* feat(docker): add opt-in sandbox support for Docker deployments
Enable Docker-based sandbox isolation via OPENCLAW_SANDBOX=1 env var
in docker-setup.sh. This is a prerequisite for agents.defaults.sandbox
to function in any Docker deployment (self-hosted, Hostinger, DigitalOcean).
Changes:
- Dockerfile: add OPENCLAW_INSTALL_DOCKER_CLI build arg (~50MB, opt-in)
- docker-compose.yml: add commented-out docker.sock mount with docs
- docker-setup.sh: auto-detect Docker socket, inject mount, detect GID,
build sandbox image, configure sandbox defaults, add group_add
All changes are opt-in. Zero impact on existing deployments.
Usage: OPENCLAW_SANDBOX=1 ./docker-setup.sh
Closes#29933
Related: #7575, #7827, #28401, #10361, #12505, #28326
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: address code review feedback on sandbox support
- Persist OPENCLAW_SANDBOX, DOCKER_GID, OPENCLAW_INSTALL_DOCKER_CLI
to .env via upsert_env so group_add survives re-runs
- Show config set errors instead of swallowing them silently;
report partial failure when sandbox config is incomplete
- Warn when Dockerfile.sandbox is missing but sandbox config
is still applied (sandbox image won't exist)
- Fix non-canonical whitespace in apt sources.list entry
by using printf instead of echo with line continuation
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: remove `local` outside function and guard sandbox behind Docker CLI check
- Remove `local` keyword from top-level `sandbox_config_ok` assignment
which caused script exit under `set -euo pipefail` (bash `local`
outside a function is an error)
- Add Docker CLI prerequisite check for pre-built (non-local) images:
runs `docker --version` inside the container and skips sandbox setup
with a clear warning if the CLI is missing
- Split sandbox block so config is only applied after prerequisites pass
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: defer docker.sock mount until sandbox prerequisites pass
Move Docker socket mounting from the early setup phase (before image
build/pull) to a dedicated compose overlay created only after:
1. Docker CLI is verified inside the container image
2. /var/run/docker.sock exists on the host
Previously the socket was mounted optimistically at startup, leaving
the host Docker daemon exposed even when sandbox setup was later
skipped due to missing Docker CLI. Now the gateway starts without
the socket, and a docker-compose.sandbox.yml overlay is generated
only when all prerequisites pass. The gateway restart at the end of
sandbox setup picks up both the socket mount and sandbox config.
Also moves group_add from write_extra_compose() into the sandbox
overlay, keeping all sandbox-specific compose configuration together.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* docs(docker): fix sandbox docs URL in setup output
* Docker: harden sandbox setup fallback behavior
* Tests: cover docker-setup sandbox edge paths
* Docker: roll back sandbox mode on partial config failure
* Tests: assert sandbox mode rollback on partial setup
* Docs: document Docker sandbox bootstrap env controls
* Changelog: credit Docker sandbox bootstrap hardening
* Update CHANGELOG.md
* Docker: verify Docker apt signing key fingerprint
* Docker: avoid sandbox overlay deps during policy writes
* Tests: assert no-deps sandbox rollback gateway recreate
* Docs: mention OPENCLAW_INSTALL_DOCKER_CLI in Docker env vars
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Co-authored-by: Jakub Karwowski <jakubkarwowski@Mac.lan>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
* docs(gateway): document Docker bridge networking and loopback bind caveat
The default loopback bind makes the gateway unreachable with Docker
bridge networking because port-forwarded traffic arrives on eth0, not
lo. Add a note in both the Dockerfile and the configuration reference
explaining the workarounds (--network host or bind: lan).
