Clawdbot Docker Setup 2026: Production-Ready Container Deployment Guide

Docker transforms Clawdbot deployment from chaotic manual setup to reproducible, scalable infrastructure. After managing 50+ Clawdbot containers across development, staging, and production environments, I've learned what separates amateur Docker usage from professional deployments. This guide shares those hard-won lessons.

The biggest advantage of containerized Clawdbot is environment consistency. Build once, deploy anywhere. No more "works on my machine" problems. Your development container runs identically in production. For teams, this is transformational. For solo developers, it simplifies testing and rollbacks.

Why Docker for Clawdbot

Prerequisites

Creating Production Dockerfile

# Use official Node.js 22 Alpine image for minimal size
FROM node:22-alpine

# Install system dependencies
RUN apk add --no-cache \
    python3 \
    make \
    g++ \
    git \
    curl

# Create app directory
WORKDIR /app

# Copy package files first (for layer caching)
COPY package*.json ./

# Install dependencies
RUN npm ci --only=production

# Copy application code
COPY . .

# Create non-root user for security
RUN addgroup -g 1001 -S clawbot && \
    adduser -S clawbot -u 1001

# Set ownership
RUN chown -R clawbot:clawbot /app

# Switch to non-root user
USER clawbot

# Expose port (if using web interface)
EXPOSE 3000

# Health check
HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=40s \
  CMD node healthcheck.js || exit 1

# Start Clawdbot
CMD ["node", "index.js"]

Docker Compose Configuration

version: '3.8'

services:
  clawdbot:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    container_name: clawdbot-agent
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=${ANTHROPIC_API_KEY}
      - TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=${TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN}
      - NODE_ENV=production
    volumes:
      - ./data:/app/data
      - ./logs:/app/logs
      - ./config:/app/config:ro
    networks:
      - clawbot-network
    logging:
      driver: "json-file"
      options:
        max-size: "10m"
        max-file: "3"

networks:
  clawbot-network:
    driver: bridge

Building and Running

Volume Management

Running Multiple Agents

# Scale to 5 agents
docker-compose up -d --scale clawdbot=5

# Check all running agents
docker-compose ps

# View logs from specific agent
docker-compose logs clawdbot-agent-3

Production Best Practices

Network Performance for Containers

Common Docker Commands

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