Quickstart for Passbolt

Passbolt is an open-source password manager built specifically for teams, using OpenPGP encryption so that even the server operator cannot read stored secrets. Unlike typical web vaults, authentication is based on a per-user GPG keypair generated during an email-invited setup flow rather than a simple username/password login. The Community Edition is fully free with unlimited users; the paid Pro tier adds tag management, LDAP/Active Directory provisioning, account recovery (escrow), and detailed audit logs on top of the same open-source AGPL-3.0 codebase. This template bundles a phpMyAdmin instance (password-protected) for direct database access alongside the main app. Widely used across the security and DevOps community as a self-hosted alternative to commercial password managers.

Deploy Passbolt on Elestio

1. Open the Passbolt deployment page and sign in, or create an account.
2. Choose a cloud provider, a region and a data center. Pick the region closest to your users for the lowest latency.
3. Choose an instance size. Elestio only lists the sizes that can run Passbolt properly (at least 1 vCPU and 2 GB of RAM).
4. Choose your support plan and the maintenance window for system and software updates (times are in UTC).
5. Click Create Service. Passbolt is deployed and ready in a few minutes, and you receive an email with the access details.

The full walkthrough with screenshots is in the installation guide.

Access Passbolt

Open your service in the Elestio dashboard and go to the Overview tab. Click Display Admin UI to reveal the URL, username and password of your Passbolt instance.

If the password field is blank, Passbolt does not ship with a pre-created admin user: open the admin URL to start its setup. Software without a web interface, such as databases, is reached with the credentials and port listed in the same tab. See Admin UI and credentials.

Next steps

• Custom domain and SSL: point your own domain to Passbolt (guide).
• Backups: new services follow a 3-2-1 backup strategy by default (backups).
• Updates: manage the Passbolt version and update policy (software versions and updates).
• Learn Passbolt: read the official Passbolt documentation.