How can OpenOlitor be used?

Your self managed hosting or a collaborative solution grouping CSA initiatives to an association providing the digital services needed. There is multiple possibilities how the requirements can be met. The following are our proposed offerings.

Self-Hosted	Cloud-Hosting over an existing support group or assotiation	Cloud-Hosting creating your new support group or association
Hosting Your own self-managed Server	Hosting Swisscom Cloud with data storage in Switzerland	Hosting Needs be defined by the members of the group
Support Over GitHub issues in case of technical problems.	Support Conjointly organized. All that have the capacity and knowledge takes turns providing first level support.	Support Over GitHub issues in case of technical problems.
Updates All versions are available on GitHub. The installation and maintenance must be self-provided.	Updates New versions are tested and released by the association and are therefore available to all member initiatives.	Updates Needs to be defined.
Costs No licence cost. Code available on GitHub. Server cost depend on the solution.	Costs No licence cost. ~ CHF 30 per month for hosting plus support.	Costs Depends on the solution.
Setup procedure Documentation on GitHub.	Onboarding procedure Join the association Configure your instance together with a qualified person Let’s go!	Setup procedure Found a association together with multiple other initiative Setup the environment; Organize the support and billing; Configure the instances Let’s go!
Membership in the OpenOlitor Association Independently of how you run OpenOlitor for your initaive: We strongly recommend to join the OpenOlitor association. It groups all stakeholders (initiatives and contributors) and offers structures where the focus on the ongoing evolution of the platforms set, the development is coordinated and assures the usability of the platform in a long-term perspective.