Install Bitwarden on your NAS

For Bitwarden to work effectively, you need 24/7 access to the server. Thanks to their support for Docker, both capable Synology and QNAP NAS drives are the perfect host for your new Bitwarden server. Synology users can follow the guide at www. synoforum.com/resources/ bitwarden-self-hosted-passwordmanager-using-bitwardenrsserver-image.3/, but QNAP users need to adapt the instructions there for their own setup, as follows….

If you’re using QNAP, first verify in File Station that there’s a shared “Container” folder, then add a subfolder inside here called “Bitwarden.” Next, open Container Station, choose “Create” and search for “bitwardenrs” then click “Install” next to the “bitwardenrs/server” entry at the top. Leave “Latest” selected and click “Next.”

Give it a suitable name, then reduce the “CPU Limit” to 20 percent and “Memory Limit” to the minimum 64MB before clicking “Advanced Settings.” Select “Network” – by default, NAT mode shares your NAS’s IP address with Bitwarden (click “Add” under port forwarding to forward port 4000 on the host to 80 on the container); if you want to allocate it a unique IP address on your network, select “Bridge” under “Network Mode,” followed by “Use static IP,” and pick an unused IP.

Select “Shared Folder” and click the second “Add” button above “Volume from host.” Next, click inside the “Volume from host” box to browse for the “Bitwarden” folder you created, then type “/data” into the “Mount Point” box. Click “Create,” review the settings, and click “OK.” To monitor the installation, select “Containers” under “Resource.” Once downloaded, the Bitwarden docker appears here. Click its name to view the console as its setup and basic configuration takes place. When you see a reference to “[rocket:rocket[[INFO] GET/alive:” the server should be up and running. Open a web browser and type the IP address you allocated earlier into it, and you should find yourself at the web vault login screen, ready to continue.