From Zero to Cloud MVP: How I Deployed OpenClaw on Azure
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There has been a lot of talk about OpenClaw lately.
As an Azure Platform Engineer, I wanted to deploy it myself and understand what OpenClaw is about, why there is so much hype, and what the real security considerations look like in practice.
This walkthrough covers a GitOps-style deployment of an MVP-level architecture for a lab environment, using Azure Verified Modules (AVM) and GitHub Actions.
⚠️ Important: this is a lab/MVP deployment for learning and experimentation, not a production reference architecture. In my lab setup, I restricted inbound access to a single trusted source IP using Container Apps ingress access restrictions (firewall behavior).