OpenClaw Gateway Example

Launch an OpenClaw Gateway inside an OpenSandbox instance and expose its HTTP endpoint. The script polls the gateway until it returns HTTP 200, then prints the reachable endpoint.

Quick Start

# Install dependencies
uv pip install opensandbox requests

# Run with default settings
uv run python examples/openclaw/main.py

Configuration Options

The example supports various environment variables for customization:

Variable	Default	Description
OPENCLAW_SERVER	http://localhost:8080	OpenSandbox server address
OPENCLAW_TOKEN	dummy-token-for-sandbox	Gateway authentication token
OPENCLAW_IMAGE	ghcr.io/openclaw/openclaw:latest	Container image
OPENCLAW_TIMEOUT	3600	Sandbox timeout in seconds

Network Policy

By default, the sandbox denies all network access except pypi.org (for package installation). You can customize this in main.py:

network_policy=NetworkPolicy(
    defaultAction="deny",
    egress=[
        NetworkRule(action="allow", target="pypi.org"),
        NetworkRule(action="allow", target="pypi.python.org"),
        # Add more allowed targets
    ],
)

Environment Variables for OpenClaw

Pass environment variables to the OpenClaw Gateway inside the sandbox:

env={
    "OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN": token,
    "OPENCLAW_MODEL": "claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
    # Add more env vars as needed
},

Start OpenSandbox server [local]

You can find the latest OpenClaw container image here.

Notes (Docker runtime requirement)

The server uses runtime.type = "docker" by default, so it must be able to reach a running Docker daemon.

• Docker Desktop: ensure Docker Desktop is running, then verify with docker version.
• Colima (macOS): start it first (colima start) and export the socket before starting the server:

export DOCKER_HOST="unix://${HOME}/.colima/default/docker.sock"

Pre-pull the OpenClaw image:

docker pull ghcr.io/openclaw/openclaw:latest

Start the OpenSandbox server (logs will stay in the terminal):

uv pip install opensandbox-server
opensandbox-server init-config ~/.sandbox.toml --example docker
opensandbox-server

If you see errors like FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory from docker/transport/unixconn.py, it usually means the Docker unix socket is missing or Docker is not running.

Create and Access the OpenClaw Sandbox

This example is hard-coded for a quick start:

• OpenSandbox server: http://localhost:8080
• Image: ghcr.io/openclaw/openclaw:latest
• Gateway port: 18789
• Timeout: 3600s
• Token: OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN (default: dummy-token-for-sandbox)

Install dependencies from the project root:

uv pip install opensandbox requests

Run the example (set a real token if you need authenticated access):

export OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN="$(openssl rand -hex 32)"
uv run python examples/openclaw/main.py

You should see output similar to:

Creating openclaw sandbox with image=ghcr.io/openclaw/openclaw:latest on OpenSandbox server http://localhost:8080...
[check] sandbox ready after 7.1s
Openclaw started finished. Please refer to 127.0.0.1:56123

The endpoint printed at the end (e.g., 127.0.0.1:56123) is the OpenClaw Gateway address exposed from the sandbox.

Advanced: Custom Gateway Port

To use a custom port, modify the entrypoint in main.py:

entrypoint=["node dist/index.js gateway --bind=lan --port 19999 --allow-unconfigured --verbose"],

Then update the port in the get_endpoint() call:

endpoint = sandbox.get_endpoint(19999)

References

• OpenClaw
• OpenSandbox Python SDK

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This page is sourced from: examples/openclaw/README.md