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Some troubleshooting thoughts:
What do you mean when you say SSH is "down":
Knowing which one of these it is can give you a lot more information about what's wrong:
System can't get past initial boot = Maybe your NAS is unplugged? Maybe your home DNS cache is down?
Connection refused = either fail2ban or possibly your home IP has moved and you're trying to connect to somebody else's computer? (nginx is very popular after all, it's not impossible somebody else at your ISP has it running). This can also be a port forwarding failure = something's wrong with your router.
Connection succeeded + closed is similar to "can't get past initial boot"
Auth rejected might give you a fallback option if you can figure out a default username/password, although you should hope that's not the case because it means anyone else can also get in when your system is in fallback.
Very few of these things are actually fixable remotely, btw. I suggest having your sister unplug everything related to your setup, one device at a time. Internet router, raspberry pi, NAS, your VM host, etc. Make sure to give them a minute to cool down. Hardware, particularly cheap hardware, tends to fail when it gets hot, and this can take a while to happen, and, well, it's been hot.
Here's a few things with a high likelihood of failing when you're away from home:
This would be my first guess. Nothing shuts down arbitrary services quite like a full
/var/logs
.I've got a 1tb boot drive and it isn't used for much, but stuff happens, so... idk.