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simple-backup

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High-risk skill that backs up an OpenClaw workspace and state, compresses and encrypts them with GPG, and can sync archives to a rclone remote. It reads ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json and ~/.openclaw/credentials/backup.key, uses BACKUP_PASSWORD, executes tar, gpg, rsync, and rclone, and will sync REMOTE_DEST to external remotes.

from clawhub.ai·v1b9b341·8.4 KB·0 installs

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Simple Backup

A robust backup script that:

Auto-detects workspace and state directories from OpenClaw config
Allows overrides for custom/non-standard setups
Compresses & encrypts using GPG (AES256)
Prunes old backups (Daily/Hourly retention)
Syncs to cloud via rclone (optional)

Setup

Dependencies:
```
brew install rclone gnupg jq
```
Password: Set encryption password (choose one):
- File: ~/.openclaw/credentials/backup.key (recommended)
- Env: export BACKUP_PASSWORD="secret"
- Config: Add "password": "secret" to skill config
Cloud (Optional):
```
rclone config
```

Usage

simple-backup

Auto-Detection

By default, paths are auto-detected from ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:

Workspace: agents.defaults.workspace
State: ~/.openclaw (where config lives)
Backup root: <workspace>/BACKUPS

Custom Configuration

For non-standard setups, override any path in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:

{
  "skills": {
    "entries": {
      "simple-backup": {
        "config": {
          "workspaceDir": "/custom/path/workspace",
          "stateDir": "/custom/path/state",
          "skillsDir": "/custom/path/skills",
          "backupRoot": "/custom/path/backups",
          "remoteDest": "gdrive:backups"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration Reference

Config Key	Env Var	Auto-Detected	Description
`workspaceDir`	`BRAIN_DIR`	`agents.defaults.workspace`	Agent workspace
`stateDir`	`BODY_DIR`	`~/.openclaw`	OpenClaw state dir
`skillsDir`	`SKILLS_DIR`	`~/openclaw/skills`	Skills directory
`backupRoot`	`BACKUP_ROOT`	`<workspace>/BACKUPS`	Local backup storage
`remoteDest`	`REMOTE_DEST`	(none)	Rclone remote path
`maxDays`	`MAX_DAYS`	7	Days to keep daily backups
`hourlyRetentionHours`	`HOURLY_RETENTION_HOURS`	24	Hours to keep hourly
`password`	`BACKUP_PASSWORD`	(none)	Encryption password

Priority: Config file → Env var → Auto-detect