#  IAM Authentication & Authorization Services Team to upgrade HarvardKey’s Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP) 

 





October 30, 2024

 

 

 The IAM Authentication & Authorization Services Team will upgrade HarvardKey’s Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP) on **Tuesday, November 19th from 7am to 8am**. To prepare, we are conducting a test run on **Tuesday, November 12th from 7am to 8am**. Your participation in testing is essential to ensure a seamless transition.

##  What is Changing?

- HarvardKey’s Shibboleth IdP will be upgraded to enhance security and apply critical bug fixes.

##  Impact

- We expect no interruption to HarvardKey authentication, as the upgrade uses a DNS change.

##  Action Items for Application Owners

 Please read and take the following actions to help us ensure a smooth transition:

1. Test-Run on **November 12th, 7:00am - 8:00am**
    
    
    - During this window, we will temporarily switch to the upgraded Shibboleth IdP version. Please log in to your applications and confirm they are working as expected.
    - If you encounter any issues, join us on our Zoom conference bridge (Details were emailed to IAM-Auth-Services mailing list) or post in #iam-public on Harvard Enterprise Slack to report
2. Final Upgrade on November 19th, 7:00am - 8:00am
    
    
    - This will be the permanent switch. As with the test-run, we ask that you promptly report any issues during the change window using the Zoom conference bridge (Details were emailed to IAM-Auth-Services mailing list) or following the change window by emailing [iam\_help@harvard.edu](mailto:iam_help@harvard.edu) or post in #iam-public on Harvard Enterprise Slack.

 **Change Freeze for HarvardKey SAML Registrations (11/12 - 11/19)**

 To streamline configuration management across Shibboleth versions, IAM will implement a change freeze for SAML registrations from the test run on 11/12 until the production release on 11/19. New registrations and updates to existing SAML registrations will resume on the regular weekly schedule after this release.

 Thank you for your collaboration in ensuring a successful upgrade! Please don’t hesitate to reach out via Slack or at [iam\_help@harvard.edu](mailto:iam_help@harvard.edu) if you have any questions.



 

 

 



 

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