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Infrastructure

Information below is provided for information purposes only. It may change.

Abyss Project is a self-hosted ecosystem. The platform and all its services run on an infrastructure fully managed by the Abyss team, without dependency on a mainstream hyperscaler.

Hosting and location​

Servers are hosted in France. All user data (accounts, content, files, events, logs) stays within this infrastructure, with no transfer outside the EU for normal operations.

Service-based architecture​

The ecosystem is split into independent services — Monitor, Storage, Cloud, Crypt, Form, Memories, Spotlight, Banking, Tools, Training. Each one is deployed in isolation and has its own public API URL (<service>-api.abyss-project.fr). The central abyss-main service handles accounts, organizations, projects, permissions and billing.

This split allows a service to be updated or restarted without disrupting the others.

Security​

  • Encryption in transit: every exchange between your browser or clients and the API uses HTTPS.
  • Authentication: short-lived JWT tokens, automatically renewed by official clients.
  • Granular permissions: each access is resolved server-side based on the user, their organization and the targeted project.
  • Application-level encryption: for sensitive content, the Abyss Crypt service provides server-side end-to-end encryption.
  • Backups: databases are backed up on a regular schedule with a retention policy adapted to each service.

Availability​

The real-time state of services is available on status.abyss-project.fr. In case of an incident, the page lists impacted services and the actions in progress.

Deployment​

Deployments are continuous: each service is updated independently as soon as a new version is validated. User-visible behavior changes are documented in the matching product pages.

Data egress​

You remain the owner of your data. Most services expose export endpoints, and the Abyss Cloud service lets you bulk-download your files. For full removal, deleting your account triggers a cascade cleanup across all services.