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How to install server on Windows (bitwarden/server) · gitmanual

How to install on Windows

bitwarden/server

Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc).

.NET#api#aspnet#aspnetcore#bitwarden

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Start here

Website ↗bitwarden.comThe project's own site.Docs ↗contributing.bitwarden.comLinked from the README.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it runs on Windows

You'll build it yourself with .NET SDK.

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4 steps on Windows

Download setup.ps1

Then run powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\setup.ps1. It stops at the first error and is safe to run again. Servers and tests aren't started; it lists them at the end. Read it first.

Clone the repository

Needs Git: winget install Git.Git

git clone https://github.com/bitwarden/server.git
cd server

2
Install the required runtimes
.NET SDK 10.0.103
```
winget install Microsoft.DotNet.SDK.10
```

Install dependencies

dotnet restore bitwarden-server.slnx
dotnet build bitwarden-server.slnx

4
Run the tests
```
dotnet test bitwarden-server.slnx
```

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Parts list

1×.NET SDK 10.0.103runtime

13× settings in .env

COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME
MSSQL_PASSWORDsecret
MSSQL_SA_PASSWORDsecret
MAILCATCHER_PORT
POSTGRES_PASSWORDsecret
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORDsecret
MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORDsecret
IDP_SP_ENTITY_ID
IDP_SP_ACS_URL
API_PROXY_PORToptional
IDENTITY_PROXY_PORToptional
RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USERoptional
RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASSsecretoptional

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Good to know

A .NET solution with several projects: start the app project with dotnet run --project <path/to/App.csproj> (the README usually names it).
Nested projects: AppHost/AppHost.csproj, bitwarden_license/src/Commercial.Core/Commercial.Core.csproj, bitwarden_license/src/Commercial.Infrastructure.EntityFramework/Commercial.Infrastructure.EntityFramework.csproj, bitwarden_license/src/Scim/Scim.csproj and 11 more

Files we read (11)

.github/workflows/build-seeded-databases.yml

.github/workflows/build.yml

.github/workflows/build_target.yml

.github/workflows/load-test.yml

.github/workflows/test-database.yml

.github/workflows/test.yml

CONTRIBUTING.md

Directory.Build.props

README.md

dev/.env.example

global.json

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