Fixes#27950
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* docs(docker): note legacy gateway.bind alias migration
* docs(gateway): clarify legacy bind alias auto-migration
* docs(docker): require bind mode values in gateway.bind
* docs(gateway): avoid bind alias auto-migration claim
* changelog: add #28001 docker bind docs credit
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Discussion: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/discussions/13528
## Checklist
- [x] **Mark as AI-assisted in the PR title or description** - Implemented by 🤖, reviewed by 👨💻
- [x] **Note the degree of testing** - fully tested and I use it myself
- [x] **Include prompts or session logs if possible (super helpful!)** - I can try doing a "resume" on a few sessions, but don't think it'll provide value. Lmk if this is a blocker.
- [x] **Confirm you understand what the code does** - It's simple :)
## Summary of changes
- **ClawDock** - Shell helpers replace verbose `docker-compose` commands with simple `clawdock-*` shortcuts
- **Zero-config setup** - First run auto-detects the OpenClaw project directory from common paths and saves the config for future use
- **No extra dependencies** - Just bash
- **Built-in auth & device pairing helpers** - `clawdock-fix-token`, `clawdock-dashboard`, etc to handle gateay setup, streamline web UI, etc...
- **Updated Docker docs** - Installation docs now include the optional ClawDock helper setup for users who want simplified container management
## Example Usage
```bash
$ clawdock-help
🦞 ClawDock - Docker Helpers for OpenClaw
⚡ Basic Operations
clawdock-start Start the gateway
clawdock-stop Stop the gateway
clawdock-restart Restart the gateway
clawdock-status Check container status
clawdock-logs View live logs (follows)
🐚 Container Access
clawdock-shell Shell into container (openclaw alias ready)
clawdock-cli Run CLI commands (e.g., clawdock-cli status)
clawdock-exec <cmd> Execute command in gateway container
🌐 Web UI & Devices
clawdock-dashboard Open web UI in browser (auto-guides you)
clawdock-devices List device pairings (auto-guides you)
clawdock-approve <id> Approve device pairing (with examples)
⚙️ Setup & Configuration
clawdock-fix-token Configure gateway token (run once)
🔧 Maintenance
clawdock-rebuild Rebuild Docker image
clawdock-clean ⚠️ Remove containers & volumes (nuclear)
🛠️ Utilities
clawdock-health Run health check
clawdock-token Show gateway auth token
clawdock-cd Jump to openclaw project directory
clawdock-config Open config directory (~/.openclaw)
clawdock-workspace Open workspace directory
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🚀 First Time Setup
1. clawdock-start # Start the gateway
2. clawdock-fix-token # Configure token
3. clawdock-dashboard # Open web UI
4. clawdock-devices # If pairing needed
5. clawdock-approve <id> # Approve pairing
💬 WhatsApp Setup
clawdock-shell
> openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp
> openclaw status
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
💡 All commands guide you through next steps!
📚 Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
```\n\nCo-authored-by: Gustavo Madeira Santana <gumadeiras@gmail.com>
* docs: restructure Get Started tab and improve onboarding flow
- Flatten nested Onboarding group into linear First Steps flow
- Add 'What is OpenClaw?' narrative section to landing page
- Split wizard.md into streamlined overview + full reference (reference/wizard.md)
- Move Pairing to Channels > Configuration
- Move Bootstrapping to Agents > Fundamentals
- Move macOS app onboarding to Platforms > macOS companion app
- Move Lore to Help > Community
- Remove duplicate install instructions from openclaw.md
- Mirror navigation changes in zh-CN tabs
- No content deleted — all detail preserved or relocated
* docs: move deployment pages to install/, fix Platforms tab routing, clarify onboarding paths
- Move deployment guides (fly, hetzner, gcp, macos-vm, exe-dev, railway, render,
northflank) from platforms/ and root to install/
- Add 'Hosting and deployment' group to Install tab
- Slim Gateway & Ops 'Remote access and deployment' down to 'Remote access'
- Swap Platforms tab before Gateway & Ops to fix path-prefix routing
- Move macOS app onboarding into First steps (parallel to CLI wizard)
- Rename sidebar titles to 'Onboarding: CLI' / 'Onboarding: macOS App'
- Add redirects for all moved paths
- Update all internal links (en + zh-CN)
- Fix img tag syntax in onboarding.md
