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Right this moment, we’re asserting the overall availability of OpenClaw on Amazon Lightsail to launch OpenClaw occasion, pairing your browser, enabling AI capabilities, and optionally connecting messaging channels. Your Lightsail OpenClaw occasion is pre-configured with Amazon Bedrock because the default AI mannequin supplier. When you full setup, you can begin chatting along with your AI assistant instantly — no further configuration required.
OpenClaw is an open-source self-hosted autonomous personal AI agent that acts as a private digital assistant by operating straight in your laptop. You may AI brokers on OpenClaw via your browser to connect with messaging apps like WhatsApp, Discord, or Telegram to carry out duties corresponding to managing emails, looking the online, and organizing information, moderately than simply answering questions.
AWS clients have requested if they will run OpenClaw on AWS. A few of them blogged about operating OpenClaw on Amazon EC2 cases. As somebody who has skilled putting in OpenClaw straight on my dwelling system, I discovered that this isn’t simple and that there are various safety concerns.
So, let me introduce the right way to launch a pre-configured OpenClaw occasion on Amazon Lightsail extra simply and run it securely.
OpenClaw on Amazon Lightsail in motion
To get began, go to the Amazon Lightsail console and select Create occasion on the Cases part. After selecting your most popular AWS Area and Availability Zone, Linux/Unix platform to run your occasion, select OpenClaw below Choose a blueprint.
You may select your occasion plan (4 GB reminiscence plan is beneficial for optimum efficiency) and enter a reputation to your occasion. Lastly select Create occasion. Your occasion can be in a Operating state in a couple of minutes.
Earlier than you need to use the OpenClaw dashboard, you need to pair your browser with OpenClaw. This creates a safe connection between your browser session and OpenClaw. To pair your browser with OpenClaw, select Join utilizing SSH within the Getting began tab.
When a browser-based SSH terminal opens, you’ll be able to see the dashboard URL, safety credentials displayed within the welcome message. Copy them and open the dashboard in a brand new browser tab. Within the OpenClaw dashboard, you’ll be able to paste the copied entry token into the Gateway Token area within the OpenClaw dashboard.
When prompted, press y to proceed and a to approve with system pairing within the SSH terminal. When pairing is full, you’ll be able to see the OK standing within the OpenClaw dashboard and your browser is now linked to your OpenClaw occasion.
Your OpenClaw occasion on Lightsail is configured to make use of Amazon Bedrock to energy its AI assistant. To allow Bedrock API entry, copy the script within the Getting began tab and run copied script into the AWS CloudShell terminal.
As soon as the script is full, go to Chat within the OpenClaw dashboard to start out utilizing your AI assistant!
You may arrange OpenClaw to work with messaging apps like Telegram and WhatsApp for interacting along with your AI assistant straight out of your cellphone or messaging consumer. To study extra, go to Get began with OpenClaw on Lightsail within the Amazon Lightsail Person Information.
Issues to know
Listed below are key concerns to find out about this characteristic:
- Permission — You may customise AWS IAM permissions granted to your OpenClaw occasion. The setup script creates an IAM position with a coverage that grants entry to Amazon Bedrock. You may customise this coverage at any time. However, you ought to be cautious when modifying permissions as a result of it might forestall OpenClaw from producing AI responses. To study extra, go to AWS IAM insurance policies within the AWS documentation
- Value — You pay for the occasion plan you chose on an on-demand hourly fee just for what you utilize. Each message despatched to and acquired from the OpenClaw assistant is processed via Amazon Bedrock utilizing a token-based pricing mannequin. If you choose a third-party mannequin distributed via AWS Market corresponding to Anthropic Claude or Cohere, there could also be further software program charges on high of the per-token value.
- Safety — Operating a private AI agent on OpenClaw is highly effective, however it might trigger safety menace if you’re careless. I like to recommend to cover your OpenClaw gateway by no means to reveal it to open web. The gateway auth token is your password, so rotate it usually and retailer it in your setting file not hardcoded in config file. To study extra about safety suggestions, go to Safety on OpenClaw gateway.
Now obtainable
OpenClaw on Amazon Lightsail is now obtainable in all AWS business Areas the place Amazon Lightsail is on the market. For Regional availability and a future roadmap, go to the AWS Capabilities by Area.
Give a strive within the Lightsail console and ship suggestions to AWS re:Submit for Amazon Lightsail or via your regular AWS assist contacts.
– Channy
