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# Manage Sandboxes

## Docs

- [View Sandbox Status](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/operate-sandboxes/view-sandbox-status.md): List NemoClaw sandboxes, check their health, inspect logs, and collect diagnostics.
- [Run Sandboxes](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/operate-sandboxes/run-sandboxes.md): Run multiple sandboxes and stop or start them through OpenShell, with dashboard and tunnel guidance where supported.
- [Recover and Rebuild Sandboxes](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/operate-sandboxes/recover-and-rebuild-sandboxes.md): Recover a stopped agent runtime or rebuild a sandbox while preserving supported state.
- [Update Sandboxes](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/operate-sandboxes/update-sandboxes.md): Update the NemoClaw host CLI and reconcile existing sandboxes with the maintained release.
- [Uninstall NemoClaw](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/operate-sandboxes/uninstall-nemoclaw.md): Remove NemoClaw while choosing whether to preserve host-side backups, registry state, OpenShell, and models.
- [Understand Runtime Changes](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/configure-sandboxes/understand-runtime-changes.md): Determine which NemoClaw sandbox changes apply at runtime and which require a rebuild or re-onboard.
- [Understand Gateway Lifecycle Control](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/configure-sandboxes/understand-gateway-lifecycle-control.md): Understand how NemoClaw invokes native gateway lifecycle commands and verifies recovery.
- [Choose Messaging Channels](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/messaging-channels/choose-messaging-channels.md): Compare the supported messaging paths, including experimental Google Chat for OpenClaw and Hermes.
- [Set Up Telegram](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/messaging-channels/set-up-telegram.md): Prepare a Telegram bot token, direct-message allowlist, group policy, and mention behavior for NemoClaw.
- [Set Up Discord](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/messaging-channels/set-up-discord.md): Prepare a Discord bot token, server access, user restriction, and mention behavior for NemoClaw.
- [Set Up Slack](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/messaging-channels/set-up-slack.md): Prepare Slack Socket Mode credentials and user or channel allowlists for NemoClaw.
- [Set Up Google Chat](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/messaging-channels/set-up-google-chat.md): Configure experimental Google Chat delivery, access controls, and OpenShell credentials for OpenClaw or Hermes.
- [Set Up WeChat](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/messaging-channels/set-up-wechat.md): Pair experimental personal WeChat through the host-side iLink QR flow.
- [Set Up WhatsApp](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/messaging-channels/set-up-whatsapp.md): Pair experimental WhatsApp inside an OpenClaw or Hermes sandbox and understand its durable session state.
- [Set Up Microsoft Teams](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/messaging-channels/set-up-microsoft-teams.md): Configure experimental Microsoft Teams Bot Framework credentials, allowlists, mention mode, and webhook forwarding.
- [Enable Channels During Onboarding](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/messaging-channels/enable-channels-during-onboarding.md): Select messaging channels and supply their credentials or pairing inputs during NemoClaw onboarding.
- [Add Channels After Onboarding](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/messaging-channels/add-channels-after-onboarding.md): Add a messaging channel to an existing NemoClaw sandbox and rebuild the runtime safely.
- [Manage Messaging Channels](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/messaging-channels/manage-messaging-channels.md): Rotate, pause, resume, remove, and conflict-check messaging channels on an existing sandbox.
- [About Managed MCP Servers](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/mcp-servers/about-managed-mcp-servers.md): Understand how NemoClaw connects sandboxed agents to authenticated Streamable HTTP MCP servers.
- [Add an MCP Server](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/mcp-servers/add-an-mcp-server.md): Register an authenticated public or trusted private Streamable HTTP MCP server with a NemoClaw sandbox.
- [Manage MCP Servers](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/mcp-servers/manage-mcp-servers.md): Inspect advertised tools and DNS pins, change denied tools, probe, rotate, restart, remove, rebuild, and destroy NemoClaw-managed MCP servers.
- [Install Hermes Plugins](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/install-hermes-plugins.md): Install and manage Hermes plugins and lazy dependencies inside a NemoClaw sandbox.
- [Understand Sandbox State](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/state-and-backups/understand-sandbox-state.md): What agent workspace, sandbox state, and read-only host mounts are, where they live, and how they persist.
- [Persist Sandbox State](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/state-and-backups/create-and-restore-snapshots.md): Understand OpenShell native home persistence and NemoClaw's whole-workspace replacement handoff.
- [Transfer State Manually](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/manage-sandboxes/state-and-backups/transfer-state-manually.md): Download and upload selected sandbox state files when you need an independent or targeted transfer.