2026-04-10 Daily Tasks Summary

Overview

Daily tasks and achievements on 2026-04-10.

VPS Infrastructure

SSH Access Restored

Problem: VPS SSH key auth failing, couldn't access blog-vps

Solution:

Regenerated SSH key at /home/node/.ssh/vps_key
Added new public key to VPS authorized_keys
Verified connection works

ssh -i /home/node/.ssh/vps_key root@blog-vps

Sites Status

Site	URL	Status
Quantum Finance	/findash/	✅ HTTP 200
Star Office	/homeforcat/	✅ HTTP 200
IT Documents	/blog/	✅ Live

homeforcat Bug Fixed

Problem: State frozen at "syncing" since March 24 (17 days!)

Solution:

echo '{"state":"idle","detail":"待命中","updated_at":"2026-04-10T11:25:00"}' > /root/Star-Office-UI/state.json

System Optimization

Swap Expansion

Before: 949MB total (zram only)

After: 3.9GB total

# Added 2GB swapfile + 1GB swapfile2
dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=2048 \
chmod 600 /swapfile \
mkswap /swapfile \
swapon /swapfile

Storage Benchmark

Metric	Result
Write (dd)	629 MB/s
Sequential Read	10.6 GB/s
Random 4K	98 MB/s

Docker Migration (OpenClaw)

Migration Overview

Complete workflow for migrating OpenClaw from old host to new host:

Old Host                          New Host
--------                          --------
1. docker save image          →  5. docker load image
2. tar volume backup          →  6. docker compose up -d
3. scp to new host           →  7. restore volume
4.                          →  8. reconfigure via UI :18789

Step 1: On OLD Host - Save Image

# Save the working OpenClaw image
docker save ghcr.io/openclaw/openclaw:latest -o openclaw_image_backup.tar \
# Verify
ls -lh openclaw_image_backup.tar

Step 2: On OLD Host - Backup Volume

# Backup openclaw_data volume (contains OpenCLI packages)
docker run --rm \
  -v openclaw_data:/data \
  -v $(pwd):/backup \
  alpine \
  tar czf /backup/openclaw_data.tar.gz \
  -C /data . \
  --exclude="./node_modules/.cache" \
# Also backup chromium_config volume if exists
docker run --rm \
  -v chromium_config:/data \
  -v $(pwd):/backup \
  alpine \
  tar czf /backup/chromium_config.tar.gz -C /data .

Step 3: On OLD Host - Copy to New Host

scp openclaw_image_backup.tar openclaw_data.tar.gz user@new-host:/

Step 4: On NEW Host - Load Image

# Load the image
docker load -i openclaw_image_backup.tar \
# Verify
docker images | grep openclaw

Step 5: On NEW Host - Start Containers

# Stop if running
docker compose down \
# Start fresh with loaded image
docker compose up -d \
# Check status
docker ps

Step 6: On NEW Host - Restore Volume

# Restore openclaw_data
docker run --rm \
  -v openclaw_data:/data \
  -v $(pwd):/backup \
  alpine \
  tar xzf /backup/openclaw_data.tar.gz -C /data \
# Restore chromium_config if needed
docker run --rm \
  -v chromium_config:/data \
  -v $(pwd):/backup \
  alpine \
  tar xzf /backup/chromium_config.tar.gz -C /data

Step 7: On NEW Host - Reconfigure OpenClaw

Access web UI at http://new-host:18789
Reconfigure OpenClaw (Telegram, channels, etc.)
Save config

Step 8: Verify Everything Works

# Test OpenCLI
docker exec openclaw_main node /home/node/.openclaw/.npm-global/node_modules/@jackwener/opencli/dist/src/main.js bilibili hot \
# Should show hot content from bilibili

What is Preserved vs Reset

Data	Location	Status
OpenCLI packages	openclaw_data volume	✅ Preserved
chromium_config	chromium_config volume	✅ Preserved
Workspace files	./workspace	✅ Preserved
Skills, memory	./workspace	✅ Preserved
OpenClaw config	openclaw.json	❌ Resets - reconfigure via UI

Key Insights

OpenCLI is installed in volume, NOT baked into image
docker exec ... bilibili hot modifies volume data
Volume persistence handles OpenCLI automatically
Only openclaw.json (OpenClaw config) needs reconfiguration
No need for custom image build - standard image + volume works

Backup Strategy (Restic)

Why Restic: Deduplication = only stores unique chunks. 9GB can hold months of daily backups.

Setup

# Install
sudo apt install restic \
# Initialize repo on Google Drive (one-time)
restic -r rclone:gdrive:openclaw-backups init \
# Backup (simple)
restic -r rclone:gdrive:openclaw-backups backup /home/node/.openclaw/workspace \
# Restore (easy)
restic -r rclone:gdrive:openclaw-backups restore latest --target /tmp/restore

Retention Policy

restic forget -r rclone:gdrive:openclaw-backups \
  --keep-daily 7 \
  --keep-weekly 4 \
  --keep-monthly 6 \
  --prune

Daily Backup Script

#!/bin/bash
# /opt/backup-openclaw.sh
export RESTIC_PASSWORD="your-strong-password" \
restic -r rclone:gdrive:openclaw-backups backup /home/node/.openclaw/workspace \
restic forget -r rclone:gdrive:openclaw-backups --keep-daily 7 --prune

Why Restic over tar:

Deduplication: same files across backups = nearly zero extra space
Compression: automatic
Encryption: built-in
Retention: automatic cleanup of old backups

Blog Setup

/blog/ Created

Created IT Documents blog at https://898998.xyz/blog/
Notion-style theme with search, categories, TOC
Admin panel at port 3847

Admin Login: cat / blog2026

Tech Stack

Sandbox: Node.js Express app (port 3847)
VPS: Static HTML + Caddy
Format: Markdown → HTML

Market Data

Finnhub API Active

Symbol	Price	Change
SPY	$679.91	+0.58%
QQQ	$610.19	+0.68%
WTI Oil	$86.04	+0.57%

Notes

User prefers concise answers
First session was lost/reset - fresh start
VPS has only 1GB RAM - can't run Halo CMS
Blog replaces halo.gocat.top style documentation