OpenClaw[TIPS]: Connect from the openclaw-cli container to openclaw-gateway

README.md

gh repo clone openclaw/openclaw
cd openclaw
./docker-setup.sh

# ...onboarding...

docker compose run openclaw-cli status
docker compose run openclaw-cli dashboard --no-open

# ..copy token from #token=XXX...

docker compose run openclaw-cli tui --token $OPENCLAW_TOKEN

open ~/.openclaw/workspace

docker-compose.yml

services:
  openclaw-gateway:
    image: ${OPENCLAW_IMAGE:-openclaw:local}
    environment:
      HOME: /home/node
      TERM: xterm-256color
      OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN: ${OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN}
      CLAUDE_AI_SESSION_KEY: ${CLAUDE_AI_SESSION_KEY}
      CLAUDE_WEB_SESSION_KEY: ${CLAUDE_WEB_SESSION_KEY}
      CLAUDE_WEB_COOKIE: ${CLAUDE_WEB_COOKIE}
    volumes:
      - ${OPENCLAW_CONFIG_DIR}:/home/node/.openclaw
      - ${OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE_DIR}:/home/node/.openclaw/workspace
    ports:
      - "${OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PORT:-18789}:18789"
      - "${OPENCLAW_BRIDGE_PORT:-18790}:18790"
    init: true
    restart: unless-stopped
    command:
      [
        "node",
        "dist/index.js",
        "gateway",
        "--bind",
        "${OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_BIND:-lan}",
        "--port",
        "18789",
      ]

  openclaw-cli:
    image: ${OPENCLAW_IMAGE:-openclaw:local}
    environment:
      HOME: /home/node
      TERM: xterm-256color
      OPENCLAW_MODE: remote
      OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_URL: ws://openclaw-gateway:18789
      OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN: ${OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN}
      BROWSER: echo
      CLAUDE_AI_SESSION_KEY: ${CLAUDE_AI_SESSION_KEY}
      CLAUDE_WEB_SESSION_KEY: ${CLAUDE_WEB_SESSION_KEY}
      CLAUDE_WEB_COOKIE: ${CLAUDE_WEB_COOKIE}
    volumes:
      - ${OPENCLAW_CONFIG_DIR}:/home/node/.openclaw
      - ${OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE_DIR}:/home/node/.openclaw/workspace
    stdin_open: true
    tty: true
    init: true
    entrypoint: ["node", "dist/index.js"]

openclaw.json

{
  "gateway": {
    "port": 18789,
    "mode": "${OPENCLAW_MODE}",
    "bind": "auto",
    "auth": {
        "mode": "token",
        "token": "${OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN}"
    },
    "remote": {
        "transport": "direct",
        "url": "${OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_URL}",
        "token": "${OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN}"
    }
  }
}