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what about just using an unprivileged container and mounting a host folder to run open claw?

tucaz 7mo ago
OpenClaw is so bad with Docker. I spent hours on it and hit road block after road block trying to get the most basic things working. The last one was inability to install dependencies on the docker container to enable plugins. The existing scripts and instructions don’t work (at least I couldn’t get them to work. Maybe a me problem). So I gave up and moved on. What was supposed to be a helpful assistant became a nightmare.
- eru 7mo ago
  Why not use a VM?
  - amelius 7mo ago
    Why not ask an AI?
  - tucaz 7mo ago
    Because I have a machine running dozens of apps on Docker and have a solid and stable workflow I want to take advantage of to manage my apps.
- bicepjai 7mo ago
  Same experience. I used Coolify and it was so hard. I wondered why people are so enthralled with this unacceptable UX for setup, only to realize no one cared about Docker and they just got a new Mac mini or used their own system.
- k_bx 7mo ago
  Did you try Incus? Gives you VM-like experience in a container
- danhon 7mo ago
  Absolutely this. I finally got it working, but the instructions and scripts for setting it up with Docker absolutely do not work.
- bazmattaz 7mo ago
  I’m not an engineer and now I realise why I’ve been struggling getting OpenClaw setup in docker. I just can’t get it to work. Makes sense that it needs access to the underlying OS
brightball 7mo ago
I'm curious if people have had success running it on Cloudflare workers. I know there was a lot of hype about that a few weeks ago.
yopojones 7mo ago
Riight, unprivileged lxc/lxd container takes 2s to set up. Thanks NV, sticking with opencode.
liuliu 7mo ago
The problem is that it cannot access your credentials hence useless.
cowpig 7mo ago
Containers and VMs are really annoying to work with for these kinds of applications. Things like agent-safehouse and greywall are better imo
- yopojones 7mo ago
  I've honestly found containers a breeze for such use cases. Inference lives on the host, crazy lives in an unpriv'd overlayfs container that I don't mind trashing the root of, and is like nothing in resources to clone, and gives a clean mitm surface via a veth. That said, greywall looks pretty dope!

tucaz 7mo ago

OpenClaw is so bad with Docker. I spent hours on it and hit road block after road block trying to get the most basic things working. The last one was inability to install dependencies on the docker container to enable plugins. The existing scripts and instructions don’t work (at least I couldn’t get them to work. Maybe a me problem). So I gave up and moved on. What was supposed to be a helpful assistant became a nightmare.

eru 7mo ago
Why not use a VM?
- amelius 7mo ago
  Why not ask an AI?
- tucaz 7mo ago
  Because I have a machine running dozens of apps on Docker and have a solid and stable workflow I want to take advantage of to manage my apps.
bicepjai 7mo ago
Same experience. I used Coolify and it was so hard. I wondered why people are so enthralled with this unacceptable UX for setup, only to realize no one cared about Docker and they just got a new Mac mini or used their own system.
k_bx 7mo ago
Did you try Incus? Gives you VM-like experience in a container
danhon 7mo ago
Absolutely this. I finally got it working, but the instructions and scripts for setting it up with Docker absolutely do not work.
bazmattaz 7mo ago
I’m not an engineer and now I realise why I’ve been struggling getting OpenClaw setup in docker. I just can’t get it to work. Makes sense that it needs access to the underlying OS

brightball 7mo ago

I'm curious if people have had success running it on Cloudflare workers. I know there was a lot of hype about that a few weeks ago.

yopojones 7mo ago

Riight, unprivileged lxc/lxd container takes 2s to set up. Thanks NV, sticking with opencode.

liuliu 7mo ago

The problem is that it cannot access your credentials hence useless.

cowpig 7mo ago

Containers and VMs are really annoying to work with for these kinds of applications. Things like agent-safehouse and greywall are better imo

yopojones 7mo ago
I've honestly found containers a breeze for such use cases. Inference lives on the host, crazy lives in an unpriv'd overlayfs container that I don't mind trashing the root of, and is like nothing in resources to clone, and gives a clean mitm surface via a veth. That said, greywall looks pretty dope!