Answering ‘what if you die’ questions

Currently this instance is run by just me, however there is currently an effort started to figure out what happens if I am away on holiday and there is an emergency/site down situation with other trusted instance admins.

It will be a long work in progress, starting simple but eventually enabling another trusted admin to do everything to get the server back online including start/stop the vps via api calls if it has died.

To begin with I am working on this with just 1 other admin for now - the admin from boulder.ly - who is creating a docker image that will allow us to connect to each other instances and resolve basic problems. This will be extended as we have time to add them.

Also I am having to create the workflow and documentation on what to do in various scenarios and the commands and processes and procedures to do them.

Eventually also (although not being worked on now) we will need to consider how bills are paid if another admin dies/drops off the face of the earth and how that process might look. For now we will have to leave this until the more basic stuff is in place.

This is a complex procedure for various reasons especially revolving around access rights and permissions so I will keep you updated as we progress. It will be some weeks before the basic stuff is ready but main thing to know is its a problem being worked on so that we are not in the situation where an instance is run by just 1 person who cant be available 24/7 and there will be eventually some way to protect users if real life happens to the owner of the site.

As there is a lot of work to get even a simple setup going please be patient, it is being worked on slowly and will be a constant work in progress for some time.