Configure for Bitwarden Self Hosted

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Brion Appling

• April 10, 2024 14:22

I  am trying to configure a self hosted version of Bitwarden at home.  I have gotten it to work fine through another router, but can't get it to work through Firewalla Gold.  It just needs port 80 and 443.

I have configured a port on Firewalla as  a separate network for this to help keep the rest of the network secure. The server can get out to the internet.  I have tried setting up a Source NAT, DMZ and Port Forwarding, as well as every combo of 2 and all 3 options together.  When I install Bitwarden, it fails on getting the lets encrypt certificate, which again only needs ports 80 and 443, and also works on another router just fine. 

What am I doing wrong?  Any help is greatly appreciated!!

 

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  Firewalla

  • April 10, 2024 15:37

  Can you reach your web server from outside? You will need to forward 80 to your server, this is used by letsencrypt. 

  I do not think you need to configure source nat or DMZ. (just a simple port forward) 

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  Brion Appling

  • April 11, 2024 16:56

  Unfortunately no.  That may partly be due to the fact that I can't get the certificate, and bitwarden requires ssh.

  I am also not a linux expert (MS Admin)  And I could be having an issue with UFW firewall on the server.  My rules did work on anther router though, so I don't think that is the issue. 

  I did create rules in firewalla for both 80 and 443

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  Firewalla

  • April 12, 2024 03:30

  sorry, I don't have much experiences with bitwarden; but let's encrypt, port 80 is what you need to forward to make it work. 

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  Exclusive213

  • December 06, 2024 05:47

  Hello Brion, 
  
  Did you ever find a way to get it to work? I'm having a similar issue. I can port forward 80 and 443 on the old router, but doing so with a firewall is not possible. Port checker websites also reflect port 80 and 443 being blocked. 
  
  Thank you

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