Backup & Restore

OWLGraph Cloud

Automatic Backups

Instance	Backup Frequency	Retention
Free (XS)	Daily	7 days
Paid (S and above)	Daily	30 days (point-in-time recovery)

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

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 specific point in time (paid instances)

Self-Hosted

Export

# 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

curl -X POST "http://localhost:8080/admin" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "mutation { backup(input: { destination: \"s3://bucket/path\" }) { response { message } } }"
  }'

Restore

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

Test restore procedures regularly
Keep ontology .ttl files in version control as an additional safety net
For production, use a paid instance size (S or above) for 30-day point-in-time recovery