Vaultwarden emergency access, set up right
Turn on Vaultwarden emergency access, pick View or Takeover, and plan for the unpaid VPS invoice and the missed email that can turn a request into approval.
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Turn on Vaultwarden emergency access, pick View or Takeover, and plan for the unpaid VPS invoice and the missed email that can turn a request into approval.
Vaultwarden encrypts vault contents in the client, but stores account metadata in plaintext. The real risks are your admin token and your backup file.
Turn on TOTP, email codes, FIDO2, YubiKey and Duo in Vaultwarden 1.37.4, enforce them with the org policy, and get a locked-out user back in safely.
Bitwarden's standard server wants a dozen containers and 2 GB of RAM. Vaultwarden serves the same API in one. Here is which one belongs on your VPS.
Self-host a Bitwarden-compatible password manager with Vaultwarden and Docker on a VPS: HTTPS-first, admin token, Fail2ban, tested backups.
Copy a live Vaultwarden vault with sqlite3 .backup, keep the attachments, config.json and rsa_key files, then prove the restore works before you need it.