OpenClaw Security Guide: Essential VPS Protection for Bot Services
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Summary
This comprehensive security guide provides practical steps for securing OpenClaw bot services running on VPS servers. It covers essential security measures including closing unnecessary open ports, hardening SSH access, protecting webhooks, securing databases, managing secrets properly, and implementing monitoring/logging. The guide emphasizes that most attacks are automated scans targeting common vulnerabilities rather than personal attacks, making proactive security essential for always-online services.
Key quotes
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Running OpenClaw (or any always-online bot service) on a VPS is powerful—but it also makes your server a target.
If OpenClaw is new (or quickly evolving), it's even more important to lock things down before you go live.
This guide is a complete, practical security guide for OpenClaw services running on VPS servers.
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