry Service | Date: 17/12/2024 10 a.m. CET (UTC+1) |
We expect a brief downtime of a few minutes of the EWP DEV Registry Service (https://dev-registry.erasmuswithoutpaper.eu) for upgrades, on Wednesday, Dec.17, 10 a.m. CET (UTC+1). DEV | |
Planned restart of the EWP DEV Registry Service | Date: 13/12/2024 10 a.m. CET (UTC+1) |
We expect a brief downtime of a few minutes of the EWP DEV Registry Service (https://dev-registry.erasmuswithoutpaper.eu) for upgrades, on Friday, Dec.13, 10 a.m. CET (UTC+1). DEV | |
Planned restart of the EWP DEV Registry Service | Date: 27/11/2024 10 a.m. CET (UTC+1) |
Due to a scheduled upgrade, we expect a brief downtime for DEV Registry Service (https://dev-registry.erasmuswithoutpaper.eu) on Tue, Nov. 27, at 10 a.m. CET (UTC+1). You will be unable to access the corresponding web pages for a few minutes. The system is for development purposes only. The downtime will not affect any real-life processes of the EWP network. | |
Planned restart of the EWP DEV Registry Service | Date: 26/11/2024 10 a.m. CET (UTC+1) |
Due to a scheduled upgrade, we expect a brief downtime for DEV Registry Service (https://dev-registry.erasmuswithoutpaper.eu) on Tue, Nov. 26, at 10 a.m. CET (UTC+1). You will be unable to access the corresponding web pages for a few minutes. The system is for development purposes only. The downtime will not affect any real-life processes of the EWP network. | |
Brief scheduled downtime of DEMO Testbed servers | Date: 29/10/2024 10-11 p.m. CET (UTC+1) |
There is a brief downtime scheduled for three of the EWP DEMO testbed servers on Tue, Oct. 29, some time between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. CET (UTC+1) due to updates to configuration. You will be unable to access the corresponding web pages for about ten minutes. The systems are for demonstration purposes only. The downtime will not affect any real-life processes of the EWP network. Systems affected:
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Planned restart of the EWP Registry Service | Date: 17/10/2024 10 a.m. CEST (UTC+2) |
Due to a scheduled restart, we expect a brief downtime of a few minutes of the EWP Registry Service (https://registry.erasmuswithoutpaper.eu) on Thursday, Oct.17, 10 a.m. CEST (UTC+2). The maintenance will have no impact on the operations of the EWP Network. | |
Brief scheduled downtime of DEMO Testbed servers | Date: 08/10/2024 1 p.m. CEST (UTC+2) |
Due to scheduled system upgrades, we expect a brief downtime of three of the DEMO Testbed services, on Tue, Sep. Oct. 8, at 1 p.m. CEST (UTC+2). You will be unable to access the corresponding web pages for a few minutes. Since these are demo servers, the maintenance will have no impact on real-life processes of the EWP network. Systems affected:
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Planned restarts of several EWP services | Date: 24/09/2024 1 p.m. CEST (UTC+2) |
Due to scheduled restarts, we expect a brief downtime for several EWP services on Tue, Sep. 24, at 1 p.m. CEST (UTC+2). The restarts have no impact on operations. You will be unable to access the corresponding web pages for a few minutes. Systems affected:
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EWP DEV STATS and DEV REGISTRATION PORTAL | Date: 08/08/2024 |
Attention! Change of schedule: instead of facing a continuous 36+ hr downtime, we opted to transfer the systems to a new platform, which will result in a reduced downtime. The transfer will take place on Thursday, 2024-08-08, sometime after 4 p.m. Apologies for the late notification. On the bright side, the expected downtime is expected to be about 1 hour. | |
EWP Network DEMO Testbed scheduled downtime | Date: 09/08/2024 - 10/08/2024 |
Due to scheduled service work in the server room power infrastructure, we expect a downtime of three servers of the EWP Network’s DEMO Testbed from Friday, August 9, 4:00 p.m. to Saturday, August 10, 11:00 p.m. Systems affected:
The systems are for demonstration purposes only. Their downtime will not affect any real-life processes of the EWP network. | |
EWP Network DEMO Testbed scheduled downtime | Date: 08/08/2024 |
Attention! Change of schedule: instead of facing a continuous 36+ hr downtime, we opted to transfer the systems to a new platform, which will result in a reduced downtime. The transfer will take place on Thursday, 2024-08-08, sometime after 4 p.m. CEST (UTC+2). Apologies for the late notification. On the bright side, the expected downtime is expected to be about 1 hour. | |
EWP DEV STATS and DEV REGISTRATION PORTAL | Date: 09/08/2024 - 10/08/2024 |
Due to scheduled service work in the server room power infrastructure, we expect a downtime of two pre-integration testing servers of the EWP Network, from Friday, August 9, 4:00 p.m. to Saturday, August 10, 11:00 p.m.
The systems are for pre-integration testing only. Their downtime will not affect any real-life processes of the EWP network. | |
EWP DEV STATS and DEV REGISTRATION PORTAL | Date: 08/08/2024 |
Attention! Change of schedule: instead of facing a continuous 36+ hr downtime, we opted to transfer the systems to a new platform, which will result in a reduced downtime. The transfer will take place on Thursday, 2024-08-08, sometime after 4 p.m. CEST (UTC+2). Apologies for the late notification. On the bright side, the expected downtime is expected to be about 1 hour. | |