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Daniel García edited this page Apr 27, 2021 · 5 revisions

vaultwarden only provides the API (server) side implementation, so users still rely on clients from upstream. (mobile apps, desktop apps and web Vault) This is a lot of work that is done upstream by 8bit Solutions LLC. At the same time vaultwarden supports some paid features and offers that functionality for free. This raises some questions about sustaining and supporting upstream development. Many users raised this issue and were asking how they can support upstream while using vaultwarden.

Donating

You can donate directly to the upstream development via PayPal.

Buying a licence

Many users just buy appropriate licence for their deployment and leave it unused. It's kind of a donation because vaultwarden can't use the licence in any way.

Help translating the apps

There are projects on Crowdin for each of the apps. If you're fluent in any language other than english, you can help translating the apps.

Testing, reporting bugs in clients

Please, always report any bugs found here first. Chances are these aren't upstream bugs, but bugs in our implementation or in your configuration. We don't want to waste Kyle's time troubleshooting bugs with 3rd party server. In very rare cases there is a bug upstream, but at this stage we would have any other reason ruled out and the bug confirmed on the upstream server. So the takeaway here is to not report bugs in upstream, but report it here instead even if you think it is client issue. We can work together to see where the problem is.

Helping other users in the community

There are lot of new users that sometimes struggle with basic stuff. Helping them is a great way to support the project. (and to grow the community) From my experience with community around vaultwarden, it's great to see people actually helping each other before I get to answer their question - it saves some time and I often end up learning something new. There's Bitwarden community on Reddit for example, there are also official forums.

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FAQs

  1. FAQs
  2. Audits

Troubleshooting

  1. Bitwarden Android troubleshooting

Container Image Usage

  1. Which container image to use
  2. Starting a container
  3. Updating the vaultwarden image
  4. Using Docker Compose
  5. Using Podman

Deployment

  1. Building your own docker image
  2. Building binary
  3. Pre-built binaries
  4. Third-party packages
  5. Deployment examples
  6. Proxy examples
  7. Logrotate example

HTTPS

  1. Enabling HTTPS
  2. Running a private vaultwarden instance with Let's Encrypt certs

Configuration

  1. Overview
  2. Disable registration of new users
  3. Disable invitations
  4. Enabling admin page
  5. Disable the admin token
  6. Enabling WebSocket notifications
  7. Enabling Mobile Client push notification
  8. Enabling U2F and FIDO2 WebAuthn authentication
  9. Enabling YubiKey OTP authentication
  10. Changing persistent data location
  11. Changing the API request size limit
  12. Changing the number of workers
  13. SMTP configuration
  14. Password hint display
  15. Disabling or overriding the Vault interface hosting
  16. Logging
  17. Creating a systemd service
  18. Syncing users from LDAP
  19. Using an alternate base dir (subdir/subpath)
  20. Other configuration

Database

  1. Using the MariaDB (MySQL) Backend
  2. Using the PostgreSQL Backend
  3. Running without WAL enabled
  4. Migrating from MariaDB (MySQL) to SQLite

Security

  1. Hardening Guide
  2. Fail2Ban Setup
  3. Fail2Ban + ModSecurity + Traefik + Docker

Other

  1. Translating the email templates
  2. Translating admin page
  3. Customize Vaultwarden CSS

Backup

  1. General (not docker)

Other Information

  1. Importing data from Keepass or KeepassX
  2. Backing up your vault
  3. Differences from the upstream API implementation
  4. Supporting upstream development
  5. Caddy 2.x with Cloudflare DNS
  6. Git hooks
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