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Deploy OpenClaw

Your personal AI. Your infrastructure. 10 minutes.

Skip the 13-step manual setup. Our wizard deploys a security-hardened AI assistant to your own GCP account with Tailscale VPN and enterprise-grade firewall rules.

Zero public ports
Your data stays yours
10 min setup

Self-hosting AI is painful

You want your own AI assistant that can actually do things. But setting it up securely? That's a different story.

13 Manual Steps

VM provisioning, service accounts, SSH hardening, firewall rules, VPN setup, systemd services... Miss one step and you're exposed.

Security Minefield

Public ports? Root SSH? Missing fail2ban? One misconfiguration and your AI assistant becomes someone else's bot army.

Hours of Setup

1.5 hours if you know what you're doing. 4+ hours if you don't. And that's assuming everything works the first time.

$600+ Hidden Costs

Other self-host solutions need beefy servers. $600/year just for compute, not counting API costs. GCP gives you $300 free.

The hard way vs the easy way

See what you're skipping. Our wizard automates everything, including the security hardening most guides skip.

Manual Setup

1.5 - 4 hrs
dev / non-technical
1
GCP Project Setup
Enable APIs, configure billing
2
Service Account
Create and configure IAM roles
3
Create VM Instance
Provision compute, set scopes
4
SSH Hardening
Disable root, key-only auth
5
Firewall Setup
UFW rules, Fail2ban config
6
Tailscale VPN
Install, authenticate, configure
7
Node.js Install
Runtime and dependencies
8
Vertex AI Auth
ADC setup and testing
9
Telegram Bot
BotFather, get tokens
10
App Configuration
JSON config, permissions
11
Systemd Service
Auto-start, restart policies
12
Security Checks
Verify all hardening
13
Additional Hardening
Auto-updates, monitoring

Based on our hardened deployment guide

LobsterDeploy Wizard

10 min
anyone
1
Connect Google
OAuth login, select project
2
Connect Tailscale
One-click VPN setup
3
Configure Bot
Telegram token, user ID
4
Deploy
Automated secure deployment
Security included automatically
  • • Tailscale VPN (zero public ports)
  • • UFW + Fail2ban firewall
  • • SSH hardening (key-only, no root)
  • • Systemd auto-restart
Enterprise-grade security

Security that most guides skip

Our wizard automatically configures the security layers that take hours to set up manually.

Tailscale VPN

Your server has zero public ports. Only devices on your private Tailscale network can connect.

Firewall Rules

UFW configured to deny all incoming traffic except from your Tailscale network. Fail2ban blocks brute force attempts.

SSH Hardening

Root login disabled. Password auth disabled. SSH keys only. Max 3 auth attempts. Dedicated non-root user.

Simple, one-time pricing

Pay once, deploy forever. No subscriptions. No recurring fees for the wizard.

Other self-host solutions
$600
/year compute only
  • Requires beefy server
  • + API costs on top
  • Manual security setup
RECOMMENDED
LobsterDeploy
$29
one-time payment
  • Deploy to your GCP account
  • Full control of your data
  • Lifetime wizard access
  • Automatic security setup
  • Tailscale VPN included
Your GCP costs
$0*
with $300 free credits
  • e2-medium VM (~$25/mo)
  • Claude API via Vertex AI
  • $300 covers ~12 months

* GCP requires a credit card but won't charge you during the free trial. See terms →

› What People Say

"Got OpenClaw set up and now I have an AI assistant named Claudia who lives in Telegram, remembers everything I tell her, and can actually do things."

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@darrwalk

"Current level of open-source app does everything, connects to everything, remembers everything. It's all coming together."

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@jakubkrcmar

"Can't believe I'm about to bootstrap Aineko from a lobster @openclaw"

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@pilkster

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