Minimum Server Specifications
Single CPU @2.0GHz and 2GB RAM
Command syntax for Linux
root@update-2025:~ # curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash
OpenClaw has been successfully installed
Follow each step
I understand this is powerful and inherently risky. Continue?
Yes
Onboarding Mode
Quick Start
Config Handling
Use existing values
For the model, I will use the DeepSeek AI model. To do this, select
Custom Provider
And the model uses deepseek-chat
API Base URL
For this channel, we will use Telegram Bot
First, prepare a name for the Telegram bot
Use BotFather here
Type /newbot to create a new bot.
Alright, a new bot. How are we going to call it? Please choose a name for your bot.
Fill in the name you will use
Good. Now let’s choose a username for your bot. It must end in `bot`. Like this, for example: TetrisBot or tetris_bot.
Enter the bot’s name
Return to the OpenClaw console
Enter the token obtained from botFather
If you don’t want to specify a skill, you can choose to skip for now
For further configuration, you can select No
When asked about Enable Hook, I selected Command logger and session memory
After making changes, select Gateway Restart
To make it accessible via a local laptop, we will use an SSH tunnel connection here
Type this command in the Windows OS command console
ssh -N -L 18789:127.0.0.1:18789 root@***.***.***.***
Then enter your server password
Not a browser, type the following token code in the URL
http://localhost:18789/#token=……………………………
OpenClaw Web Dashboard Display
We have included an AI model in this case, DeepSeek, because we previously selected Custom Provider, where the default Context Window used is 4096
So we need to change it as requested by OpenClaw, using the maximum context window limit provided by the AI provider. Here, I set it to a value of 128000
To make these changes, simply use the web dashboard
Config 🡪 All Settings 🡪 Raw
Edit the section indicated in the screenshot display
After that, click the Apply button to apply the changes. Please wait a moment
If you see a Disconnect notification, just ignore it because it will automatically reconnect later
To connect to the WhatsApp channel, first install the openclaw plugin for WhatsApp (this is required in the latest version of OpenClaw)
root@update-2025:~ # openclaw plugins enable whatsapp
Then run
root@update-2025:~ # openclaw config
Select WhatsApp Channel
Follow the next steps as shown in the screenshot
Finished
