OpenClaw Mission Control (Docker) cannot reach Gateway running in WSL – port 37484 unreachable

Discussion

I’m trying to run OpenClaw + Mission Control on a Windows machine using WSL + Docker, but Mission Control cannot reach the gateway.

My setup looks like this:

Windows

└ WSL (Ubuntu)

├ OpenClaw Gateway → 127.0.0.1:37484

└ Docker

└ Mission Control container → port 3000

Mission Control UI runs fine:

But the gateway always shows Offline.

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What I confirmed

Gateway is running:

Listening on 127.0.0.1:37484

When trying to access the port it does not see it

curl http://localhost:37484

Question

What is the correct way for a Docker container running in WSL to reach a service running on the WSL host?

Should the OpenClaw gateway be:

1.	bound to 0.0.0.0

2.	run inside Docker

3.	accessed via host.docker.internal

4.	accessed via the WSL gateway IP (172.x.x.x)

Curious how others are running Mission Control + OpenClaw on WSL.

Posted Mar 14, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC

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