↔️ Backup and Recovery

Each Sonaric AI Node has a unique identity that is used to identify the node on the network. The identity is generated when the node is first started and is used to sign messages and participate in the network. Points are attributed to the node based on its identity. If you lose your node's identity, you will lose all the points associated with that identity.

To secure and manage your Sonaric node's identity while preserving the node's participation in the network, follow these steps:

Learn about your node

Use this command

sonaric node-info

Export identity

Use this command to export your node's identity to a file:

sonaric identity-export -o your-node-name.identity

Encrypt the file with a password and save it securely.

Import identity

• Import Identity: On a new server, restore the identity with:

sonaric identity-import -i your-node-name.identity

Enter the encryption password to complete the import.

Full Backup

Regularly back up /var/lib/sonaricd and ~/.sonaric directories to protect your node's data and identity.