---
id: CUST-PRJ-RAIL-2026-000001
type: charter
title: "Railiance — Project Charter v0.1"
status: active
owners: ["Bernd", "Custodian"]
created: "2026-02-24"
updated: "2026-02-24"
scope:
  domains: ["Railiance"]
  sensitivity: internal
tags: ["devops", "reliability", "automation", "sovereignty"]
---

# Railiance — Project Charter v0.1

## Purpose
Build a robust, automated DevOps and operational reliability foundation that supports long-lived projects under sovereignty constraints (local-first, provider-independent).

## Problem
Modern stacks become brittle due to vendor coupling, hidden dependencies, and operational complexity. Founder-driven operations do not scale and do not survive absences.

## Outcome
A repeatable operational substrate:
- reproducible deployments
- automated backups and recovery drills
- integrity checks and audit trails
- secure secret management
- portable infrastructure templates

## Boundaries (v0.1)
- Focus on pragmatic reliability engineering and automation.
- Prefer boring, proven primitives over cleverness.
- No “platform for everyone” ambition until internal stability is proven.

## Success criteria (v0.1)
- One-click (or scripted) deploy + restore for the Custodian stack.
- Routine evidence: logs, checks, and recovery tests.
- Clear runbooks and minimal operational burden.