Back up your Bitwarden vault in a future-proof and secure way

Introduction Your Bitwarden vault contains (hopefully) all of your passwords and other sensitive data, so it would be good to have a backup of it in case something goes wrong. In this post, we will explore how to export your Bitwarden data, keep it safely encrypted with PGP, and set and complete backup reminders using Todoist. Prerequisites Bitwarden account PGP key pair (optional but recommended) Todoist account and API key (optional) Bitwarden CLI setup Downloading and installing Bitwarden CLI The Bitwarden CLI tool is available for download on the Bitwarden website....

November 19, 2023 · 6 min · David Isaksson

Backup files quick with Bash's brace expansion

Alright, here’s a quick trick that I use at least a few times a week. Problem Let’s say we have a file that we want to make a copy of for whatever reason. In this example we’re creating a backup of the SSH server config before modifying it: $ cp /etc/ssh/sshd_config /etc/ssh/sshd_config.bak This is fine and dandy, but a bit verbose… We’re writing the same string two times and to be frank, it’s not fun....

April 8, 2023 · 1 min · David Isaksson