Install OpenClaw & N8N.

Pre: Minimum Requirements

• VPS with Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04
• Minimum 2 vCPU and 4 GB RAM
• Minimum 20 GB disk space
• A domain name (optional, but recommended)

To install and configure OpenClaw and N8N on your VPS, follow these steps:

Step 1 – Update the system Connect to your VPS via SSH and run:

apt update && apt upgrade -y

Step 2 – Install Docker

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
sh get-docker.sh

Verify that Docker is working:

docker --version

Also install Docker Compose:

apt install docker-compose-plugin -y
docker compose version

Step 3 – Install OpenClaw Create a directory for OpenClaw

mkdir -p /opt/openclaw && cd /opt/openclaw

Create the docker-compose.yml file:

nano docker-compose.yml

Add the following content:

version: '3.8'
services:
  openclaw:
    image: openclaw/openclaw:latest
    container_name: openclaw
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    volumes:
      - openclaw_data:/app/data
    environment:
      - NODE_ENV=production

volumes:
  openclaw_data:

Save the file (Ctrl+O, Enter, Ctrl+X) and start the container:

docker compose up -d

Verify it is running:

docker ps

OpenClaw is now accessible at http://YOUR_VPS_IP:3000.