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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Kris@feddit.org to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Our instance is currently down and I can't get remote access to the servers. It appears that there might have been a hardware failure of the main firewall, which is the one thing I can't work around remotely.

I am still trying a few things, but I am not very optimistic that I can get access.

The really unfortunate part is that just now I am on one of my rare work deployments abroad, so I also can't access it physically during the next few weeks and my usual back up that could restart it is not available either.

As something like that never happened in 3 years operating the servers, I thought I can risk it, but murphy's law seems inescapable 😓

I will try to keep you posted here on any updates, but probably there will not be much I can do for a while. Really bad timing 😥

Edit: we might use this "opportunity" to migrate the instance to Piefed, which has been an idea for quite some time now. I will keep you posted on that.

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[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 2 months ago

This is making me want to create an alt on slrpnk.net , since you're so chill and communicative about issues.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

communicative about issues

Aren't most admins this way?

*glances at your instance name*

Ah...

[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Lol. Yeah, sdf.org feels pretty hands-off. They have longevity going for them--I've had an sdf account of some sort since 2009 at the latest. The system started life as a BBS in the 80s. The name comes from the anime "Super Dimension Fortress", which I've never seen.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

pretty hands-off

Given that the single admin @SDF@lemmy.sdf.org hasn't been active in two years, yeah, I'd say that counts as "pretty hands-off". The SDF organization as a whole will probably be around for decades to come, but they don't seem to care that much about their Lemmy instance.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I miss BBS.

[-] Five@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 months ago

You're very welcome! Kris@feddit.org / @poVoq@slrpnk.net is an incredible admin, and up until now has declined donations, funding the entire instance several years now from his own pocket.

This current downtime is the exception that proves the rule. I hope he's not stressing out too much. We'll all be ready to jump right back into it when he gets back.

[-] Kris@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago

Already thinking about how to make the best of it 🤷 Maybe we can use this opportunity to try and migrate to Piefed? I had this in the back of my mind for a time already and Rimu seems optimistic that it is possible.

[-] PirateFrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

That'd actually be pretty rad if it's doable, especially now that the API for piefed was released and mobile apps are already beginning to support it.