Install and deploy Bitwarden on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Today we will install Bitwarden server on-premise on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as a KeePassXC alternative
What is Bitwarden?
Prerequisites:
- VM with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (2xCPU, 4GB RAM, 50GB HDD)
- Docker Engine
- Docker Compose
- Bitwarden
Task:
- Install Docker Engine
- Install Docker Compose
- Create bitwarden user and directory
- Install Bitwarden
Install Docker Engine
1. Update and Install dependiencies
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install
ca-certificates
curl
gnupg
lsb-release
2. Add Docker’s offcial GPG key
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
3. Install Docker
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
4. Test the installation od Docker
docker --version docker run hello-world
Install Docker Compose
1. Download stable Docker Compose
sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
2. Set permissions
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
3. Test the installation
docker-compose --version
Create bitwarden user and directory
1. Create bitwarden user
sudo adduser bitwarden
2. Set password for new bitwarden user
sudo passwd bitwarden
3. Create a docker group
sudo groupadd docker
4. Add the bitwarden user to the docker group
sudo usermod -aG docker bitwarden
5. Create a bitwarden directory
sudo mkdir /opt/bitwarden
6. Set permissions
sudo chmod -R 700 /opt/bitwarden sudo chown -R bitwarden:bitwarden /opt/bitwarden
Install Bitwarden
1. Download Bitwarden installation script – bitwarden.sh
curl -Lso bitwarden.sh https://go.btwrdn.co/bw-sh && chmod 700 bitwarden.sh
2. Run installation script
sudo ./bitwarden.sh install