Slrpnk.net outage (resolved)

I have heard of the migration to Piefed, but will it remove the (very cool) aesthetics of the lemmy ? I loved it :'(

Found this post after a couple of days of hopeful reloading of the page! Took another couple of days to log in an old alt just to say I'm glad you communicated this, and let us know how we can help to make it more resilient (if at all necessary).

To the kind soul that was helping me with my greenhouse infested ants (in the unlikely event they are reading here - but iirc they were not from slrpnk.net but just passing by) I'm glad we spoke, it seems like they are harmlessly using my panels for hatching, and then moving on! Related, who has a nice gardening/greenhouse community to suggest? :)

Solarpunks can have a little downtime, as a treat

Work trip and server problems. Where have I seen this before?

Try not to stress too much about it while you're away! If nothing can be done, nothing can be done. Solarpunks need to be resilient to things like this anyway. Community over convenience.

Sorry to hear that! My main account is on slrpnk.net. But don't let it stress you out, "solarpunk" says "punk" which implies "DIY" which means this sort of thing happens. Much better to have an instance run by an admin who truly cares, rather than some soulless corporation.

Alt of ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net chiming in, thanks for giving us the sitrep, poVoq!

This is an unusually unlucky set of circumstances, but for the Solarpunks who find their way here, let's try to make the best of it. If you don't already have an alternative account somewhere, you may want to create one to use until we're back up and running. lemmy.dbzer0.com, sopuli.xyz, or lemmy.cafe are some solid choices to consider. After that, you may want to favorite poVoq's post here so you can check back on any news.

Even without our home base, we can still share the solarpunky stuff we find and create around the threadiverse (though as Tofu mentioned, maybe this could be a time to take a breather to be refreshed when we come back 😄).

Besides, if the past is any indication, time will fly by and we'll be back before you know it!

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

Thanks for letting us know

Shit happens. Thanks for the update 🙂

Thank you for letting us know, good luck!

I this it’s a law that servers run 100% perfect until the literal day one leaves town with zero way to return home. One of the many reasons I got all my services off of unraid.

Very cool to learn you’re running your own machines. Do you go into detail about this anywhere?

Hey fellow slrpnk.net refugees... if you're looking to recreate your list of subscribed communities, here's a good place to start:

(luckily I was posting this to newcomers whenever I had the chance...)

This is actually great timing, i'd say. Just now most of the northern hemisphere is starting into summer. At least i deeply feel it on a personal level that summer is arriving. I take this as a gift from the universe that directs me towards touching grass, and going swimming. Enjoy your summer, you all! Connect with your local community, if you can.

Thanks for the update, good luck with your trip.

Ouch. Best of luck getting it back up and running ASAP.

Thanks for the heads up, try not to stress too much.

Good luck and all the best. Time to touch grass, everyone 😔

Thanks for letting us know! Try not to worry about it too much, it’s all good

Thanks for all that you do for us and this community! A little downtime won't hurt anyone. I would also be in gavour of PieFed migration 💙

It happens, it’ll be fine. Just remember not to stress out too hard about it and it’ll be fine. The solar punk community knows how to survive a server outage in style.

That's unlucky, but is it hosted at someone's home?

It looks like there is no enough solar power for solarpunk!

no need to show me where doors are, I will find them by myself

anyway, good luck with that!

Thanks for the info, a healthy amount of real life awaits then. :)

I knew it was running on solar energy and old hardware so I guessed something like this had happened.

If you need fail-over to awaken a backup system when the primary fails, things can be designed. :)

Thanks for the heads up! My Main account is in slrpnk, so I'll set a reminder in an month to switch back. :)

Ty for the update! slrpnk is my favorite instance that isn't my home instance

people hate the big cloud solutions, but this is the kind of thing their HA infrastructure prevents against... hardware failures

i dont enjoy using (or paying for) aws, but i will never have a firewall or disk failure.

Sending positive vibes, and passing offer of technical assistance once you get access again.

Hopefully it's an easy fix once you get into things again.

That sucks. Thank you for your time and running the instance. Gonna miss you all like hell while you're gone. 😞

Thanks for letting us know what is going on.

I appreciate the update was thoroughly confused

You guys have always been excellent. As others have stated, no need to worry.

I'll be giving piefed some love in the meantime 👍

Very very bad timing. I just moved to that server and now it is just gone. I have moved to another server. I guess I am glad that it happened now so I know how poorly Slrpnk.net is managed.

I am a slrpnk user. Oh well, shit happens. What makes me a bit sad was that a few months (?) ago something similar happened. Slrpnk.net was down for aa day or two? Don't remember the exact amount of time. What I do remember is asking if there was intention of adding a second admin and making the point that it would be good to create that sort of redundancy. I was ignored.

Mid of july is basically 1 and a half months from now. Hopefully a new solarpunk instance emerges, one that is safer from such scenarios.

Enjoy your vacation and don't stress too much! Shit happens.

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