NASA's Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC) will be performing necessary security maintenance on their database infrastructure that will require a temporary service outage. This maintenance ensures the continued security and reliability of our systems and is necessary to apply critical Red Hat Linux operating system and database security updates. These updates will address recently identified security vulnerabilities, enhancing the overall security posture of our database infrastructure and protecting NASA data.
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. ET
Systems Affected: All MySQL and PostgreSQL database services in Internal and DMZ environments
Expected Return to Service: 7:00 p.m. ET, Sept. 17, 2025
Preparatory Work Begins: 4:30 p.m. ET, Sept. 17, 2025
Service Interruption Begins: 5:00 p.m. ET
Expected Service Restoration: 7:00 p.m. ET
During the maintenance window, all affected database services will be unavailable. Any active connections will be terminated when maintenance begins.
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