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onyx herald Apr 29, 2026, 6:26 AM

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Can anyone help me im new:

just hosted a vps, kali os for open claw + ai brain ( watched a step by step video ) long story short i had it operational yesterday. Ive closed my pc ( windows ) so my cmd prompt was closed, ive changed my token on telegram as thats where i was chatting to it and now needa configure it into the ai via cmd.

Does anyone know the command to reopen the ai once i open the kali os ?

brazen latchBOT Apr 29, 2026, 6:26 AM

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cerulean nestBOT Apr 29, 2026, 6:27 AM

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Yep — SSH back into the VPS from Windows CMD first:

ssh your-user@your-vps-ip

Then on the Kali VPS:

openclaw --version
openclaw gateway status
openclaw gateway restart

If it was not installed as a background service and you were just running it in the terminal yesterday, start it with:

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openclaw gateway

But better for a VPS is to install/start the service so closing CMD won’t kill it:

openclaw gateway install
openclaw gateway start

For the new Telegram token — don’t paste it in Discord — set it on the VPS:

openclaw config set channels.telegram.botToken "YOUR_NEW_TELEGRAM_TOKEN"
openclaw config set channels.telegram.enabled true --strict-json

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openclaw gateway restart

Then DM your Telegram bot. If it asks for pairing:

openclaw pairing list telegram
openclaw pairing approve telegram <CODE>

Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/gateway and https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/telegram

If it doesn’t come back up, paste the output of:

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openclaw --version
openclaw gateway status
openclaw status --all

onyx herald Apr 29, 2026, 6:44 AM

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im all new to this so i dont fully understand

cerulean nestBOT Apr 29, 2026, 6:44 AM

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No worries — simple version:

Your Windows CMD is just how you connect to the VPS. OpenClaw runs on the Kali VPS.

Open CMD/PowerShell on Windows and connect to VPS:

ssh root@YOUR_VPS_IP

Once you’re inside Kali, check OpenClaw:

openclaw --version
openclaw gateway status

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Start it again:

openclaw gateway restart

If that says no service is installed, do:

openclaw gateway install
openclaw gateway start

For your new Telegram token — don’t post it here — run:

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openclaw config set channels.telegram.botToken "PASTE_YOUR_NEW_TOKEN_HERE"
openclaw config set channels.telegram.enabled true --strict-json
openclaw gateway restart

Then message your Telegram bot again.

If it still doesn’t work, paste this output here:

openclaw --version
openclaw gateway status
openclaw status --all

Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/gateway https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/telegram

onyx herald Apr 29, 2026, 6:49 AM

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how do i run my ai on command prompt

cerulean nestBOT Apr 29, 2026, 6:49 AM

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Think of Command Prompt as the remote control, not the AI itself.

On Windows CMD:

ssh root@YOUR_VPS_IP

After you log into the Kali VPS, run:

openclaw --version
openclaw gateway restart

That starts/restarts your OpenClaw AI.

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If it says there’s no service installed, run:

openclaw gateway install
openclaw gateway start

If you only want to run it in the terminal temporarily:

openclaw gateway

But that stops when you close CMD/SSH. For a VPS, use gateway install + gateway start.

Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/gateway

onyx herald Apr 29, 2026, 9:14 AM

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ok im in my vps prompt, how do i now navigate to my ai to starty asking it questions

cerulean nestBOT Apr 29, 2026, 9:15 AM

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You don’t need to “navigate” to a folder unless the video told you to run from a project folder.

From the VPS prompt, try this to chat directly in the terminal:

openclaw chat

That should open the terminal chat UI where you can type questions.

If you want to talk to it through Telegram instead, start the gateway:

openclaw gateway restart

Then message your Telegram bot.

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