Is it my imagination or is there an epidemic of “running out of space” problems lately?
I can’t remember for certain, but I think the 30 minute install used to mention minimum disk space 8 G.
What is the absolute minimum for an instance with OS, Docker etc, the running docker images, 1 backup, retention 1 backup, and enough left over to do ./launcher cleanup, then rebuild app ?
5GB should be enough headroom for the update, at least for a while. I would suggest warn and exit if less than that is fine, but I think it might make sense to get the size of the last backup, and if (after the update) there won’t be enough space for the next backup, then at least warn, or better yet give them the choice.
That way they are aware that they have to do something about space before it becomes a show stopper. At the moment some of the support questions are urgent because the forum stops working. Warning the admin that they’re about to ring the bell may make them be a bit more proactive.
That would be fine. We’re talking about the difference between Discourse warning you that your instance might stop working soon, and it just informing you that it has already stopped working (in the CLI) or failing to update via the GUI.
Warnings are less stressful than a broken installation (for the admin) and if they include a link to some basic triage then admins who don’t ignore the warnings may be able to resolve the issue themselves, rather than posting here on meta with “My instance is broken, what do I do?”
Some rough idea of the RAM footprint (over time) of the instance would be great, down at the bottom of /admin where it shows space. The way I see it there are a lot of support topics which resolve down to RAM and disk space problems - warnings might reduce how often people need support.