Passbolt is a free and open source password manager designed for collaboration. With Passbolt you can securely generate, store, manage and monitor your team credentials. Get access to all of your logins and passwords from multiple browsers or even your mobile phone. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Passbolt on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer. Note: You can use Bitwarden or Vaultwarden as alternatives to Passbolt.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest version of Passbolt 4.0.0

• STEP 1

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• STEP 2

Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your Synology NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.

• STEP 3

Make sure you have a synology.me Wildcard Certificate. Follow my guide to get a Wildcard Certificate. If you already have a synology.me Wildcard certificate, skip this STEP.

• STEP 4

Go to Control Panel / Login Portal / Advanced Tab / click Reverse Proxy. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 5

Now click the “Create” button. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 6

After you click the Create button, the window below will open. Follow the instructions in the image below.

On the General area, set the Reverse Proxy Name description: type in Passbolt. After that, add the following instructions:

Source:
Protocol: HTTPS
Hostname: passbolt.yourname.synology.me
Port: 443

Check Enable HSTS

Destination:
Protocol: HTTP
Hostname: localhost
Port: 9475

• STEP 7

On the Reverse Proxy Rules click the Custom Header tab. Click Create and then, from the drop-down menu, click WebSocket. After you click on WebSocket, two Header Names and two Values will be automatically added. Click Save. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 8

Go to Control Panel / Network / Connectivity tab/ Check Enable HTTP/2 then click Apply. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 9

Go to Control Panel / Security / Advanced tab/ Check Enable HTTP Compression then click Apply. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 10

Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it passbolt. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 11

Now create three new folders inside the passbolt folder that you created at STEP 10 and name them db, gpg, jwt. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 12

Right click on the gpg folder that you have previously created at STEP 11 then click Properties. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 13

Go to the Permission tab then click Advanced options. From the drop-down menu choose “Make inherited permissions explicit“. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 14

Select Everyone then click the Edit tab. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 15

Check all Read and Write Permissions. Click Done. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 16

After you click Done on STEP 15, check “Apply to this folder, sub-folders and files“. Click Save. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 17

Right click on the jwt folder that you have previously created at STEP 11 then click Properties. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 18

Go to the Permission tab then click Advanced options. From the drop-down menu choose “Make inherited permissions explicit“. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 19

Select Everyone then click the Edit tab. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 20

Check all Read and Write Permissions. Click Done. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 21

After you click Done on STEP 20, check “Apply to this folder, sub-folders and files“. Click Save. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 22

Follow my step by step guide on how to activate SMTP for your Gmail account. This step is mandatory. Note: If you don’t want to use the easiest way for SMTP with Google and you already have SMTP details from your own Mail Server, you can just skip this STEP and use your personalized email SMTP details instead.

• STEP 23

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 24

In the Name field type in passbolt. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Note: Copy Paste the code below in the Portainer Stacks Web editor.

version: "3.9"
services:
  db:
    image: mariadb:11.3-jammy
    container_name: Passbolt-DB
    hostname: passbolt-db
    mem_limit: 512m
    mem_reservation: 128m
    cpu_shares: 768
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/passbolt/db:/var/lib/mysql:rw
    environment:
      TZ: Europe/Bucharest
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpass
      MYSQL_DATABASE: passbolt
      MYSQL_USER: passboltuser
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: passboltpass
    restart: on-failure:5

  passbolt:
    image: passbolt/passbolt:latest-ce-non-root
    command:
      - /bin/bash
      - -c
      - /usr/bin/wait-for.sh -t 0 db:3306 -- /docker-entrypoint.sh
    container_name: Passbolt
    hostname: passbolt
    mem_limit: 1g
    cpu_shares: 512
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    healthcheck:
      test: curl -f http://localhost:8080/ || exit 1
    ports:
      - 9475:8080
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/passbolt/gpg:/etc/passbolt/gpg:rw
      - /volume1/docker/passbolt/jwt:/etc/passbolt/jwt:rw
    environment:
      DEBUG: false
      APP_FULL_BASE_URL: https://passbolt.yourname.synology.me
      DATASOURCES_DEFAULT_HOST: passbolt-db
      DATASOURCES_DEFAULT_USERNAME: passboltuser
      DATASOURCES_DEFAULT_PASSWORD: passboltpass
      DATASOURCES_DEFAULT_DATABASE: passbolt
      PASSBOLT_REGISTRATION_PUBLIC: true
      EMAIL_DEFAULT_FROM: Your-own-gmail-address
      EMAIL_TRANSPORT_DEFAULT_HOST: smtp.gmail.com
      EMAIL_TRANSPORT_DEFAULT_PORT: 587
      EMAIL_TRANSPORT_DEFAULT_USERNAME: Your-own-gmail-address
      EMAIL_TRANSPORT_DEFAULT_PASSWORD: Your-own-app-password
      EMAIL_TRANSPORT_DEFAULT_TLS: true
    restart: on-failure:5
    depends_on:
      db:
        condition: service_started

