Vaultwarden is an open-source password manager that allows you to store and manage your passwords securely. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Vaultwarden on Windows 11.
Before you begin, you need to ensure that the following prerequisites are already set up on your Windows 11 computer:
Open Git Bash and use the following command to clone the Vaultwarden repository:
git clone https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden.git
This will create a new directory named Vaultwarden in the current working directory.
Vaultwarden is written in Rust, so you need to install Rust to compile and run it.
You can install Rust by running the following command in your terminal or command prompt:
curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
After installation, Rust is added to your system's PATH variable.
Vaultwarden requires OpenSSL to generate secure encryption keys. You can download OpenSSL from its official website.
After installation, add OpenSSL to the system's environment variables.
In the cloned repository, open a terminal or command prompt and execute the following commands to build and run the server:
cd Vaultwarden
cargo build --features sqlite --release
cd target/release
.\vaultwarden.exe start
This command will build the Vaultwarden server and start it using the default SQLite database.
If you want to use a different database, you can use the DATABASE_URL environment variable to specify the connection string for it. Here's an example:
.\vaultwarden.exe start --database-url=postgres://user:password@localhost/vaultwarden
Once the Vaultwarden server is running, you can set up the web interface by following these steps:
static directory in the Vaultwarden root directory.http://localhost:80 to access the web interface.In this tutorial, you learned how to install and run Vaultwarden on Windows 11. By following these steps, you can now manage your passwords securely using Vaultwarden.
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