OpenClaw Docker Setup

This guide appears coherent and matches its stated goal, but it handles sensitive credentials — Gmail App Passwords, Google OAuth client JSON, exported gog tokens, and optionally an Anthropic setup token/API key — and instructs you to place them inside persistent Docker volumes. Before proceeding: (1) ensure you trust the GHCR image source (verify upstream project and checksums if available); (2) prefer a dedicated bot account (as the guide recommends) and limit scopes/permissions when creating OAuth credentials; (3) avoid leaving temporary token export files on disk (remove /tmp exports after import); (4) understand that secrets stored in the named Docker volumes will persist until you remove them — rotate or revoke tokens if the instance is decommissioned; (5) follow the guide’s safer file-copy patterns (pipe via docker exec rather than docker cp) to avoid ownership issues; and (6) if you need higher assurance, inspect the actual OpenClaw GHCR image contents (or run it in an isolated VM) before giving it production credentials. If you want, I can point out every command that writes credentials to disk so you can audit or modify them before running.