Keep a remote server awake after closing SSH connection?

[fohrloop]

Sometimes it might be useful to be able to ssh into a server, start a python process and disconnect from the server knowing that the process will continue running.

Todo:

• what does this require?
• Why a server without desktop environment stops executing a task?
• is the solution such that could be included in wakepy?

Notes:

• https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/362115/how-to-keep-a-python-script-running-when-i-close-putty
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/8653/how-to-keep-processes-running-after-ending-ssh-session