Practical guides for running OpenClaw in production. Security hardening, infrastructure patterns, agent orchestration, and operational runbooks from real deployments.
🦞 No fluff. No theory without implementation. Every guide documents what was actually deployed, how to verify it, and what broke along the way.
| Guide | Description | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Hardening | UFW, SSH hardening, fail2ban, service binding, and defense-in-depth for an OpenClaw host | Ubuntu 24.04 |
| WSL2 Hardening | Windows Firewall, RDP/SSH/SMB lockdown, port proxy hygiene, sleep prevention, and dual-OS defense | Windows 11 + WSL2 |
| Agent Security | API gateway isolation, RBAC, sandboxing, circuit breakers, and a real post-mortem from a sub-agent nuking a database | Any |
| Guide | Description | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Backup & Recovery | Encrypted backups, restore procedures, disaster recovery, and the 3-2-1 rule | Any |
| Guide | Description | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Model Orchestration | Run Opus, Codex, Haiku, and Ollama in one setup with the right model per task | Any |
| Memory & Token Optimization | Three-tier memory architecture with local semantic search and 50-100x token reduction | Any |
| Prompt Caching | Maximize cache hits, understand bootstrap load order, avoid silent cost leaks | Anthropic |
| Skills Development | Write custom skills, structure for discoverability, real-world examples, and skill management | Any |
| Guide | Description | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Sub-Agent Patterns | Spawn patterns, model assignment, error handling, orchestration pipelines, and the wrapper script | Any |
| Cron Job Patterns | Scheduling, heartbeat batching, model assignment for cron, error handling, and quiet hours | Any |
| Multi-Channel Setup | Discord, Telegram, Signal routing, session isolation, cross-channel memory, and access control | Any |
| Self-Improving Agents | Correction capture, error detection, daily memory sweeps, promotion rules, and pre-task self-audits | Any |
| Session Management | Why single-chat apps bottleneck your agent, Discord channel layouts, cron isolation, and the hybrid approach | Any |
Engineers running OpenClaw on real infrastructure: bare metal, VPS, homelab, or enterprise. If you're managing an always-on AI agent that has access to your systems, you need to lock it down properly. These guides assume you're comfortable with Linux administration and want actionable steps, not blog posts.
🦞 Built by an engineer who runs OpenClaw 24/7 on bare metal and broke everything at least once so you don't have to.
Every guide follows the same structure:
- What changed and why
- Before/after configurations
- Step-by-step implementation
- Verification commands you can run right now
- Gotchas and implementation notes from real deployments
Found a better approach? Running OpenClaw on a different distro or platform? PRs welcome. 🦞
- Follow the existing guide format
- Include verification commands
- Document gotchas and edge cases
- Test on real infrastructure before submitting
- OpenClaw - The AI agent framework
- OpenClaw Overlay - HUD overlay for session monitoring
- Usage Tracker - Token usage and cost analytics
- SOC Stack - AI-augmented Security Operations Center toolkit
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