GITBOOK-232: No subject

Author: Mayank Pandey

backup-and-restore.md

@@ -4,20 +4,43 @@ description: How to backup and restore Boost
 
 # Backup and Restore
 
-### Backup
+## Backup
+
+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 and `config.toml` link
+6. `storage.json` - file containing storage details
+
+Backup does not backs up the deal logs and dagstore.
+
+### Online backup
+
+You can take an online backup with the below command
+
+```
+boostd backup <backup directory>
+```
+
+The online backup supports running only once instance at a time and you might see a locking error if another instance of backup is already running.
+
+### Offline backup
 
 1. Shutdown `boostd` before taking a backup
 2. Take a backup using the command line
 
 ```
-boostd backup <backup directory>
+boostd backup --offline <backup directory>
 ```
 
 {% hint style="info" %}
-Boost backup does not include dagstore and user can copy dagstore directory to a bckup location manually. Dagstore can be reinitialized if there is no backup.
+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.
 {% endhint %}
 
-### Restore
+## Restore
 
 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
@@ -27,5 +50,5 @@ boostd restore <backup directory>
 ```
 
 {% hint style="info" %}
-Once restore is complete, dagstore can be manually copied inside the boost repo to restore it.
+Once restore is complete, Dagstore can be manually copied inside the boost repo to restore it.
 {% endhint %}