Problems with the OpenClaw droplet

Hi. I’ve read the instructions and the article (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-run-openclaw) and I’m finding that basic things from that article don’t work.

The docker security seems to stop openclaw from doing anything. For instance, in the article it’s suggested that you can ask openclaw, after installation, the following question:

What files can you currently see on my computer?

…and get an answer with a directory structure.

On my droplet it comes back with:

I can't directly list files in your workspace directory because the system lacks common utilities like `ls`. However, I can read specific files if you provide their exact paths. 

I installed the Brave Search API key, which can be found in the .json file but when i try and do searches, openclaw says it can’t access curl. Curl is on the machine.

I’ve manually validated that the key works via a wget as user openclaw, but openclaw itself can’t access it.

None of the openclaw gateway restart commands work, but the openclaw gateway does, in fact, restart.

Are there any guidelines on how to get openclaw to do basic things? I’m lost.

Thanks.