Elastic Desktop Service:Deploy OpenClaw (Clawdbot) through EDS

Preparations

• Accounts and permissions: Activate an Alibaba Cloud account, and complete your personal information.

Create and log on to a cloud computer

This section describes how to deploy a cloud computer with the OpenClaw (Clawdbot) service. For more configurations and parameter descriptions, see Create a Cloud Desktop.

1. Log on to the Elastic Desktop Service Enterprise console.

2. Click Create Cloud Computer and select Custom Purchase.

3. In the OS area, click the Community Image tab, then select the Moltbot(Clawdbot)-AI ASSISTANT image.

   

   Note

   • This image is currently supported in the China (Hangzhou), China (Beijing), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Hong Kong), Japan (Tokyo), Singapore, Thailand (Bangkok), Germany (Frankfurt), and US (Virginia) regions.

   • Select a 4 vCPU/8 GiB Memory or higher computing specification.

4. Complete other configurations. For related parameters and descriptions, see Create a Cloud Desktop.

5. After the cloud computer is created and is allocated to users, go to the client to log on to the cloud computer.

   Note

   • If you have not created a user, see Create a convenience account or Create and manage enterprise AD accounts to create an account for the user.

   • If you have not installed the client, go to the Alibaba Cloud Workspace client page to download the required client. macOS, Windows, Android, and iOS clients are all supported.

Configure the OpenClaw Environment

1. On the cloud computer, open the OpenClaw configuration panel.

2. Go to model settings and configure the API key. The default configurations are as follows:

   • Model: qwen3-max-2026-01-23

   • Base URL: https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1

   • To get an API key, do as follows:

     • Go to Alibaba Cloud Model Studio.

     • In the navigation pane on the left, select Key Management, and click Create API Key.

       Note

       The API key starts with sk-.

       After you configure the API key, using OpenClaw will incur model call fees. To avoid unexpected fees, promptly check the billing details of the models you use.

3. (Optional) Click Switch to General-Purpose Model in the upper-right corner to configure different models.

   Note

   • You can subscribe to the Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan to enjoy a fixed monthly fee and a monthly call quota. After purchasing the plan, go to the Coding Plan API Key Management Page to generate and save your API key.

     

   • If you use an API key created with the Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan, you must use the following base URL: https://coding-intl.dashscope.aliyuncs.com/v1

   • The Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Coding Plan supports both Qwen models (e.g., qwen3.5-plus, qwen3-max-2026-01-23, qwen3-coder-next, qwen3-coder-plus) and various third-party models (e.g., MiniMax-M2.5, glm-5, glm-4.7, kimi-k2.5). For a complete list, see Supported models for Coding Plan. You may specify any single model from this list; specifying multiple models is not supported.

Integrate IM software (Channel Settings)

In Channel Settings, select the desired IM software to integrate it. Because the image encapsulates the necessary integration features, you only need to configure the required keys without additional development or deployment work.

Skills provided by the image

For details about the skills provided in the image, see the Skills Provided by the Image document.