Gateway service check failed: Error: systemctl --user unavailable: spawn systemctl EACCES
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when running
I'm running openclaw in a container deployed by dokploy, version 2.26
I'm running openclaw in a container deployed by dokploy, version 2.26
Solution
That error is expected in a Dokploy/Docker container.
What to do instead (container-friendly):
- Run the gateway in the foreground as the container’s main process:
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- Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway (see “5-minute local startup”)
- “Restart” it using your orchestrator:
- Dokploy restart/redeploy (or
If you paste the exact output of:
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- and the full error from
openclaw gateway restartsystemctl --user …systemctlsystemctl --user unavailable … EACCESWhat to do instead (container-friendly):
- Run the gateway in the foreground as the container’s main process:
-
openclaw gateway --port 18789--verbose- Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway (see “5-minute local startup”)
- “Restart” it using your orchestrator:
- Dokploy restart/redeploy (or
docker restart <container>openclaw gateway restartIf you paste the exact output of:
-
openclaw --version- and the full error from
openclaw gateway restart
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