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Do you have a plan for your self-hosted data if you die? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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This question is mainly for those that have family/friends depending on their self-hosted services/data. Does anyone have a plan for the worst case scenario in terms of data access/passwords/making sure your services are kept running if people depend on them? I know I sure don't, it's just a strange curiosity my brain thought up and I wondered if anyone else had considered this?

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[–] Mikelius@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

I bought a separate laptop and set it up with an encrypted password that both my wife and I know. It contains instructions on everything from my self hosted stuff to anything else related to my personal life that she would need. It's 100% offline to keep it safe from a network compromise. This whole thing was especially important since I wanted to make sure my family could access all photos, calendar, contacts, etc for the last decade that are stored on my server.

It takes time to transfer everything to it (all in Obsidian) since it's a brain dump... But it actually benefits me too. I've had a few times where I was like "how the hell did I set that up?" and had some instructions on there the helped lol.

Definitely recommend this to others to consider.