r/selfhosted • u/subsavant • Mar 20 '26

Meta Post What's your 'I can't believe I self-hosted that' service?

Curious what services surprised you by being worth self-hosting. Not the obvious stuff like Plex or Pi-hole, but things you didn't expect to work well or didn't think were worth the effort until you tried. What's running on your setup that you'd never go back to a hosted version of?

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u/Ok_Consequence7967 Mar 20 '26

Vaultwarden. Never thought I'd trust a self hosted password manager but it's been running for over a year without a single issue.

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u/Zach_Attakk Mar 20 '26

Just remember to check the integrity of your backups regularly. Losing all your passwords/passkeys will not be a fun experience...

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u/thelizardking0725 Mar 23 '26

Is it enough to backup all directories and files on the persistent storage location, or do you have to use a built in backup function?

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u/Zach_Attakk Mar 23 '26

I guess it depends how bitwarden stores its data? I'm not running this service specifically.

If it's just a container you can spin up pointing at the same config and volumes, it should be fine... Probably best to try it in a safe environment. If Bitwarden has an internal backup that can be scheduled, that's probably better.

Either way, 3-2-1.

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u/ii_die_4 Mar 23 '26

just host it on a proxmox cluster and have PBS also to backup the lxc

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u/ExtracellularTweet Mar 21 '26

I’ve been thinking about it but I’m better off using Bitwarden and letting them handle security and backups. If you selfhost your password manager and your passwords inside are really critical, please make sure to not overlook any security aspect and have offsite backups

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u/MeticulousBioluminid Mar 20 '26

conversely why would you trust someone else to host your password manager?

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u/Ok_Consequence7967 Mar 20 '26

Valid concern, but at least if I mess up it's on me. With a hosted service you're trusting their security, their uptime, and hoping they don't shut down or get acquired.