Accessing Bitwarden Desktop App

When opening the Bitwarden desktop application for the first time, click on the drop-down under the email address box and select self-hosted. 

Open

 A box will appear requesting you enter the server url: enter https://pwmgr.louisville.edu and click save. 

Open

This will save your default settings as self-hosted.  Click Continue to login.  Please note: This solution is self-hosted, and you will need to be connected to the VPN to login into the vault. 

A box will appear stating that Device approval is required.  Check the box next to “Remember this device” and select “Request Admin Approval”

Note: SecOps does not receive notifications of these approvals but will be monitoring the dashboards, please be patient while we approve your device. 

You will receive this notification when the device has been approved. 

If the login prompt asks you to choose between Master Password or Enterprise Single Sign-on please choose Enterprise Single Sign-on

Next, click “file” then select “settings”

Next, check the box for “Approve login requests,” then click “close” at the bottom of the window. This will allow you to approve your own devices, i.e., browser extension, moving forward.