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Docker setup questions (Alpine image)

Blub blub @Krill 🦐 and any lobster lovers out there reading this! I am having trouble running openclaw in a docker container. I'm sure I'm doing something stupid but I'm not sure what that is. I am using alpine's Debian based image now, but the same issue occurs when I use the docker sh file from the repo as-is.

When I exec -it into the container, the gateway is already running. If I say

npx openclaw gateway stop

npx openclaw gateway stop

I get this error:

Gateway service check failed: Error: systemctl --user unavailable: unknown error

Gateway service check failed: Error: systemctl --user unavailable: unknown error

And if I try to run the docker friendly

npx openclaw gateway run

npx openclaw gateway run

it says there is already a gateway running so it can't run in the foreground.

Any ideas? Here is my config setup below.

Dockerfile:

FROM alpine/openclaw:latest

# Switch to root to perform the installation
USER root

# 1. Update package lists
# 2. Install Python3 and Pip and vim (python to execute scripts)
# 3. Clean up the apt cache to keep the image layer small
RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip vim && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Switch back to the 'node' user for security
# (This is the standard user for OpenClaw/Node apps)
USER node

FROM alpine/openclaw:latest

# Switch to root to perform the installation
USER root

# 1. Update package lists
# 2. Install Python3 and Pip and vim (python to execute scripts)
# 3. Clean up the apt cache to keep the image layer small
RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip vim && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Switch back to the 'node' user for security
# (This is the standard user for OpenClaw/Node apps)
USER node

docker-compose.yml:

services:
  openclaw:
    build: .
    container_name: openclaw
    restart: unless-stopped

    ports:
      - "18789:18789" # Gateway Port
      - "18790:18790" # Bridge Port

    environment:
      OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN: "redacted"
      OPENCLAW_CONFIG_DIR: "/openclaw_data/config"
      OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE_DIR: "/openclaw_data/workspace"

    volumes:
      - /mnt/easystore/appdata/openclaw/config:/openclaw_data/config
      - /mnt/easystore/appdata/openclaw/workspace:/openclaw_data/workspace

      # Give the container access to the drive so it can do its job.
      - /mnt/easystore:/mnt/easystore

services:
  openclaw:
    build: .
    container_name: openclaw
    restart: unless-stopped

    ports:
      - "18789:18789" # Gateway Port
      - "18790:18790" # Bridge Port

    environment:
      OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN: "redacted"
      OPENCLAW_CONFIG_DIR: "/openclaw_data/config"
      OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE_DIR: "/openclaw_data/workspace"

    volumes:
      - /mnt/easystore/appdata/openclaw/config:/openclaw_data/config
      - /mnt/easystore/appdata/openclaw/workspace:/openclaw_data/workspace

      # Give the container access to the drive so it can do its job.
      - /mnt/easystore:/mnt/easystore

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Docker setup questions (Alpine image)

npx openclaw gateway stop

npx openclaw gateway stop

I get this error:

Gateway service check failed: Error: systemctl --user unavailable: unknown error

Gateway service check failed: Error: systemctl --user unavailable: unknown error

And if I try to run the docker friendly

npx openclaw gateway run

npx openclaw gateway run

it says there is already a gateway running so it can't run in the foreground.

Any ideas? Here is my config setup below.

Dockerfile:

FROM alpine/openclaw:latest

# Switch to root to perform the installation
USER root

# 1. Update package lists
# 2. Install Python3 and Pip and vim (python to execute scripts)
# 3. Clean up the apt cache to keep the image layer small
RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip vim && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Switch back to the 'node' user for security
# (This is the standard user for OpenClaw/Node apps)
USER node

FROM alpine/openclaw:latest

# Switch to root to perform the installation
USER root

# 1. Update package lists
# 2. Install Python3 and Pip and vim (python to execute scripts)
# 3. Clean up the apt cache to keep the image layer small
RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip vim && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Switch back to the 'node' user for security
# (This is the standard user for OpenClaw/Node apps)
USER node

docker-compose.yml:

services:
  openclaw:
    build: .
    container_name: openclaw
    restart: unless-stopped

    ports:
      - "18789:18789" # Gateway Port
      - "18790:18790" # Bridge Port

    environment:
      OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN: "redacted"
      OPENCLAW_CONFIG_DIR: "/openclaw_data/config"
      OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE_DIR: "/openclaw_data/workspace"

    volumes:
      - /mnt/easystore/appdata/openclaw/config:/openclaw_data/config
      - /mnt/easystore/appdata/openclaw/workspace:/openclaw_data/workspace

      # Give the container access to the drive so it can do its job.
      - /mnt/easystore:/mnt/easystore

services:
  openclaw:
    build: .
    container_name: openclaw
    restart: unless-stopped

    ports:
      - "18789:18789" # Gateway Port
      - "18790:18790" # Bridge Port

    environment:
      OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN: "redacted"
      OPENCLAW_CONFIG_DIR: "/openclaw_data/config"
      OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE_DIR: "/openclaw_data/workspace"

    volumes:
      - /mnt/easystore/appdata/openclaw/config:/openclaw_data/config
      - /mnt/easystore/appdata/openclaw/workspace:/openclaw_data/workspace

      # Give the container access to the drive so it can do its job.
      - /mnt/easystore:/mnt/easystore

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