docs/install/clawdock.md
ClawDock is a small shell-helper layer for Docker-based OpenClaw installs.
It gives you short commands like clawdock-start, clawdock-dashboard, and clawdock-fix-token instead of longer docker compose ... invocations.
If you have not set up Docker yet, start with Docker.
mkdir -p ~/.clawdock && curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh -o ~/.clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh
echo 'source ~/.clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh' >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc
If you previously installed ClawDock from scripts/shell-helpers/clawdock-helpers.sh, reinstall from the current scripts/clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh path; the old raw GitHub path was removed.
The helpers auto-detect your OpenClaw checkout on first use (checking common paths like ~/openclaw, ~/projects/openclaw) and cache the result in ~/.clawdock/config. Set CLAWDOCK_DIR yourself if your checkout lives elsewhere.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
clawdock-start | Start the gateway |
clawdock-stop | Stop the gateway |
clawdock-restart | Restart the gateway |
clawdock-status | Check container status |
clawdock-logs | Follow gateway logs |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
clawdock-shell | Open a shell inside the gateway container |
clawdock-cli <command> | Run OpenClaw CLI commands in Docker |
clawdock-exec <command> | Execute an arbitrary command in the container |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
clawdock-dashboard | Open the Control UI URL |
clawdock-devices | List pending device pairings |
clawdock-approve <id> | Approve a pairing request |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
clawdock-fix-token | Write the gateway token into the container config |
clawdock-update | Pull, rebuild, and restart |
clawdock-rebuild | Rebuild the Docker image only |
clawdock-clean | Remove containers and volumes |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
clawdock-health | Run a gateway health check |
clawdock-token | Print the gateway token |
clawdock-cd | Jump to the OpenClaw project directory |
clawdock-config | Open ~/.openclaw |
clawdock-show-config | Print config files with redacted values |
clawdock-workspace | Open the workspace directory |
clawdock-help | List all ClawDock commands |
clawdock-start
clawdock-fix-token
clawdock-dashboard
If the browser says pairing is required:
clawdock-devices
clawdock-approve <request-id>
ClawDock reads two separate .env files, matching the split described in Docker:
.env next to docker-compose.yml: Docker-specific values like image name, ports, and OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN. clawdock-token reads the token from here.~/.openclaw/.env (mounted into the container): env-backed secrets OpenClaw itself manages, alongside openclaw.json and agents/<agentId>/agent/auth-profiles.json.clawdock-fix-token copies the token from the project .env into the container's gateway.remote.token and gateway.auth.token config values and restarts the gateway.
Use clawdock-show-config to inspect openclaw.json and both .env files quickly; it redacts .env values in its printed output.