Self-Hosting Guides

Self-Host OpenClaw

Run your own AI coding agent on any infrastructure. Full control over your data, your API keys, and your deployment. Pick a provider and follow the step-by-step guide.

VPS

Budget-friendly virtual private servers — full root access, predictable pricing

🇩🇪beginner
Self-Host OpenClaw on Hetzner VPS
Deploy OpenClaw AI coding agent on a Hetzner VPS for under $5/month.
~20 min~$5/mo
🌊beginner
Self-Host OpenClaw on DigitalOcean
Deploy OpenClaw AI coding agent on a DigitalOcean Droplet.
~20 min~$6/mo
🐧beginner
Self-Host OpenClaw on Any Linux Server
Install OpenClaw AI coding agent on any Ubuntu or Debian Linux server.
~15 minvaries

Cloud Platform

Major cloud providers with enterprise networking and IAM

☁️intermediate
Self-Host OpenClaw on AWS EC2
Deploy OpenClaw AI coding agent on AWS EC2 with Docker.
~30 min~$10-25/mo
🔷intermediate
Self-Host OpenClaw on Azure
Deploy OpenClaw on Azure with a hardened Linux VM, private networking, and Azure Bastion for secure SSH access.
~25 min~$55/mo
🌐intermediate
Self-Host OpenClaw on Google Cloud
Deploy OpenClaw on Google Cloud Compute Engine with Docker.
~25 min~$5-25/mo

PaaS

Platform-as-a-Service — deploy without managing servers

🪁beginner
Self-Host OpenClaw on Fly.io
Deploy OpenClaw on Fly.
~15 min~$10-15/mo
🚂beginner
Self-Host OpenClaw on Railway
Deploy OpenClaw on Railway with one click.
~10 min~$5-10/mo
🎨beginner
Self-Host OpenClaw on Render
Deploy OpenClaw on Render with one click using the Blueprint system.
~10 minfree-$7/mo

Container

Container orchestration for teams and production workloads

☸️advanced
Self-Host OpenClaw on Kubernetes
Deploy OpenClaw on Kubernetes using Kustomize with persistent storage, secure gateway access, and production-ready configuration.
~30 minvaries
🐳beginner
Self-Host OpenClaw with Docker
Run OpenClaw locally or on any server using Docker and Docker Compose.
~15 minN/A

Other

Alternative deployment targets

🍓intermediate
Self-Host OpenClaw on Raspberry Pi
Run OpenClaw on a Raspberry Pi 4 or Pi 5 as an always-on AI coding agent.
~25 min~$0 (hardware you own)