CCAI : Cloudron Custom App Installer

[timconsidine]

@LoudLemur thank you

• the tokens : this kinda reflects the "journey" that CCAI went on. Initially it was browser-only ... and not user's site. I acknowledge users' cautions about this. Hence recommending a short-lived token disposable for use in CCAI open browser

Then we had CCAI-P deployed on your own cloudron, and interacting with your own Cloudron. In this case a multi-use long-life token was OK and so recommended. I think the quote you included in your question is from CCAI-P.

Then CustomAppGateway got rid of browsers completely for initial install and you enter a token into the binary on your local device. So not needed to use single-use short-term token. But hey everyone's paranoid these days so no harm in doing so.

I don't recognise the need for a 3rd token, but it might an academic question, as Cloudron 9.1 will make all this redundant. A much smoother and less problematic security approach, because it's all "on platform"

• RO vs RW : it needs to make changes to your Cloudron, so RW.

• pretty icons : that all comes down to the app being deployed. CCAI-P uses a similar but deliberately different logo to Cloudron.
  Let me know which apps are not rendering a nice icon, and I can look at it.

Cloudron :

CCAI / CCAI-P :

[IniBudi]

Hi @timconsidine, thank you for your efforts in making CCAI. However, is there any tutorial video on how to install it and update the application if we use CCAI? So, the newbie like me can understand the whole process.

[humptydumpty]

The launcher guides you through it. Here's a screenshot of the Windows method.

Explanation of the annotated steps:

1. download the windows script thing from here: https://customappgateway.appx.uk/
2. launch the windows script and enter your cloudron domain
3. enter your api token (create one in your CR dash > profile > API Token > Add

4. Enter a domain for the new CCAI-P app (e.g. ccai.domain.com)

Once CCAI-P is installed. Go to the app settings in your dashboard > File manager > /app/data/config.json

Edit the two lines to add your cloudron domain and API token. Example below.

{
  "apiEndpoint": "my.domain.com",
  "token": "sdgkj5437jk43g9u34ijhuvkn23kj5yk43kjokj435ykj"
}

Restart the app. Feel free to browse and install any app from the catalog.

[timconsidine]

@IniBudi I didn’t make a video as the process is simple, and Cloudron 9.1 will take over soon.

As @humptydumpty (thank you for stepping in) said, the process is guided.

Some important points :

• CCAI original version is dead : site now directs you to CustomAppGateway which is the new start point
• CustomAppGateway gives you choice of installing individual apps from there, or installing CCAI-P which is maybe more useful if installing multiple custom apps
• for individual installations, CustomAppGateway shows a catalogue, pick an item, popup shows a description and a curl one line installation command. Copy that and paste into your desktop/laptop terminal. It will :
  • prompt for your Cloudron, e.g. my.domain.tld
  • prompt for a token (create this in your Cloudron dashboard | Profile | Tokens
  • prompt for app location, eg myapp.mydomain.tld
  • invoke the installation : note that it will likely complete quickly but your Cloudron needs another couple minutes to install the app
• for multiple custom apps, use CustomAppGateway to install CCAI-P : same process as above.
  • you will then have an app in your Cloudron which can install further apps (displays the same catalog as CustomAppGateway but no more curl download links)
  • store your creds in /app/data
  • pick an app and watch installation proceed
  • wait for completion notice.

Note : your auth creds are now always input in your control (your desktop or your own Cloudron environment), never in a 3rd party site.

Let me know if any other questions

[robi]

@timconsidine it's gone too soon, was needing to use CCAI today.. can you extend it for another month?

[humptydumpty]

@robi It's not gone gone. 9.1 will take some time. Unless you mean CCAI "app" which got superseded by CCAI-P as the main app.

Main site is: https://customappgateway.appx.uk/

[timconsidine]

@robi sorry for confusion
"CCAI" as a whole is not gone
Just the original browser-centric version requiring users to put auth creds in my site (yuk!)

CustomAppGateway lives on, to install CCAI-P and individual apps.
https://customgateway.appx.uk

This will live for a while, definitely for a month after 9.1 is released, maybe as long as 3-6 months after 9.1.

[robi]

@timconsidine I quite enjoyed your 'yuk' site.

[creative567145]

Congratz @timconsidine CCAI-P is an excellent software. I'm looking forward to Cloudron 9.1 and you expanding the Apps list.

I tested installing Moltbot (OpenClaw) and there are errors.

Used settings ---
Repository Location:
http://git.cloudron.io/timconsidine/cloudron-moltbot
+
Docker Image Location:
tcmbp132021/cloudron-moltbot:latest
+
Port Binding:
3000

Basically, it says that the image can't be pulled.

Please see if you can spot something strange:

Error in CCAI-P:
[7:34:50 PM] [2026-02-13 18:34:49] App installation error: Installation failed: Unable to pull image tcmbp132021/cloudron-moltbot:latest. message: (HTTP code 404) unexpected - manifest for tcmbp132021/cloudron-moltbot:latest not found: manifest unknown: manifest unknown statusCode: 404
[7:34:50 PM] [2026-02-13 18:34:49] Installation failed with exit code 1
[7:34:50 PM] ERROR: Installation failed: Unknown error

Error in Cloudron:
Error - Unable to pull image tcmbp132021/cloudron-moltbot:latest. message: (HTTP code 404) unexpected - manifest for tcmbp132021/cloudron-moltbot:latest not found: manifest unknown: manifest unknown statusCode: 404

[timconsidine]

@creative567145 thanks for rooting

I should have clarified moltbot is unfinished
And may never be finished as I am packaging openclaw

Apologies if this caused you wasted time