### Install and Start Bitwarden on Linux/MacOS

Source: https://bitwarden.com/open-source

Use these commands to download the Bitwarden installation script, make it executable, and then install and start the Bitwarden service. Ensure you have curl and bash installed.

```bash
$ curl -Lso bitwarden.sh https://go.btwrdn.co/bw-sh \
 && chmod +x bitwarden.sh
$ ./bitwarden.sh install
$ ./bitwarden.sh start
```

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### Install and Start Bitwarden on Windows

Source: https://bitwarden.com/open-source

Execute these PowerShell commands to download the Bitwarden installation script, and then use it to install and start the Bitwarden service. This requires PowerShell.

```powershell
> Invoke-RestMethod -OutFile bitwarden.ps1 \
 -Uri https://go.btwrdn.co/bw-ps
> .\bitwarden.ps1 -install
> .\bitwarden.ps1 -start
```

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### Custom TOTP URI Example

Source: https://bitwarden.com/help/integrated-authenticator

This example demonstrates how to construct an otpauth://totp/ URI with custom parameters for algorithm, digits, and period. This is useful when a service requires specific TOTP generation settings different from Bitwarden's defaults.

```plain text
otpauth://totp/Test:me?secret=JBSWY3DPEHPK3PXP&algorithm=sha256&digits=8&period=60
```

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### Public API Event Response

Source: https://bitwarden.com/help/event-logs

Example JSON response structure returned by the /events endpoint of the Bitwarden Public API.

```json
{
 "object": "list",
 "data": [
 {
 "object": "event",
 "type": 1000,
 "itemId": "string",
 "collectionId": "string",
 "groupId": "string",
 "policyId": "string",
 "memberId": "string",
 "actingUserId": "string",
 "date": "2020-11-04T15:01:21.698Z",
 "device": 0,
 "ipAddress": "xxx.xx.xxx.x"
 }
 ],
 "continuationToken": "string"
}
```

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### Import Data using CLI

Source: https://bitwarden.com/help/import-data

Use this command to import data into your Bitwarden vault. Replace `<format>` with the data format and `<path>` with the file path. Use `bw import --formats` to see a list of supported formats.

```bash
bw import <format> <path>
```

```bash
bw import <format> /Users/myaccount/Documents/mydata.csv
```

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### Manually Update Let's Encrypt Certificate (Linux/macOS)

Source: https://bitwarden.com/help/certificates

Commands to stop Bitwarden, back up existing Let's Encrypt certificates, create a new directory, set permissions, pull the Certbot Docker image, and run Certbot to obtain a new certificate. Requires OpenSSL for generating DH parameters and rebuilding Bitwarden.

```bash
./bitwarden.sh stop

mv ./bwdata/letsencrypt ./bwdata/letsencrypt_backup

mkdir ./bwdata/letsencrypt

chown -R bitwarden:bitwarden ./bwdata/letsencrypt

chmod -R 740 ./bwdata/letsencrypt

docker pull certbot/certbot

docker run -i --rm --name certbot -p 443:443 -p 80:80 -v <Full Path from / >/bwdata/letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt/ certbot/certbot certonly --email <user@email.com> --logs-dir /etc/letsencrypt/logs
```

```bash
openssl dhparam -out ./bwdata/letsencrypt/live/<your.domain.com>/dhparam.pem 2048
./bitwarden.sh rebuild
./bitwarden.sh start
```

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### CSV Export Format

Source: https://bitwarden.com/help/event-logs

Example structure of the CSV file generated when exporting event logs from the Bitwarden web vault.

```csv
message,appIcon,appName,userId,userName,userEmail,date,ip,type
Logged in.,fa-globe,Web Vault - Chrome,1234abcd-56de-78ef-91gh-abcdef123456,Alice,alice@bitwarden.com,2021-06-14T14:22:23.331751Z,111.11.111.111,User_LoggedIn
Invited user zyxw9876.,fa-globe,Unknown,1234abcd-56de-78ef-91gh-abcdef123456,Alice,alice@bitwarden.com,2021-06-14T14:14:44.7566667Z,111.11.111.111,OrganizationUser_Invited
Edited organization settings.,fa-globe,Web Vault - Chrome,9876dcba-65ed-87fe-19hg-654321fedcba,Bob,bob@bitwarden.com,2021-06-07T17:57:08.1866667Z,222.22.222.222,Organization_Updated
```

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### Configure SSL Paths in config.yml

Source: https://bitwarden.com/help/certificates

Specify the paths to your SSL certificate and private key in the Bitwarden configuration file. These paths should point to the files generated or placed on your server.

```yaml
ssl_certificate_path: /etc/ssl/bitwarden.example.com/certificate.crt
 ssl_key_path: /etc/ssl/bitwarden.example.com/private.key
```