OpenClaw agent migrates its own server with 11 minutes downtime via Ansible recipe
heyneighbor · x · 2026-11-12
hgruenhagen's OpenClaw agent moved itself to a bigger server — 9 agents, 800+ sessions, and all automations — with just 11 minutes of downtime, conversations resuming where they left off.
The recipe:
- OpenClaw has built-in backup/restore designed for exactly this move.
- The agent described the entire server as an Ansible recipe, so the new machine was provisioned automatically instead of by hand.
- A switch script sends a message at every step and automatically rolls back to the old server on failure.
It took three tries; the automatic rollback saved him twice. Next goal: proving the same recipe moves everything to any provider in an afternoon.
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