To answer the question that you didn't ask - is it worth it? Truthfully, it's hard to say. I'm not sure if all the applications work this way but for the ones I've used, this isn't a concern. So technically, if your NAS went down, you'd still have your passwords cached - you just wouldn't be able to sync until your NAS came back up. I say that it depends because I haven't used all of the bitwarden extensions/apps, but I can tell you that the Chrome extension/Android application both cache your passwords.
Now, to answer your question about your NAS disconnecting and losing your password - the answer is "it depends". This is an optional step that would secure your data even further. If you'd like to access it from outside of your network, you can create a VPN server at your house and connect to the VPN, then to bitwarden. At that point, your bitwarden instance would ONLY be accessible to your local network (no one can access it externally). If you'd like to secure your data one step further, you can keep the bitwarden port (that you're using) closed on your router and create a local DNS record to your Synology server. The tutorial that I created goes through the process of creating a bitwarden instance and exposing it to the internet (which means that EVERYONE would be able to access that website). With that said, you are also shifting security to yourself which means that you need to implement best practices to secure and backup your data.
In the rare case that there is some sort of bitwarden hack (which I don't think there will be), you wouldn't be exposed as you're hosting your own instance. The main benefit as you already stated is security. Hello! Thanks for the kind words! This is going to be a somewhat lengthy response. It functions great and was very easy to setup, but it's important to note the distinction! Thanks a lot for being such a great community!ĮDIT: As pointed out in the comments, this is for bitwarden_rs which is written in Rust. Not sure if this will help anyone else, but I figured I would share the process I used to setup/configure this on my NAS: I'm really looking forward to emergency access being added later this year/early next year, as this was the only feature I felt like I really needed that I didn't have!Īnyways, self-hosting was always something I was interested in but a little intimidated by. Major props to the devs for creating an amazing, transparent password manager. Out of all the applications I've used, bitwarden has become my favorite and I have slowly converted everyone close to me into a bitwarden user. I've been using bitwarden for the past 4-5 years (switched from LastPass) and couldn't be happier. I created a video/tutorial on how to self-host bitwarden on a Synology NAS and wanted to share.
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