Vaultwarden on Unraid: Secure Your Passwords with Cloudflare or Tailscale

Published at : 18 Dec 2025

Take full control of your passwords! This complete guide shows you how to install *Vaultwarden* on Unraid, with options for both public access via a Cloudflare Tunnel or a completely private setup using Tailscale.
This step by step tutorial, will walk through the entire process of setting up Vaultwarden, a lightweight, self-hosted Bitwarden server, using Docker on Unraid.
Learn about the key differences between making your password manager accessible from the internet with a custom domain, versus keeping it completely off-grid and private on your own Tailscale network.
This video is perfect for anyone wanting to ditch commercial password managers and own their data.

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*Command used in the video to generate Argon2 PHC pass*
docker exec -it vaultwarden /vaultwarden hash
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Companion Videos
*Setting Up GMAIL SMTP app passwords* - https://youtu.be/Ksk42UzpO-I
*Tailscale on Unraid* - https://youtu.be/WkCqAuGhWb8
*Cloudflare Tunnels* - https://youtu.be/h5fAcE70xbQ
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