Cloud Deployment in OpenClaw

From the OpenClaw cheat sheet · Deployment · verified Jul 2026

Cloud Deployment

Deploy OpenClaw Gateway to Docker, Render, or cloud VMs

bash

# Docker
docker run -d --name openclaw \
  -v openclaw-data:/data \
  -p 18789:18789 \
  -e OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN="your-token" \
  ghcr.io/openclaw/openclaw:latest

# Docker Compose
# See detailed tab for full compose file

🐳 Docker is the simplest cloud deployment — one command to run

📌 Always use persistent volumes to survive container restarts

💡 Render's free tier works for light usage with persistent disk

⚡ Tailscale eliminates port forwarding and firewall complexity

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