Deploying OpenClaw on Google Cloud VM: Avoiding Sudo and NVM Pitfalls

(Image generated by Nano Banana - Gemini Image Generation) References: OpenClaw Official Website OpenClaw Practical Tutorial: Chinese FAQ and Recommended Skills OpenClaw Security Guide: Security Enhancement Recommendations YouTube Tutorial: Deploying OpenClaw on GCP This article documents the complete solution process for the permission, environment variable, and process persistence issues encountered when installing OpenClaw (2026 Latest Version) in a Debian/Ubuntu environment on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Preface The AI Agent field has been very popular recently. OpenClaw , as an open-source AI agent that can operate 24 hours a day, has impressed people with its powerful system access and browsing capabilities. For security reasons, deploying it on a cloud VM (such as GCP GCE) is the most ideal approach, which can ensure 24/7 online availability and isolate sensitive local data. However, in the default Debian/Ubuntu environment of GCP, due to the permission mechanism being slightly