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OpenClaw Docker Security: Container Hardening Guide

February 23, 20265 min readReviewed February 23, 2026
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Container Security: Running OpenClaw in Docker provides isolation, but requires proper hardening to prevent security vulnerabilities.

Basic Docker Security

# Use non-root user USER openclaw # Drop capabilities CAPABILITIES DROP ALL # Read-only root filesystem READONLY root filesystem

Docker Compose Security Configuration

version: '3.8' services: openclaw: image: openclaw/latest security_opt: - no-new-privileges:true - read-only:true environment: - OPENCLAW_SANDBOX=true volumes: - openclaw_data:/data networks: - internal

Network Isolation

# Create isolated network docker network create openclaw-net # Run without external network access docker run --network=openclaw-net openclaw

Resource Limits

# Limit CPU and memory docker run --cpus="1.5" --memory="2g" openclaw

Secrets Management

# Use Docker secrets for API keys echo "your-api-key" | docker secret create openclaw-key - docker run --secret=openclaw-key openclaw

Vulnerability Scanning

# Scan image for vulnerabilities docker scan openclaw:latest # Use Trivy for deeper scans trivy image openclaw:latest --severity HIGH,CRITICAL

Runtime Security Monitoring

# Monitor container activity docker logs openclaw --follow # Inspect container filesystem docker exec openclaw ls -la /openclaw

Docker Deployment Guide

Docker Guide
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