feat: Containerize backend startup logic using a new start-container.sh script integrated into the Dockerfile.

Dockerfile

@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ RUN chmod +x ./start-container.sh
 # Runtime config
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
     PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
-    LOG_LEVEL=info
+    LOG_LEVEL=info \
+    HOME=/home/foxy
 
 EXPOSE 7000
 

backend/start-container.sh

@@ -3,23 +3,36 @@ set -e
 
 echo "🦊 Starting Foxy Dev Team API Container..."
 
-# Defaults if not provided
-export FOXY_HOME="${FOXY_HOME:-/home/foxy/.openclaw}"
-export OPENCLAW_TYPE="${OPENCLAW_TYPE:-shared}"
+# Defaults
+export HOME="/home/foxy"
+export FOXY_HOME="/home/foxy/.openclaw"
+export OPENCLAW_TYPE="${OPENCLAW_TYPE:-standalone}"
 
 # Ensure logs directory exists
 mkdir -p "$FOXY_HOME/logs"
 
+# --- CONFIG PATCHING ---
+# If we have a config file, we must ensure it doesn't point to host-specific paths
+# that don't exist in the container (like /home/openclaw)
+CONFIG_FILE=""
+if [ -f "$FOXY_HOME/config.json" ]; then CONFIG_FILE="$FOXY_HOME/config.json"; fi
+if [ -f "$FOXY_HOME/config.yaml" ]; then CONFIG_FILE="$FOXY_HOME/config.yaml"; fi
+
+if [ -n "$CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
+    echo "🔧 Patching OpenClaw config paths for container environment..."
+    # Replace any /home/openclaw with /home/foxy in the config file
+    sed -i 's/\/home\/openclaw/\/home\/foxy/g' "$CONFIG_FILE"
+    echo "✅ Paths updated to /home/foxy in $CONFIG_FILE"
+fi
+
+# --- GATEWAY STARTUP ---
 if [ "$OPENCLAW_TYPE" = "standalone" ]; then
-    echo "🔧 OPENCLAW_TYPE is standalone. Setting up internal OpenClaw Gateway..."
+    echo "🔧 OPENCLAW_TYPE is standalone. Starting internal Gateway..."
     
-    # Initialize OpenClaw default configuration if it doesn't exist
-    if [ ! -f "$FOXY_HOME/config.json" ] && [ ! -f "$FOXY_HOME/config.yaml" ]; then
-        echo "📦 Initializing default OpenClaw config at $FOXY_HOME..."
-        mkdir -p "$FOXY_HOME/workspace"
-        mkdir -p "$FOXY_HOME/agents"
-        
-        # Write a simple default config for Docker environment
+    # Initialize default config if none found
+    if [ -z "$CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
+        echo "📦 Initializing default config..."
+        mkdir -p "$FOXY_HOME/workspace" "$FOXY_HOME/agents"
         cat <<EOF > "$FOXY_HOME/config.json"
 {
   "theme": "dark",
@@ -30,34 +43,22 @@ if [ "$OPENCLAW_TYPE" = "standalone" ]; then
   "agentsDir": "$FOXY_HOME/agents"
 }
 EOF
-        echo "✅ Default configuration created (binding to 0.0.0.0)."
-    else
-        echo "👍 OpenClaw configuration already exists at $FOXY_HOME."
-        # Optional: ensure gatewayHost is 0.0.0.0 even in existing config if it's internal
     fi
 
     echo "🚀 Starting OpenClaw Gateway..."
-    # Launching the gateway. If 'start' backgrounds itself we might need 'run' or similar.
-    # We use 'nohup' but we'll check it's alive.
-    if command -v openclaw >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        # Some versions of openclaw use 'gateway run' or just 'gateway' for foreground
+    # We use 'gateway start' but ensure it binds to all interfaces
+    # We also use --daemon=false if possible, or standard nohup
     nohup openclaw gateway start --host 0.0.0.0 > "$FOXY_HOME/logs/gateway.log" 2>&1 &
     
-        # Give it a second to start
-        sleep 2
-        
+    sleep 3
     if pgrep -f "openclaw" > /dev/null; then
-            echo "✅ OpenClaw Gateway started successfully."
+        echo "✅ OpenClaw Gateway is UP."
     else
-            echo "⚠️ Gateway didn't start with 'start' command, trying direct execution..."
-            # Fallback for some installations
-            nohup openclaw gateway > "$FOXY_HOME/logs/gateway.log" 2>&1 &
-        fi
-    else
-        echo "❌ 'openclaw' command not found!"
+        echo "❌ Gateway failed to start. Checking logs..."
+        cat "$FOXY_HOME/logs/gateway.log"
     fi
 else
-    echo "🔗 OPENCLAW_TYPE is shared. Assuming OpenClaw Gateway is managed by the host."
+    echo "🔗 OPENCLAW_TYPE is shared. Host gateway expected."
 fi
 
 echo "🚀 Starting Uvicorn API Server..."