Run OpenClaw safely on a VPS
OpenClaw runs shell commands and browses the web, so a careless setup is dangerous. Harden it on a VPS: unprivileged user, firewall, secrets, systemd.
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OpenClaw runs shell commands and browses the web, so a careless setup is dangerous. Harden it on a VPS: unprivileged user, firewall, secrets, systemd.
OpenClaw is a personal AI agent that runs commands on your own server. Here is how one is built, piece by piece, and why hardening comes first.
Hermes Agent or OpenClaw for a persistent self-hosted agent? Pinned to September 2026 tags and compared on ports, sandboxing, memory, skills and Claude auth.
OpenClaw, Hermes, Dify, OpenHands, and Agent Zero compared: what each agent does best, what it needs, and how to run any of them safely on your own VPS.