Bitwarden is a free and open-source password management (password manager) service that stores sensitive information such as website credentials in an encrypted vault. The Bitwarden platform offers a variety of client applications including a web interface, desktop applications, browser extensions, mobile apps, and a CLI. In this step by step guide I will teach you how to install BitWarden on your Synology NAS device using Docker.
STEP 1
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STEP 2
Install Docker via Synology “Package Center”.
STEP 3
Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it bitwarden. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.
STEP 4
Open Docker Package. From the Docker Console, go to Registry and search vaultwarden. Look for vaultwarden/server and select it, then click Download or double click on it. You will be prompted to Choose a Tag, select latest. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 5
After you click “Select”, the download process of the vaultwarden docker image will start. You can click on Image on the Docker Console to see the download progress. The current container is about 178 MB. Select it and click Launch. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 6
After you click Launch on STEP 5 a new pop up window will open click Advanced Settings. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 7
Select “Enable auto-restart”. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 8
Next tab – “Volume“. Select Add Folder. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 9
Choose the bitwarden folder you have previously created in File Station at STEP 3 then click Select. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 10
After you click Select, type /data inside Mount path. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 11
Next tab – “Network“ move forward without doing anything (no action needed).
Next tab – “Port Settings” on the Local Port area type in 3012 and 5151 instead of Auto then click Apply. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 12
After clicking “Apply“ at STEP 11, the screen below will open. Click “Next“. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 13
After clicking “Next“, the screen below will open. Select “Run this container after the wizard is finished” then click “Apply“. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 14
Your container will look like this:
STEP 15
Go back to STEP 1 or you will deal with karma 🙂.
STEP 16
Now open your browser and type in http://Synology-ip-address:5151/ Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: If you want to run this container over an HTTPS check How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS. Now you have self-hosted BitWarden running on your Synology NAS. Enjoy it and prepare to make it accessible via the Internet using a valid SSL certificate and a custom domain name.
Note: Find out How to Disable Registration of New Users in Bitwarden.
Note: Find out How to update BitWarden container with the latest image.
Note: Find out How to allow Bitwarden to reach Internet if you have the VPN service active on your NAS.
Note: bitwardenrs/server Deprecated – Replaced with vaultwarden/server
Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
Note: How to Free Disk Space on Your NAS if You Run Docker.
Note: Did you encounter “this.subtle is null error” when your tried to use the Bitwarden login portal? Here is the solution on how to solve it. Reported by Lucian Sipos.
This post was updated on Sunday / September 5th, 2021 at 11:17 AM