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<h1>Passbolt Initial Impressions</h1>
<p class="meta">Benjamin Sanders | 04 April 2023 | passbolt</p>
<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Setting up PHP 7.4 and MariaDB 10.5 so a little out-of-date on the PHP but not too bad.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>
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