Create a VaultWarden container on OL9

vw.md

Installation

1. Install podman

sudo dnf install -y podman

2. Create the service directory to store data and configurations

sudo mkdir -p /srv/vw01/data

3. Create the VaultWarden configuration

sudo tee /srv/vw01/vw01.conf < 'EOF'
# /srv/vw01/vw01.conf
ROCKET_TLS={certs="/data/ssl/your.domain.pem",key="/data/ssl/your.domain.key"}
ADMIN_TOKEN=youradmintoken
EOF

4. Create the container service

sudo tee /etc/containers/systemd/vw01.container < 'EOF'
# /etc/containers/systemd/vw01.container
[Unit]
Description=VaultWarden vw01 container
After=local-fs.target network-online.target

[Container]
Image=docker.io/vaultwarden/server:latest
AutoUpdate=registry
Exec=/start.sh --preset owasp
EnvironmentFile=/srv/vw01/vw01.conf
Volume=/srv/vw01/data/:/data/:Z
PublishPort=443:80

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target default.target
EOF

5. Reload the services

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

6. Enable and start the container

sudo systemctl enable --now vw01

7. Enable auto-updates for the container

sudo systemctl edit podman-auto-update.timer
sudo systemctl enable --now podman-auto-update.timer

Maintenance

# List containers
sudo podman container list

# Update containers marked to auto-update
sudo podman auto-update

References

• man podman
• man quadlet
• man systemd.timer