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| author | Benjamin Sanders <hello@bensanders.net> | 2026-09-18 15:29:48 -0400 |
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diff --git a/rafts/blog/passbolt-initial-impressions.html b/rafts/blog/passbolt-initial-impressions.html deleted file mode 100644 index 6d9a512..0000000 --- a/rafts/blog/passbolt-initial-impressions.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,143 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html> -<html lang="en"> -<head> - <meta charset="UTF-8"> - <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> - <title>Ben Sanders Online Space</title> - <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/main.css"> - <!-- Privacy-friendly analytics by Plausible --> - <script async src="https://plausible.io/js/pa-JWiyAnkl2l96nMNDBD7OS.js"></script> - <script> - window.plausible=window.plausible||function(){(plausible.q=plausible.q||[]).push(arguments)},plausible.init=plausible.init||function(i){plausible.o=i||{}}; - plausible.init() - </script> -</head> -<body> - <main> - <header> - <div class="wrap"> - <nav> - <a class="logo" href="/"><h1>Ben Sanders</h1></a> - <div class="nav-link"> - <a href="/">Home</a> - <a href="/about">About</a> - </div> - </nav> - </div> - </header> -<section id="post"> - <div class="wrap article-grid"> - <h2>Passbolt Initial Impressions</h2> - <small class="meta">Benjamin Sanders | 04 April 2023 | passbolt</small> - <p><img src="/assets/images/passbolt.png" alt="Image of a text that reads passbolt in black lettering" title="passbolt-logo" /></p> - -<p><a href="/assets/pdfs/Passbolt-Initial-Impressions.pdf">Download as a PDF</a></p> - -<p>So, today (4th of April 2023) I decided to spin up a Debian 11 VM to install passbolt to and try out self-hosting a password manager. I currently use 1Password and don’t really see myself switching to a self-hosted solution but figured there is no harm in trying out the “competition”.</p> - -<p>The install process so far has been super easy and CLI oriented. I decided to go with the non-Docker install because I like running things directly in the VM. Maybe I’m finally get old -shrug-</p> - -<p>Anyway, the process was basically going to https://www.passbolt.com/ce/debian and follow the instructions in CLI.</p> - -<div class="language-bash highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>wget <span class="s2">"https://download.passbolt.com/ce/installer/passbolt-repo-setup.ce.sh"</span> -wget <span class="s2">"https://github.com/passbolt/passbolt-dep-scripts/releases/latest/download/passbolt-ce-SHA512SUM.txt"</span> -<span class="nb">sha512sum</span> <span class="nt">-c</span> passbolt-ce-SHA512SUM.txt <span class="o">&&</span> <span class="nb">sudo </span>bash ./passbolt-repo-setup.ce.sh <span class="o">||</span> <span class="nb">echo</span> <span class="s2">"Bad checksum. Aborting"</span> <span class="o">&&</span> <span class="nb">rm</span> <span class="nt">-f</span> passbolt-repo-setup.ce.sh -<span class="nb">sudo </span>apt <span class="nb">install </span>passbolt-ce-server -</code></pre></div></div> - -<p>One thing I notice is that it installs certbot implying I should be using a domain and not attempting to this locally. Let’s see what happens when I try it locally anyway.</p> - -<p>Okay, it’s going to start off creating an empty database.</p> - -<p><img src="/assets/images/configuring-passbolt-mysql.png" alt="" /></p> - -<p>Saved the MySQL user and password in 1Password 😆 then got to the TLS section and hit none since I don’t have a domain to use currently. Looks like I can provide the IP of the server instead though which I’m entering in 192.168.1.173.</p> - -<p><img src="/assets/images/configuring-passbolt-domain-name.png" alt="" /></p> - -<p>Setting up PHP 7.4 and MariaDB 10.5 so a little out-of-date on the PHP but not too bad. We’re done!</p> - -<p><img src="/assets/images/configuring-passbolt-done.png" alt="" /></p> - -<p>Let’s go the server’s IP and see what it looks like now and get it configured.