Bitwarden lite self-host deployment, formerly unified, is now generally available! This self-host option is a more lightweight and flexible deployment alternative, ideal for homelab enthusiasts and community members who want to get started quickly with self-hosting Bitwarden. With the release of general availability, Bitwarden lite users can benefit from enhanced performance and reliability.
Seems to be an official alternative to Vaultwarden
I don’t trust my setup for something like this.
My server and NAS go down in a fire, and I’m not gonna have the key I need to get the backup so I can restore my password manager lol
The nice thing about Bitwarden is that all vaults are locally saved on every device where you access it. So even if your NAS, server and whole house burn in fire you still have all the keys on your phone.
That’s good, if at least one surviving synced device survives then you still have access. Still a big “if” in a catastrophe, but a much better proposition.
What is the data retention policy for the local vaults?
That is true for a single person - but in a multiple person household that would mean that everyone needs to carry a copy of their with them. So this mechanism is no replacement for a solid backup of the server somewhere else…
You are missing the point; the original comment was about not having the keys to restore the (I assume) encrypted backups. With Bitwarden you can still access the vault even if the server is offline/lost. It’s not a replacement for a backup strategy.
You’d need a good backup somewhere. But that’s the same for bitwarden cloud. You cannot just assume it will never have issues
No, my problem is that I need my password manager to access my backup, and I need my backup to get my password manager.
That is a bad setup then. Not an issue of the software or hardware.
Thanks for your useful and actionable feedback that clearly explains the problem. So trustworthy /s
Seriously though, this is what break glass accounts are for. Create an account that can access your backups (preferably only the backup system) with a really long password and keep it offline in a safe place. Like a safe. Set up alerting if the break glass account ever gets used.
I had the same issue which is by I don’t self host bitwarden. If my house burned down the same day Bitwarden had a catastrophic outage I’d probably have issues but that seems unlikely.
Probably worth storing the key in another place as well, like keepass on your phone or just print it out on paper and store it.