This repository contains the necessary files to create a Docker container for backing up Vaultwarden data. Vaultwarden is an open-source project that provides a self-hosted, web-based password management service. This backup solution utilizes Docker to ensure your Vaultwarden data is securely backed up and can be restored with ease.
I developed this repository to address a specific challenge with my self-hosted Vaultwarden setup: it contains the passwords to my backups. Recognizing the risk of losing access to my entire server and thereby to my cloud-stored backups, I sought an easy and reliable method to periodically clone my Vaultwarden data to my laptop. This ensures that, even in the event of server access loss, I retain the ability to decrypt my backups stored in the cloud.
- Dockerfile: Specifies the Docker container configuration, ensuring Vaultwarden data is properly placed within the container.
- generate-image.sh: A script to facilitate the building of the Docker image with the latest Vaultwarden data from a specified remote location.
- serve.sh: A script to run the Docker container, making the Vaultwarden backup available.
Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed:
- Docker
- Bash
- SCP (for the
generate-image.shscript)
- Ensure you have SSH access to the host where your Vaultwarden data is stored.
- Run the
generate-image.shscript with the appropriate parameters:
chmod +x *.sh
./generate-image.sh user@host path/to/vaultwarden/dataThis script will:
- Securely copy the Vaultwarden data from the specified remote location.
- Build a Docker image containing the Vaultwarden data.
- Tag the image with both the current date and latest.
To serve the backup, simply execute the serve.sh script:
./serve.shThis will:
- Stop any previously running container named vaultwarden-backup.
- Remove any previous container with the same name.
- Run a new container, exposing the service on port 8080.
The you can access you vault locally on http://localhost:8080