Specify the path according to your file system (recommended) Therefore, you need to enable it in your configuration file for the directory containing your KDBX file(s) by specifying its absolute path. If you're setting up a new domain or subdomain, you must create, in your domain provider's DNS zone, a new entry, of type A, with your server's IP address as value. Replace SSLCertificateKeyFile with your SSL private key path Replace SSLCertificateFile with your SSL public key path
Replace DocumentRoot (for HTTP and HTTPS) with your KeeWeb install path Replace ServerName (for HTTP and HTTPS) with your domain/subdomain SSLCertificateKeyFile /your/private/key/path If you already have a ready-to-use domain or subdomain with HTTP and HTTPS working, you can skip this step.
If you want to use an existing domain or subdomain for your KeeWeb installation : If you want to create a domain or subdomain for your KeeWeb installation : Step 3/3 - Setup Apache Create a virtual host configurationĪs you should know, Apache virtual hosts configuration files are located at /etc/apache2/sites-available.
Download the archive into your computer.Unzip KeeWeb-1.14.0.html.zip ( NOTE : files will be extracted in the current folder) NOTE : pay attention to version number if you copy/paste the commands. html.zip file, which only contains the web files. KeeWeb's release files are available at the project's repository ( GitHub), we're more specifically looking for the latest. KeeWeb also requires a valid HTTPS certificate, therefore, you also need a domain name and eventually a subdomain, assuming that you know the basics of managing domains. Requirementsįor this tutorial, we'll be using an Apache ( official website) web server on Debian ( official website) operating system, assuming that you know the basics of them. WebDAV (Wikipedia) is a file transfer feature implemented within the HTTP protocol, allowing web applications like KeeWeb to upload a file from the client to the server without requiring any back-end. kdbx), thus saving you time not having to import it from your device/cloud.
Therefore, the only purpose of self-hosting KeeWeb is self-hosting your password database file (. However, the case of KeeWeb is specific because it has no server-side : it only consists in a progressive web app ( Wikipedia) with front-end features. Well-known examples of self-hostable services are WordPress for blog editing and Nextcloud for file sharing. Self-hosting consists in hosting a service on the user's own server. KeeWeb is available via web browsers on all platforms including mobile, and also featured as an Electron ( official website) app on Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems. KeeWeb ( official website) is a web-based implementation of KeePass ( official website), an open source and offline password manager.
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