Backup and Restore Tutorial

This tutorial verifies backup/restore using S3-compatible storage.

Step 1: Configure backup in install wizard

In install step 1:

• enable backups
• set schedule
• set provider and S3 fields (endpoint, bucket, region, prefix)
• select access key and secret key secrets if using ExternalSecrets

Step 2: Confirm CronJob

kubectl get cronjobs -n claw-machine

Step 3: Trigger a manual run

kubectl create job --from=cronjob/<bot-name>-backup <bot-name>-backup-manual -n claw-machine

Step 4: Validate restore path

Recreate the bot with same backup config. Restore init container attempts to read latest.tar.gz or latest.sql.gz.

If no latest object exists, restore exits cleanly and bot starts fresh.