https://cloudaffects.com/tags/ec2/Recent content in Ec2 on cloud_affectsHugoenCC BY-NC-SA 4.0Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:25:38 +0100https://cloudaffects.com/posts/openclaw-aws-configuration/Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:25:38 +0100https://cloudaffects.com/posts/openclaw-aws-configuration/<h2 id="prerequisites">Prerequisites</h2> <h3 id="get-your-telegram-user-id">Get your Telegram User ID</h3> <ol> <li>Open Telegram</li> <li>Search for: @userinfobot</li> <li>Press Start</li> <li>The bot will instantly send you your numeric ID, e.g.: 123456789</li> <li>Save this ID — <code>TELEGRAM_USER_ID</code></li> </ol> <h3 id="create-a-telegram-bot">Create a Telegram bot</h3> <ol> <li>In Telegram, find: @BotFather</li> <li>Create a new bot and save the token you receive — <code>TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN</code></li> <li>Disable Privacy Mode (this is required so the bot can see all messages, otherwise it will ignore them): <ul> <li>Send BotFather: /mybots</li> <li>Select your bot</li> <li>Bot Settings → Group Privacy → Turn off</li> </ul> </li> <li>Set up commands (optional, but handy): <ul> <li>/mybots → select the bot → Edit Commands</li> <li>Paste:</li> </ul> </li> </ol> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-text" data-lang="text"><span style="display:flex;"><span>help - Show available commands </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>status - Check bot status </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>clear - Clear conversation context </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>pair - Device pairing code </span></span></code></pre></div><h3 id="anthropic-api-key">Anthropic API key</h3> <ol> <li>Go to console.anthropic.com</li> <li>Sign up or log in</li> <li>Navigate to Settings &gt; API Keys</li> <li>Click Create Key — <code>ANTHROPIC_API_KEY</code></li> </ol> <h2 id="launching-the-instance">Launching the Instance</h2> <h3 id="clone-the-configuration-repository">Clone the configuration repository</h3> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>git clone https://github.com/Driim/OpenClaw-AWS-Installation </span></span></code></pre></div><p>The repository contains these configuration files:</p>