OpenClaw High‑Availability Deployment Guide

3.1 Replicated Databases

UBOS supports managed PostgreSQL clusters with synchronous streaming replication. Deploy a primary node and at least two read‑replicas across different availability zones. This ensures:

• Zero data loss on primary failure.
• Read‑scale‑out for analytics dashboards.
• Automatic failover via UBOS partner program tools.

3.2 Load‑Balancing Strategy

Use UBOS’s built‑in Enterprise AI platform by UBOS to provision a global traffic manager (GTM) that routes requests to the nearest healthy API gateway instance. Combine:

• Layer‑7 HTTP routing with health checks.
• Round‑robin distribution across multiple container replicas.
• Failover to a secondary region within seconds.

3.3 Monitoring Stack

A robust observability pipeline is essential for HA. UBOS integrates seamlessly with Prometheus for metrics, Grafana for dashboards, and Loki for log aggregation. Key alerts include:

• Database replication lag > 5 seconds.
• API latency > 200 ms.
• Container crash loops.
• Unexpected spikes in error rates.

3.4 CI/CD Pipeline

UBOS’s AI marketing agents can be repurposed to generate pipeline code. A typical pipeline includes:

1. Source checkout from GitHub.
2. Static code analysis and unit tests.
3. Docker image build and vulnerability scan.
4. Push to UBOS Container Registry.
5. Blue‑green deployment with automated smoke tests.

3.5 Security Best Practices

Security is woven into every layer:

• Zero‑trust network policies via UBOS’s firewall engine.
• Managed TLS certificates with automatic rotation.
• Secret storage in UBOS Vault, accessed only by authorized services.
• Role‑based access control (RBAC) for developers and operators.

4.1 Preparing the Environment

1. Create a UBOS project from the UBOS homepage. Choose the “Production” template to pre‑install monitoring and security modules.

2. Configure cloud credentials (AWS, GCP, or Azure) in the UBOS partner program dashboard. This enables UBOS to provision VPCs, subnets, and IAM roles automatically.

3. Enable the “OpenClaw” template from the UBOS templates for quick start. The template includes Dockerfiles, Helm charts, and default environment variables.

4.2 Setting Up Replicated Databases

UBOS provides a one‑click “PostgreSQL HA” module:

1. Navigate to UBOS host‑OpenClaw and select “Add Service → PostgreSQL HA”.
2. Specify three availability zones, a primary instance size (e.g., db.m5.large), and enable synchronous replication.
3. UBOS automatically creates a pg_hba.conf with SSL enforcement and generates a connection string stored in Vault.
4. Validate replication by connecting to the primary and running SELECT pg_is_in_recovery(); on each replica – it should return false on primary and true on replicas.

4.3 Configuring Load Balancers

Deploy a UBOS Enterprise AI platform load balancer:

1. Create a “Global HTTP Load Balancer” resource.
2. Add backend services pointing to the Docker service “openclaw‑api” in each region.
3. Enable health checks on /healthz endpoint (returns 200 when DB connection is healthy).
4. Configure session affinity = “None” to keep the service stateless.
5. Attach a managed TLS certificate from Let’s Encrypt (auto‑renewed by UBOS).

4.4 Implementing Monitoring and Alerts

UBOS ships a pre‑configured UBOS portfolio examples for Prometheus‑Grafana:

1. Enable the “Observability Stack” module.
2. Import the “OpenClaw Dashboard” JSON (available in the template marketplace as AI SEO Analyzer – repurposed for metrics).
3. Set alert rules for replication lag, API latency, and container restarts.
4. Configure notification channels (Slack, email) via the “Alertmanager” UI.

4.5 Building the CI/CD Workflow

Use UBOS’s Workflow automation studio to define a pipeline:

pipeline:
  stages:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Lint & Test
      run: |
        npm ci
        npm run lint
        npm test
    - name: Build Image
      run: |
        docker build -t ubos/openclaw:${{ github.sha }} .
        docker scan ubos/openclaw:${{ github.sha }}
    - name: Push & Deploy
      run: |
        docker push ubos/openclaw:${{ github.sha }}
        ubos deploy openclaw --image ubos/openclaw:${{ github.sha }} --strategy blue-green

The pipeline triggers on every push to the main branch, runs security scans, and performs a blue‑green rollout with zero‑downtime.

4.6 Applying Security Hardening Measures

Follow these UBOS‑specific hardening steps:

• Network Policies: Define a NetworkPolicy that only allows traffic from the load balancer to the API pods and from API pods to the database.
• Secret Management: Store DB credentials, JWT signing keys, and third‑party API tokens in UBOS Vault. Access them via environment variables injected at runtime.
• Runtime Security: Enable UBOS’s runtime security module to enforce seccomp and AppArmor profiles.
• Compliance Auditing: Activate the “Audit Log” service; export logs to an S3 bucket for SOC‑2 compliance.