# Operations

A running gateway holds every surface, identity, secret, and user account your agents depend on, so moving it to a new release or recovering from a bad change needs a plan. Affinidi Portal upgrades the appliance with one action, and the dashboard backs up and restores the gateway’s data. These guides cover both, including what to check after each.

| Guide | What you will achieve |
| [Upgrade an Agent Gateway to the latest release](/products/affinidi-trust-fabric/agent-gateway/how-to-guides/operations/upgrade-agent-gateway.md) | Check which release your gateway runs, start the upgrade from Affinidi Portal, and review the settings a release flags once it is live. |
| [Back up and restore an Agent Gateway](/products/affinidi-trust-fabric/agent-gateway/how-to-guides/operations/back-up-and-restore-agent-gateway.md) | Download an encrypted backup of all gateway data from the dashboard, store it safely, and restore the gateway from it. |

## Pages in this section
- [Upgrade an Agent Gateway to the latest release](/products/affinidi-trust-fabric/agent-gateway/how-to-guides/operations/upgrade-agent-gateway.md): Check which release your Agent Gateway runs, start the upgrade from Affinidi Portal, and review the settings a release flags once it is live.
- [Back up and restore an Agent Gateway](/products/affinidi-trust-fabric/agent-gateway/how-to-guides/operations/back-up-and-restore-agent-gateway.md): Download an encrypted backup of all Agent Gateway data from the dashboard, store it safely, and restore the gateway from it after a bad change or data loss.