openclaw daemon
Legacy alias for Gateway service management commands.
openclaw daemon ... maps to the same service control surface as openclaw gateway ... service commands.
Usage
openclaw daemon status
openclaw daemon install
openclaw daemon start
openclaw daemon stop
openclaw daemon restart
openclaw daemon uninstall
Subcommands
status: show service install state and probe Gateway health
install: install service (launchd/systemd/schtasks)
uninstall: remove service
start: start service
stop: stop service
restart: restart service
Common options
status: --url, --token, --password, --timeout, --no-probe, --require-rpc, --deep, --json
install: --port, --runtime <node|bun>, --token, --force, --json
- lifecycle (
uninstall|start|stop|restart): --json
Notes:
status resolves configured auth SecretRefs for probe auth when possible.
- If a required auth SecretRef is unresolved in this command path,
daemon status --json reports rpc.authWarning when probe connectivity/auth fails; pass --token/--password explicitly or resolve the secret source first.
- If the probe succeeds, unresolved auth-ref warnings are suppressed to avoid false positives.
- On Linux systemd installs,
status token-drift checks include both Environment= and EnvironmentFile= unit sources.
- When token auth requires a token and
gateway.auth.token is SecretRef-managed, install validates that the SecretRef is resolvable but does not persist the resolved token into service environment metadata.
- If token auth requires a token and the configured token SecretRef is unresolved, install fails closed.
- If both
gateway.auth.token and gateway.auth.password are configured and gateway.auth.mode is unset, install is blocked until mode is set explicitly.
Prefer
Use openclaw gateway for current docs and examples.Last modified on March 22, 2026