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VPS Deploy: Port Already In Use
After deploying to a VPS, OpenClaw fails with 'EADDRINUSE: address already in use :::3000'.
Likely Cause
A previous OpenClaw process is still running or another service already owns the configured port.
Tags
VPSDeploy
Recovery Steps
- 1Run lsof -i :3000 to find the process using the port.
- 2Stop or kill the old process cleanly.
- 3Change the configured port if another service should keep using 3000.
- 4Delete stale PM2 processes if you use PM2.
- 5Restart with the updated port and verify the reverse proxy target.
Still blocked?
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