Tutorial
DevOps Automation: Transform your DevOps workflow with OpenClaw for infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and incident response.
Infrastructure as Code Generation
# Generate Terraform configurations
openclaw chat "Create Terraform configuration for:
- AWS VPC with public and private subnets
- EC2 instances with auto-scaling
- RDS PostgreSQL database
- Security groups and load balancer"
# Kubernetes manifests
openclaw chat "Generate Kubernetes manifests for:
- Deployment with 3 replicas
- Service with load balancer
- ConfigMap and Secret
- HorizontalPodAutoscaler"Dockerfile Generation
# Generate optimized Dockerfiles
openclaw chat "Create a multi-stage Dockerfile for:
- Node.js application
- Minimal alpine base image
- Non-root user
- Health check endpoint"
# Docker Compose services
openclaw chat "Create docker-compose.yml with:
- PostgreSQL database
- Redis cache
- Backend API service
- Nginx reverse proxy
- Network isolation and volumes"CI/CD Pipeline Automation
# GitHub Actions workflow
openclaw chat "Create .github/workflows/ci.yml with:
- Node.js test on push
- Docker build on PR
- Deploy to staging on main
- Manual approval for production"
# GitLab CI pipeline
openclaw chat "Create .gitlab-ci.yml with:
- Build stage with caching
- Test stage with coverage
- Deploy stages for dev/staging/prod
- Environment-specific variables"Monitoring and Observability
# Prometheus queries
openclaw chat "Write PromQL queries for:
- Request rate by endpoint (last 5min)
- 95th percentile latency
- Error rate by service
- Pod resource usage"
# Grafana dashboard JSON
openclaw chat "Create Grafana dashboard JSON for:
- API response times
- Database connection pool
- Redis cache hit rate
- Custom service metrics"Log Analysis and Alerting
# Parse logs with jq
openclaw chat "Create jq command to:
- Extract error messages
- Filter by HTTP status code
- Group by endpoint
- Calculate error rate"
# Create alert rules
openclaw chat "Write Prometheus alert rules for:
- High error rate (>5% for 5min)
- Slow response time (p95 > 1s)
- Database connection exhaustion
- Disk space > 80%"Incident Response Automation
# Incident triage script
openclaw chat "Create a bash script that:
- Checks service health endpoints
- Gathers recent error logs
- Identifies affected components
- Generates incident summary"
# Rollback automation
openclaw chat "Create a rollback script that:
- Identifies current deployment version
- Reverts to previous stable release
- Runs database migrations if needed
- Verifies service health"Configuration Management
# Ansible playbook generation
openclaw chat "Create Ansible playbook to:
- Update system packages
- Configure nginx with TLS
- Deploy application from Git
- Restart services with handlers"
# Cloud-init scripts
openclaw chat "Generate cloud-init user-data for:
- User creation with SSH keys
- Docker installation
- Firewall configuration
- Automatic updates"Backup and Disaster Recovery
# Backup script
openclaw chat "Create a backup script that:
- Dumps PostgreSQL database
- Archives user uploads
- Uploads to S3 with encryption
- Sends notification on completion"
# Restore procedure
openclaw chat "Document restore procedure with:
- Pre-restore checks
- Database restoration steps
- File recovery from backup
- Post-restore verification"Security Scanning Integration
# Container security scanning
openclaw chat "Integrate Trivy scanning in CI:
- Scan Docker image for vulnerabilities
- Fail build on HIGH/CRITICAL findings
- Generate SARIF report for GitHub"
# Dependency checking
openclaw chat "Add dependency check workflow:
- Run npm audit on PR
- Check for known vulnerabilities
- Update automated deps
- Alert on security advisories"Performance Optimization
DevOps Best Practices
- Always validate generated IaC: Test in staging before production
- Use secrets management: Never hardcode credentials
- Implement proper logging: Structured logs with correlation IDs
- Monitor everything: Set up alerts before you need them
- Document runbooks: Use OpenClaw to help create incident docs
- Practice disaster recovery: Regularly test restore procedures