</p> - -<p>Cool as mentioned in the wiki I get the not yet configured page <a href="https://help.passbolt.com/hosting/install/ce/debian/debian.html">https://help.passbolt.com/hosting/install/ce/debian/debian.html</a></p> - -<p><img src="/assets/images/configuring-passbolt-not-configured-yet.png" alt="" /></p> - -<p>Entering in the database information</p> - -<p><img src="/assets/images/configuring-passbolt-db-connection.png" alt="" /></p> - -<p>🤔 Hmm getting that it can’t connect to the database.</p> - -<p><img src="/assets/images/passbolt-configuration-no-connection.png" alt="" /></p> - -<p>I know it’s online and I can connect.</p> - -<div class="language-bash highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>ben@passbolt-test:~<span class="nv">$ </span>mysql <span class="nt">-u</span> passboltadmin <span class="nt">-p</span> -Enter password: -Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with <span class="p">;</span> or <span class="se">\g</span><span class="nb">.</span> -Your MariaDB connection <span class="nb">id </span>is 41 -Server version: 10.5.18-MariaDB-0+deb11u1 Debian 11 - -MariaDB <span class="o">[(</span>none<span class="o">)]></span> show databases<span class="p">;</span> -+--------------------+ -| Database | -+--------------------+ -| information_schema | -| passboltdb | -+--------------------+ -</code></pre></div></div> - -<p>I know for sure MariaDB is running.</p> - -<div class="language-bash highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>ben@passbolt-test:~<span class="nv">$ </span><span class="nb">sudo </span>systemctl status mariadb.service -● mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.5.18 database server - Loaded: loaded <span class="o">(</span>/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service<span class="p">;</span> enabled<span class="p">;</span> vendor preset: enabled<span class="o">)</span> - Active: active <span class="o">(</span>running<span class="o">)</span> since Tue 2023-04-04 11:47:04 EDT<span class="p">;</span> 11min ago -</code></pre></div></div> - -<p>Found it!</p> - -<p>I was trying to use the server’s public IP and needed the local IP <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">127.0.0.1</code>.</p> - -<p>Source: <a href="https://community.passbolt.com/t/trying-to-configure-passbolt-database-configuration/5322">https://community.passbolt.com/t/trying-to-configure-passbolt-database-configuration/5322</a></p> - -<p>Got it going and got a neat message setting up. Lmao</p> - -<p><img src="/assets/images/configuring-passbolt-elon.png" alt="" /></p> - -<p>Tried setting up the iOS app but guess it won’t work without a TLS certificate of some kinds which makes sense. <a href="https://community.passbolt.com/t/oops-something-went-wrong-when-trying-to-set-up-mobile-transfers/5124">https://community.passbolt.com/t/oops-something-went-wrong-when-trying-to-set-up-mobile-transfers/5124</a></p> - -<p><img src="/assets/images/configuring-passbolt-mobile-setup.png" alt="" /></p> - -<p>All-in-all I’m going to keep trying out Passbolt but don’t see myself switching from 1Password to self-hosted but might be good to have a local backup.</p> - - </div> -</section> - </main> - <footer> - © Ben Sanders, 2026 - <!-- Default Statcounter code for My Personal Website - https://bensanders.net/ --> - <script type="text/javascript"> - var sc_project=13339537; - var sc_invisible=1; - var sc_security="af47feaa"; - </script> - <script type="text/javascript" - src="https://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js" - async></script> - <noscript><div class="statcounter"><a title="Web Analytics - Made Easy - Statcounter" href="https://statcounter.com/" - target="_blank"><img class="statcounter" - src="https://c.statcounter.com/13339537/0/af47feaa/1/" - alt="Web Analytics Made Easy - Statcounter" - referrerPolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade"></a></div></noscript> - <!-- End of Statcounter Code --> - <a href="https://statcounter.com/p13339537/?guest=1">View My - Stats</a> - </footer> - </body> -</html>
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