--- title: How to Connect Google to OpenClaw | daily.dev description: Step-by-step guide to deploying OpenClaw, an open-source AI chatbot framework, on a DigitalOcean Droplet and integrating it with Google services (Gmail,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-connect-google-to-openclaw-u0jy9jksi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Connect Google to OpenClaw | daily.dev og:description: Step-by-step guide to deploying OpenClaw, an open-source AI chatbot framework, on a DigitalOcean Droplet and integrating it with Google services (Gmail,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-connect-google-to-openclaw-u0jy9jksi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/U0jY9jKsi.png og:image:alt: How to Connect Google to OpenClaw og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Connect Google to OpenClaw **[DigitalOcean Community](https://daily.dev/sources/do_community)** · 14 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Step-by-step guide to deploying OpenClaw, an open-source AI chatbot framework, on a DigitalOcean Droplet and integrating it with Google services (Gmail, Calendar, Drive). Covers creating a dedicated Gmail account for security, configuring Google Cloud Console to enable APIs and set up OAuth credentials, installing the gogcli authentication tool, and using SSH tunneling to complete browser-based OAuth authentication from a headless server. Also explains how to configure environment variables and systemd service settings so OpenClaw can access Google credentials at runtime. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#digitalocean](https://daily.dev/tags/digitalocean), [#gcp](https://daily.dev/tags/gcp), [#oauth](https://daily.dev/tags/oauth), [#ssh](https://daily.dev/tags/ssh) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-connect-google-to-openclaw-u0jy9jksi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to Connect Google to OpenClaw","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-connect-google-to-openclaw-u0jy9jksi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-connect-google-to-openclaw-u0jy9jksi"},"datePublished":"2026-02-18T22:10:00.072Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T03:50:04.146Z","description":"Step-by-step guide to deploying OpenClaw, an open-source AI chatbot framework, on a DigitalOcean Droplet and integrating it with Google services (Gmail,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9f9dd7d61c644eff1720c228a141be02?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9f9dd7d61c644eff1720c228a141be02?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DigitalOcean Community","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DigitalOcean Community","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/c1b9d07730e34ea388c39a498a753d6c","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/do_community"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-connect-google-to-openclaw-u0jy9jksi","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai-agents,digitalocean,gcp,oauth,ssh","timeRequired":"PT14M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DigitalOcean Community","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/do_community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to Connect Google to OpenClaw"}]} ```