How to Safely Run OpenClaw for Multiple Clients in Production

Running OpenClaw for a single client is relatively simple, but scaling it to serve multiple tenants introduces serious challenges around isolation, security, and reliability. The recommended approach is to model each client as a distinct 'cell' that encapsulates its own runtime, credentials, storage, browser sessions, and recovery policies — not just a separate container process. This cell-based architecture ensures that a failure in one tenant's environment, such as an expired credential or corrupted workspace, does not cascade into others. Resource controls must also be enforced at the cell level so that a misbehaving agent cannot starve neighboring clients on the same server. The guide further emphasizes defining clear lifecycle rules for each client boundary, including how it is created, audited, and safely destroyed when a client offboards.