Backup and Restore
How to backup and restore Boost
Boost now supports both online and offline backups. The backup command will output a backup directory containing the following files.
- 1.
metadata
- contains backup of leveldb - 2.
boostd.db
- backup of deals database - 3.
keystore
- directory containing libp2p keys - 4.
token
- API token - 5.
config
- directory containing all config files andconfig.toml
link - 6.
storage.json
- file containing storage details
Backup does not back up deal logs and Local Index Directory.
You can take an online backup with the below command
boostd backup <backup directory>
The online backup supports running only one instance at a time and you might see a locking error if another instance of backup is already running.
- 1.Shutdown
boostd
before taking a backup - 2.Take a backup using the command line
boostd backup --offline <backup directory>
- 1.Make sure that
--boost-repo
flag is set if you wish to restore to a custom location. Otherwise, it will be restored to~/.boost
directory - 2.Restore the boost repo using the command line
boostd restore <backup directory>
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