How to Run OpenClaw on AWS EC2

# AWS CLI example
aws ec2 run-instances \
  --image-id ami-0c55b159cbfafe1f0 \
  --instance-type t3.medium \
  --key-name my-keypair \
  --security-group-ids sg-0123456789abcdef0 \
  --subnet-id subnet-0bb1c79de3EXAMPLE \
  --block-device-mappings DeviceName=/dev/xvda,Ebs={VolumeSize=20,VolumeType=gp3} \
  --tag-specifications 'ResourceType=instance,Tags=[{Key=Name,Value=openclaw-prod}]'

# Create security group
aws ec2 create-security-group \
  --group-name openclaw-sg \
  --description "OpenClaw security group"

# Allow SSH from your IP
aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress \
  --group-id sg-0123456789abcdef0 \
  --protocol tcp --port 22 \
  --cidr YOUR_IP/32

# Allow HTTP and HTTPS from anywhere
aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress \
  --group-id sg-0123456789abcdef0 \
  --protocol tcp --port 80 --cidr 0.0.0.0/0
aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress \
  --group-id sg-0123456789abcdef0 \
  --protocol tcp --port 443 --cidr 0.0.0.0/0

# SSH into instance
ssh -i my-keypair.pem ubuntu@ec2-xx-xxx-xxx-xxx.compute-1.amazonaws.com

# Install Docker
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
sudo sh get-docker.sh
sudo usermod -aG docker ubuntu

# Install Docker Compose
sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git
cd openclaw

# Create persistent volume
docker volume create openclaw_data

# Start OpenClaw
docker run -d \
  --name openclaw \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v openclaw_data:/data \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  openclaw/openclaw:latest

# Install Caddy
sudo apt install -y debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring apt-transport-https
curl -1sLf 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/caddy/stable/gpg.key' | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/caddy-stable-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/caddy-stable-archive-keyring.gpg] https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/caddy/stable/deb/debian any-version main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/caddy-stable.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install caddy

# Configure Caddyfile
sudo tee /etc/caddy/Caddyfile > /dev/null <<EOF
openclaw.example.com {
    reverse_proxy localhost:8080
}
EOF

# Restart Caddy
sudo systemctl restart caddy

# Enable detailed monitoring
aws ec2 monitor-instances --instance-ids i-0123456789abcdef0

# Create CloudWatch alarm for high CPU
aws cloudwatch put-metric-alarm \
  --alarm-name openclaw-high-cpu \
  --alarm-description "Alert if CPU exceeds 80%" \
  --metric-name CPUUtilization \
  --namespace AWS/EC2 \
  --statistic Average \
  --period 300 \
  --threshold 80 \
  --comparison-operator GreaterThanThreshold \
  --dimensions Name=InstanceId,Value=i-0123456789abcdef0 \
  --evaluation-periods 2 \
  --alarm-actions arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:123456789012:my-sns-topic