Provisioning Pipeline
When you complete onboarding, the platform creates a dedicated GCP VM for your agent fleet. The pipeline runs in ~30 seconds and progresses through 7 stages.
Stages
What gets created
- GCP VM (
e2-standard-2, your project,europe-west2-b) - Service account with scoped IAM roles
- Firewall rule for gateway port
- SSH key pair (ephemeral, single-use)
openclaw.json— agent configuration written to VM
What triggers a reprovision?
Reset your tenant status to pending via the dashboard and click Provision. The pipeline runs fresh — the old VM is deleted first if it exists.
Failure handling
If any stage fails, the tenant status flips to suspended. The VM may still be running (cloud-init may have partially succeeded). The dashboard shows the last failed stage and a retry option.
The platform enforces a 240-second route timeout. If the full pipeline exceeds this (rare), the request returns suspended — but the VM setup script continues running in the background. Wait 60s and refresh the dashboard.