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.
metadata - contains backup of leveldb
boostd.db - backup of deals database
keystore - directory containing libp2p keys
token - API token
config - directory containing all config files and config.toml link
storage.json - file containing storage details
Backup does not backs up the deal logs and dagstore.
You can take an online backup with the below command
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.
Shutdown boostd before taking a backup
Take a backup using the command line
Boost offline backup does not include Dagstore and user can copy dagstore directory to a backup location manually. Dagstore can be reinitialized if there is no backup.
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
Restore the boost repo using the command line
Once restore is complete, Dagstore can be manually copied inside the boost repo to restore it.