{"id":12265,"date":"2026-07-02T15:11:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/?p=12265"},"modified":"2026-07-02T15:11:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:11:27","slug":"how-to-manage-environment-variables-in-managed-openclaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-manage-environment-variables-in-managed-openclaw\/","title":{"rendered":"How to manage environment variables in Managed OpenClaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Managed OpenClaw provides a dedicated Environment feature to securely store all the configuration keys, passwords, and parameters your AI agent requires to function. This interface serves as a central repository for integration credentials&mdash;such as API keys for AI providers&mdash;and operational configurations like your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This guide covers how to view, modify, and securely deploy environment variables to your active Managed OpenClaw agent.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/image3-1024x472.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/image3-1024x472.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/image3-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/image3-768x354.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/image3-1536x708.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/image3.png 1999w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/p><h3><b>Before you start<\/b><\/h3><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You must have an active Hostinger Managed OpenClaw service.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ensure you have the necessary API keys or credentials from your third-party providers ready.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-step-1-navigate-to-the-environments-interface\"><b>Step 1 &mdash; Navigate to the Environments interface<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To view or adjust your configuration data, open the environmental settings panel inside your control area:<\/span><\/p><ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Log in to your Hostinger account to access the hPanel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Select the <\/span><b>OpenClaw<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> section from the left sidebar menu.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click the <\/span><b>Manage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> button next to your application to enter your dashboard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Select the <\/span><b>Environments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> option from the management menu.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol><h2 id=\"h-step-2-view-your-variables\"><b>Step 2 &mdash; View your variables<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once inside the environment screen, you can audit your configured keys:<\/span><\/p><ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Review your parameters displayed in the central table.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For security, sensitive values are masked by default (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;&bull;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) but can be unmasked individually or all at once using the visibility controls.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol><h2 id=\"h-step-3-add-edit-or-delete-variables\"><b>Step 3 &mdash; Add, edit, or delete variables<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can scale your agent&rsquo;s capabilities by updating your configuration list. Any changes you make here will be staged until you deploy them:<\/span><\/p><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>To add a variable:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Click the <\/span><b>Add environment variable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> button and enter the required Key and Value fields.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/image1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/image1.png 980w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/image1-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/image1-768x429.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>To edit a variable:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Click on the edit button for the variable you want to modify to adjust its name or value string.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/image2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"972\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/image2.png 972w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/image2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/image2-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 972px) 100vw, 972px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>To remove a variable:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Click the delete icon next to a variable and accept the confirmation prompt.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3><b>Protected (System-Managed) variables<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certain parameters are automatically managed by OpenClaw to prevent core application failures and are marked with a &ldquo;system managed&rdquo; info icon.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For example, your <\/span><b>OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> variable is protected; you can update its value field if necessary, but the platform locks you from renaming or deleting the variable key itself.<\/span><\/p><h2 id=\"h-step-4-save-and-redeploy-the-agent\"><b>Step 4 &mdash; Save and redeploy the agent<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Staged changes do not apply to your live agent immediately. To push your updates live:<\/span><\/p><ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click the <\/span><b>Save &amp; redeploy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> button.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Confirm the prompt in the dialog box. This action <\/span><b>restarts your Managed OpenClaw agent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> so it can successfully initialize with the new parameters.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol><p><b>IMPORTANT NOTE<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Permanent Deletion:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> If you delete API keys or configurations directly from within the Managed OpenClaw CLI or the Managed OpenClaw WebUI, the removal is only temporary for variables that were originally added via the hPanel Environments functionality. These keys <\/span><b>will reappear<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as soon as the application restarts. To delete an environment variable completely and permanently, you <\/span><b>must<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> remove it through the <\/span><b>Environments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> dashboard in your Hostinger hPanel.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to securely store, update, and configure API keys, tokens, and system settings for your Managed OpenClaw agent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":591,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[303],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-openclaw"],"hreflangs":[],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/591"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12269,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12265\/revisions\/12269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}