MystaJoneS

Old PC

openclaw gateway stop

mkdir -p ~/Backups/openclaw
(
umask 077
archive=”$HOME/Backups/openclaw/openclaw-state-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).tar.gz”
tar -czf “$archive” -C “$HOME” .openclaw &&
tar -tzf “$archive” >/dev/null &&
printf ‘Archive created and readable: %s\n’ “$archive”
)

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If you are using SSH to transfer the image from one linux box to another.

sudo apt install openssh-server

modify the /etc/ssh/sshd_config

restart the sshd deamon >> sudo systemctl restart ssh

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New PC

openclaw backup restore openclaw-state-20260928-115121.tar.gz –target ~/openclaw-restored

(
umask 077
staging=$(mktemp -d “$HOME/openclaw-restored.XXXXXX”) || exit 1
tar -xzf “$HOME/Backups/openclaw/openclaw-state-20260928-115121.tar.gz”
-C “$staging” –no-same-owner &&
printf ‘Restored to staging: %s\n’ “$staging”
)

python3 /home/mystajones/Backups/openclaw/migration-20260928-122652/activate-gyro.py

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Other Handy commands.

Connect WhatsApp

openclaw channels login –channel whatsapp –account default

Get your auth-token

openclaw gateway auth-token –show