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OpenClaw DigitalOcean Deployment

Production OpenClaw deployment on DigitalOcean droplet.

Deployment Details

Bot: @your_bot_username IP: YOUR_DROPLET_IP Tailscale IP: YOUR_TAILSCALE_IP Region: ATL1 Specs: 2 vCPU, 4GB RAM (Intel) OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Port: 18789

Model Configuration:

• Primary: Kimi K2.5 (via OpenRouter)
• Fallback: NVIDIA Kimi K2.5, Claude Sonnet 4.5
• Web Search: Perplexity Sonar Pro (via OpenRouter)

Quick Access

# SSH to droplet
ssh root@YOUR_DROPLET_IP

# SSH via Tailscale
ssh root@YOUR_TAILSCALE_IP

# View logs
journalctl -u openclaw-gateway.service -f

# Restart service
systemctl restart openclaw-gateway.service

# Health check (UI responds with HTML)
curl -I http://YOUR_DROPLET_IP:18789/

Documentation

See SETUP.md for complete installation guide covering:

1. Prerequisites
2. Installation (10 steps)
3. Telegram Configuration
4. Operations & Monitoring
5. Troubleshooting
6. Security Hardening
7. Optional: DNS & HTTPS

Template Files

Configuration templates for deployment:

• .env.example - Environment variables template
• openclaw.json.template - OpenClaw config template
• nginx.conf.template - Nginx reverse proxy config (if exists)

Configuration Files

On droplet:

• /home/openclaw/openclaw/.env - Environment variables (API keys, secrets)
• /home/openclaw/.openclaw/openclaw.json - OpenClaw configuration
• /etc/systemd/system/openclaw-gateway.service - systemd service definition

Gitignored (local only):

• .env.connection - Connection details and quick commands

Common Commands

# Service management
systemctl status openclaw-gateway.service
systemctl restart openclaw-gateway.service
journalctl -u openclaw-gateway.service -f
journalctl -u openclaw-gateway.service -n 100 --no-pager

# Configuration
nano /home/openclaw/.openclaw/openclaw.json
nano /home/openclaw/openclaw/.env

# Monitoring
htop
df -h
free -h
ss -tulpn | grep 18789

# Updates
cd /home/openclaw/openclaw
git pull origin main
pnpm install && pnpm build
systemctl restart openclaw-gateway.service

# Backup
tar -czf ~/openclaw-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /home/openclaw/.openclaw

API Dashboards

• Anthropic: https://console.anthropic.com/settings/cost
• OpenRouter: https://openrouter.ai/credits

Support

For troubleshooting, see SETUP.md Troubleshooting section or check:

• OpenClaw Docs
• OpenClaw GitHub Issues