Hi, So as you might be aware, on 18. May Micro Focus finally cuts us off from their infra, and that obviously also means new account system. SUSE is preparing something themselves, but from what has been relayed to us, it doesn't fulfill all of our requirements. So we need your help in some areas while we transition to our own solution. We have deployed: * FreeIPA, as a backend to all of the other systems internally * Ipsilon, to provide us with sso capabilities to FreeIPA accounts https://sso.opensuse.org * Noggin, as a self-service portal, so people can register and modify their FreeIPA accounts https://accounts.opensuse.org (behind VPN for now, just so we don't get any random people signing up) The solution already works, albeit without the previous accounts, which will be imported once we have recieved a cut-down dump of user data from SUSE. However to get there, we need your help with getting all of the usernames of the users that ever logged into any and all openSUSE services. This dump will be sent to SUSE and based on it we will recieve the final dump which we will import into this system. When all of the data is imported, we will send out password recovery emails to all of the email addresses provided in the dump. From the implementation perspective in the applications themselves, there is mod_auth_mellon and mod_auth_openidc for the applications that do not support SAML, OpenID or OpenID Connect themselves. We do recommend using those technologies over mod_auth methods, but we are also aware this is not always possible. For requesting the metadata required to setup those methods, please email admin@opensuse.org and we will get it to you as quickly as possible. Also email us in case of any other issues, we will try our best to help you out as quickly as possible. We do welcome creating accounts and testing with the deployment, but keep in mind all of the data there will be destroyed. Depending on how ready we will be over the next few weeks, we will switch when it will be convinient for all of us, but remember we are actually not able to continue using Micro Focus' system after 18. May. That's a hard, unmovable DEADline. We have a nice new shining setup of forums that already is using the system, and this will become the new forums, until we can figure out a sane migration path to Discourse. Forums will have to be transferred way earlier, and kept offline, since Provo migration is happening alongside SUSE's switch to their new system and forums on 4. May. This does mean depending on the speed at which we can implement solutions, Forums might be offline for 2 weeks, which is unfortunate. So, let us know what is most comfortable for you, and don't be afraid to ask for any help, and we hope to get this show on the road before it's too late. LCP [Stasiek] https://lcp.world -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: heroes+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: heroes+owner@opensuse.org