# Install Bitwarden on Linux

1. Configure DNS and open port 80 / 443
2. Install Docker & Docker Compose

3. Create a Bitwarden user

adduser bitwarden
passwd bitwarden
groupadd docker
usermod -aG docker bitwarden
mkdir /opt/bitwarden
chmod -R 700 /opt/bitwarden
chown -R bitwarden:bitwarden /opt/bitwarden
su - bitwarden
cd /opt/bitwarden

4. Install Bitwarden

curl -Lso bitwarden.sh https://go.btwrdn.co/bw-sh && chmod 700 bitwarden.sh
./bitwarden.sh install

To get installation ID and installation KEY : https://bitwarden.com/host/

5. Configure environment variables

Edit ./bwdata/env/global.override.env

globalSettings__mail__smtp__host=**placeholder** # smtp.gmail.com
globalSettings__mail__smtp__port=**placeholder** # 587
globalSettings__mail__smtp__ssl=**placeholder**
globalSettings__mail__smtp__username=**placeholder**
globalSettings__mail__smtp__password=**placeholder**
...
adminSettings__admins=**placeholder** # email for admin account

Then

./bitwarden.sh restart

6. Update installation files

Edit ./bwdata/config.yml as needed and then rebuild

./bitwarden.sh rebuild

7. Start bitwarden

./bitwarden.sh start

8. Startup option

Set PVE option : "start at boot" to yes, "order" to 2

All Bitwarden data is stored on the host machine in the ./bwdata directory, relative to the location in which you installed Bitwarden. It's recommended that you backup and keep safe the entire ./bwdata directory.

Bitwarden will automatically take nightly backups of the mssql container database. These backups are kept in the ./bwdata/mssql/backups directory for 30 days.