swarm-zap/skills/openclaw-backup/references/restore.md

Restore OpenClaw from Backup

Quick Restore

# 1. Stop OpenClaw
openclaw gateway stop

# 2. Backup current (safety)
mv ~/.openclaw ~/.openclaw-old

# 3. Extract backup
cd ~
tar -xzf ~/openclaw-backups/openclaw-YYYY-MM-DD_HHMM.tar.gz

# 4. Start OpenClaw
openclaw gateway start

# 5. Verify
openclaw status

Rollback if Restore Fails

rm -rf ~/.openclaw
mv ~/.openclaw-old ~/.openclaw
openclaw gateway start

What's in a Backup

~/.openclaw/
├── openclaw.json      # Main config
├── credentials/       # API keys, tokens
├── agents/            # Agent configs, auth
├── workspace/         # Memory, SOUL.md, files
├── telegram/          # Telegram session
└── cron/              # Scheduled tasks

Excluded from Backup

• completions/ — API response cache (regenerated)
• *.log — Log files