From ae5e61cb6ef78ba1121918c3ae6e381f1ef2b899 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ashisgreat22 <dev@ashisgreat.xyz>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:37:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix openclaw config syntax - use external json file

- Move openclaw config to separate json file
- Reference file directly in podman module
- Remove problematic builtins.toJSON with nested arrays

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 configuration.nix            | 48 ------------------------------------
 modules/openclaw-config.json | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 modules/openclaw-podman.nix  |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 modules/openclaw-config.json

diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 8bc2907..9d9e893 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -104,52 +104,4 @@
       ZAI_API_KEY=${config.sops.placeholder.openclaw_zai_api_key}
     '';
   };
-
-  sops.templates."openclaw_config.json" = {
-    content = builtins.toJSON {
-      gateway = {
-        port = 18789;
-        bind = "0.0.0.0";
-        trustedProxies = ["::1", "127.0.0.1", "10.88.0.0/16", "10.89.0.0/16"];
-        auth = {
-          mode = "none";
-        };
-        controlUi = {
-          dangerouslyAllowHostHeaderOriginFallback = true;
-          allowedOrigins = ["*"];
-        };
-      };
-      channels = {
-        discord = {
-          enabled = true;
-          groupPolicy = "open";
-          dmPolicy = "open";
-          allowFrom = ["*"];
-        };
-      };
-      agents = {
-        defaults = {
-          model = {
-            primary = "zai/glm-5";
-          };
-        };
-      };
-      models = {
-        providers = {
-          zai = {
-            baseUrl = "https://api.z.ai/api/coding/paas/v4";
-            apiKey = "\${ZAI_API_KEY}";
-            api = "openai-completions";
-            models = [
-              { id = "glm-4.7"; name = "GLM 4.7"; contextWindow = 128000; maxTokens = 131072; }
-              { id = "glm-5"; name = "GLM 5"; contextWindow = 128000; maxTokens = 131072; }
-              { id = "glm-5-turbo"; name = "GLM 5 Turbo"; contextWindow = 128000; maxTokens = 131072; }
-              { id = "glm-4.5-air"; name = "GLM 4.5 Air"; contextWindow = 128000; maxTokens = 131072; }
-              { id = "glm-4.7-flash"; name = "GLM 4.7 Flash"; contextWindow = 128000; maxTokens = 131072; }
-            ];
-          };
-        };
-      };
-    };
-  };
 }
diff --git a/modules/openclaw-config.json b/modules/openclaw-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..908314d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openclaw-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  "gateway": {
+    "port": 18789,
+    "bind": "0.0.0.0",
+    "trustedProxies": ["::1", "127.0.0.1", "10.88.0.0/16", "10.89.0.0/16"],
+    "auth": {
+      "mode": "none"
+    },
+    "controlUi": {
+      "dangerouslyAllowHostHeaderOriginFallback": true,
+      "allowedOrigins": ["*"]
+    }
+  },
+  "channels": {
+    "discord": {
+      "enabled": true,
+      "groupPolicy": "open",
+      "dmPolicy": "open",
+      "allowFrom": ["*"]
+    }
+  },
+  "agents": {
+    "defaults": {
+      "model": {
+        "primary": "zai/glm-5"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "models": {
+    "providers": {
+      "zai": {
+        "baseUrl": "https://api.z.ai/api/coding/paas/v4",
+        "apiKey": "${ZAI_API_KEY}",
+        "api": "openai-completions",
+        "models": [
+          { "id": "glm-4.7", "name": "GLM 4.7", "contextWindow": 128000, "maxTokens": 131072 },
+          { "id": "glm-5", "name": "GLM 5", "contextWindow": 128000, "maxTokens": 131072 },
+          { "id": "glm-5-turbo", "name": "GLM 5 Turbo", "contextWindow": 128000, "maxTokens": 131072 },
+          { "id": "glm-4.5-air", "name": "GLM 4.5 Air", "contextWindow": 128000, "maxTokens": 131072 },
+          { "id": "glm-4.7-flash", "name": "GLM 4.7 Flash", "contextWindow": 128000, "maxTokens": 131072 }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/openclaw-podman.nix b/modules/openclaw-podman.nix
index 6052eda..14f2572 100644
--- a/modules/openclaw-podman.nix
+++ b/modules/openclaw-podman.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ in
         config.sops.templates."openclaw.env".path
       ];
       volumes = [
-        "${config.sops.templates."openclaw_config.json".path}:/root/.openclaw/config.json:ro"
+        "${./openclaw-config.json}:/root/.openclaw/config.json:ro"
         "openclaw-data:/root/.openclaw"
       ];
       extraOptions = [