OpenClaw Setup Checklist: Everything Before You Start
Complete pre-setup checklist for OpenClaw. Hardware, accounts, API keys, and security preparation....
OpenClaw Business Deployment Playbook
Step-by-step playbook for deploying OpenClaw in a business environment. Scoping, security, team onboarding, and managed ...
OpenClaw Security Checklist: 15 Steps to Lock It Down
15-step security checklist for OpenClaw. From basic hardening to enterprise-grade protection....
What Each Guide Covers
Our OpenClaw deployment guides are written for both technical users setting up their own systems and non-technical users who want to understand what a professional deployment involves. Each guide walks through the process step by step, with specific commands, configuration examples, and explanations of why each step matters.
Setup Checklist
The Setup Checklist covers everything you need to prepare before installing OpenClaw. This includes choosing between local hardware and cloud hosting, creating accounts with your preferred LLM provider, generating API keys, registering for messaging platform developer access (WhatsApp Business API, Telegram Bot API), and ensuring your system meets the minimum hardware requirements. The checklist also covers pre-installation security decisions like choosing a Docker configuration and setting up a dedicated user account for the agent process.
Business Deployment Playbook
The Business Deployment Playbook is designed for organizations deploying OpenClaw for team use. It covers scoping the deployment to identify which business processes to automate first, configuring multi-user access controls, onboarding team members to interact with the agent, setting up monitoring and alerting for uptime, and establishing a managed support workflow for ongoing maintenance. This guide is especially useful for businesses that want to deploy OpenClaw across departments like sales, customer support, and operations.
Security Checklist
The Security Checklist provides 15 specific hardening steps to lock down your OpenClaw installation. It covers binding the gateway to localhost, configuring firewall rules, enabling Docker sandboxing with resource limits, setting up OAuth with minimal permission scopes, creating exec allowlists, auditing installed skills for malicious behavior, enabling TLS encryption, and implementing log monitoring. Each step includes the exact commands and configuration changes required for both Linux and macOS environments.