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for TZ. (Select your current Time Zone from this list.)
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for APP_FULL_BASE_URL and type in your own synology.me DDNS with https:// at the beginning that you have previously created at STEP 6.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for EMAIL_DEFAULT_FROM and type in your own Gmail address. Refer to STEP 22.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for EMAIL_TRANSPORT_DEFAULT_USERNAME and type in your own Gmail address. Refer to STEP 22.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for EMAIL_TRANSPORT_DEFAULT_PASSWORD and type in your own Gmail app password. Refer to STEP 22.

• STEP 25

Scroll down on the page until you see a button named Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.

• STEP 26

If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.

• STEP 27

On the left sidebar in Portainer, click Containers. Identify your Passbolt instance, then click on the little terminal icon. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 28

After you click on the little terminal icon at STEP 27, a new page will open. Click Connect. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 29

After you click Connect at STEP 28, a Console will open. Copy Paste the code below and follow the instructions in the image.

./bin/cake passbolt register_user -u yourownemail -f Marius -l Lixandru -r admin

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Console area below, change yourownemail text with your Email.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Console area below, change Marius text with your own Name.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Console area below, change Lixandru text with your own Surname.

• STEP 30

Once the code is inserted, confirm by pressing Enter on your keyboard to start the process of admin user creation. After some seconds, you will get a link. Copy your generated link.

• STEP 31

🟢Please Support My work by Making a Donation. Almost 99,9% of the people that install something using my guides forget to support my work, or just ignore STEP 1. I’ve been very honest about this aspect of my work since the beginning: I don’t run any ADS, I don’t require subscriptions, paid or otherwise, I don’t collect IPs, emails, and I don’t have any referral links from Amazon or other merchants. I also don’t have any POP-UPs or COOKIES. I have repeatedly been told over the years how much I have contributed to the community. It’s something I love doing and have been honest about my passion since the beginning. But I also Need The Community to Support me Back to be able to continue doing this work.

• STEP 32

Click Download extension to download the Passbolt extension for your browser. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 33

Click Add to Chrome. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 34

Click Add extension. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 35

After the Passbolt extension is installed on your browser, click Next. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 36

Type in your own Password then click Next. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 37

Save your recovery kit in a safe place then click Next. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 38

Choose a Security token then click Next. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 39

Your Passbolt dashboard at a glance!

• STEP 40

At the top right of the page click on your own name then select Theme to switch to Dark Mode. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Enjoy Passbolt!

🆘TROUBLESHOOTING

If you encounter issues by using this container, make sure to check out the Common Docker issues article.

Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
Note: How to Back Up Docker Containers on your Synology NAS.
Note: Find out how to update the Passbolt container with the latest image.
Note: How to Free Disk Space on Your NAS if You Run Docker.
Note: How to Schedule Start & Stop For Docker Containers.
Note: How to Activate Email Notifications.
Note: How to Add Access Control Profile on Your NAS.
Note: How to Change Docker Containers Restart Policy.
Note: How to Use Docker Containers With VPN.
Note: Convert Docker Run Into Docker Compose.
Note: How to Clean Docker.
Note: How to Clean Docker Automatically.
Note: Best Practices When Using Docker and DDNS.
Note: Some Docker Containers Need WebSocket.
Note: Find out the Best NAS Models For Docker.
Note: Activate Gmail SMTP For Docker Containers.

This post was updated on Saturday / January 11th, 2025 at 11:44 AM