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Backup & Restore

OWLGraph Cloud

Section titled “OWLGraph Cloud”

Automatic Backups

Section titled “Automatic Backups”

Automatic backups run daily. Retention is a per-database setting and defaults to 7 days.

Backups are managed automatically. No configuration needed. Backup storage is included in your storage billing.

Manual Backup (Cloud)

Section titled “Manual Backup (Cloud)”

From the dashboard, navigate to your database and click Backups to:

  • Download a backup snapshot
  • Trigger an on-demand backup
  • Restore from a backup

Self-Hosted

Section titled “Self-Hosted”

Export

Section titled “Export”
Terminal window
# Full export (includes ontology metadata)
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8080/admin" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "query": "mutation { export(input: { format: \"json\" }) { response { message } } }" }'

Backup to S3/MinIO

Section titled “Backup to S3/MinIO”
Terminal window
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8080/admin" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "mutation { backup(input: { destination: \"s3://bucket/path\" }) { response { message } } }"
  }'

Restore

Section titled “Restore”
Terminal window
dgraph restore -p /path/to/backup -l /path/to/restore

After restore, the ontology is automatically reloaded from the persisted OWLGraphMeta node — no manual ontology reload needed.

Best Practices

Section titled “Best Practices”
  • Test restore procedures regularly
  • Keep ontology .ttl files in version control as an additional safety net