#Login to openai-codex

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ashen cypress
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openclaw models auth login --provider openai-codex --method device-code

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│
◒ Requesting device code…│
◇ OpenAI Codex device code ──────────────────────────────────────╮
│ │
│ Open this URL in your LOCAL browser and enter the code below. │
│ URL: https://auth.openai.com/codex/device │
│ Code: [shown on the local device only] │
│ Code expires in 15 minutes. Never share it. │
│ │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Open this URL in your LOCAL browser:

https://auth.openai.com/codex/device

this doesn't display the code

I am on AWS lightsail

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I tried a few other variations with script and such I cant get the code to display so I can put it in the browser on my machine and log in

rotund matrixBOT
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woeful apexBOT
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Yep — on AWS/SSH that output is expected-but-confusing. OpenClaw detects a remote/headless environment and intentionally redacts the device code, so --method device-code isn’t the right path there.

Use the normal OAuth flow instead:

openclaw models auth login --provider openai-codex

Then:

  1. Copy the printed auth URL into your local browser.
  2. Sign in.
  3. When it redirects to 127.0.0.1 / fails to connect locally, copy the full address bar URL.
  4. Paste that back into the VPS prompt.

That flow is designed for remote/headless login. Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/oauth

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If that still fights you, alternate route: log in on a local machine, then copy the matching agent’s auth-profiles.json to the VPS. It contains OAuth secrets, so treat it like a password.