Vaultwarden is an open-source password manager that provides a self-hosted alternative to popular services like LastPass and 1Password. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Vaultwarden on a Manjaro Linux machine using the GitHub repository.
Before we begin, we need to ensure that our system has the following prerequisites:
First, we need to clone the Vaultwarden repository from GitHub. To do this, open a terminal window and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden.git
This will create a new directory named vaultwarden in your current working directory.
Next, we need to create an environment file to store our configuration settings for Vaultwarden. Navigate to the vaultwarden directory and create a new file named .env:
cd vaultwarden
nano .env
In the .env file, we will set the following parameters:
ADMIN_TOKEN=your_admin_token
DATA_DIRECTORY=/your/data/directory
DOMAIN=yourdomain.com
Replace the values in the parameters with your own values. Additionally, you can specify other optional parameters in the .env file, such as the VPN_HOST, VPN_PORT, and SERVER_NAME.
Once you have configured your environment file, save and close it.
With the environment file in place, we can now modify the docker-compose.yml file to start up the service. Open the file using a text editor:
nano docker-compose.yml
In the docker-compose.yml file, we need to modify the volumes parameter to point to our data directory. Replace the your/data/directory with the path to your data directory, such as /home/user/vaultwarden/data.
Once you have modified the file, save and close it.
We are now ready to start Vaultwarden. To do this, run the following command from the vaultwarden directory:
sudo docker-compose up -d
This will download and install the necessary dependencies, and start the Vaultwarden service.
Once the service is started, you can access Vaultwarden by navigating to your domain in a web browser, such as https://yourdomain.com. Note that you must have created an A record in your DNS configuration that points to the IP address of the machine running Vaultwarden.
You will see the Vaultwarden login page. Enter the admin token that you set in the .env file, and you will be taken to the Vaultwarden dashboard.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Vaultwarden on your Manjaro Linux machine!
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