where to put tokens instead of openclaw.json
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when doing a local build (instead of a docker build) where do you put all your tokens? (e.g. the .evn file with docker compose) so you dont ahve to keep them in the openclaw.json file/
Solution
Yep — for a local personal install,
A couple quick gotchas to keep it smooth:
- After editing
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- or stop/start whatever
- Prefer env vars over putting secrets in
- https://docs.openclaw.ai/help/environment
If you want, paste which providers you’re using (Discord/Anthropic/OpenAI/etc.) and I’ll tell you the exact env var names OpenClaw expects for each.
~/.openclaw/.envA couple quick gotchas to keep it smooth:
- After editing
~/.openclaw/.env-
openclaw gateway restart- or stop/start whatever
openclaw gateway- Prefer env vars over putting secrets in
openclaw.json${VAR}- https://docs.openclaw.ai/help/environment
If you want, paste which providers you’re using (Discord/Anthropic/OpenAI/etc.) and I’ll tell you the exact env var names OpenClaw expects for each.
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