Script to backup Bitwarden data folder to another server using ssh and gpg encryption

backup_bitwarden.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Usage: script <bitwarden data directory> <gpg recipient> <ssh login@server>:<target folder>
# Example: script /home/alice/bwdata [email protected] [email protected]:~/backups/
# Note: Requires elevated permissions to read all files in bitwarden data folder

[ -z "$1" ] && echo "No data directory" && exit
[ -z "$2" ] && echo "No recipient" && exit
[ -z "$3" ] && echo "No backup server" && exit

output="/tmp/bwdata-$(date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M%S").tar.zip.gpg"

echo "Compressing data directory"
tar czfP /tmp/bwdata.tar.zip "$1"

echo "Encrypting tarball to recipient $2"
gpg --encrypt --recipient "$2" --output "$output" /tmp/bwdata.tar.zip

echo "Sending encrypted backup to $3"
scp "$output" "$3"

echo "Cleanup"
rm /tmp/bwdata.tar.zip
rm "$output"

echo "Done"