A lack of setup documentation

[wesleykirkland]

I've read the README through and through and I'm not understanding how people are setting up Lazy Warden. I've dug through the issues as well and there seems to be a pattern of documentation lacking for setup. I'm unable to find concrete documentation on the purpose of Bitwarden Secrets over storing the information in a .env file/docker secrets and I believe this is important as I can't enable Bitwarden Secrets on my account as I have 3 users in my Family plan. I'm struggling to see if there is a way to add tokens for authentication rather than providing my master password/user in the env file as well as how to map the TOTP token as there are zero references to it.

My last issue I'm struggling with on the documentation is adding the .env as environment variables and then mapping it on the file system, are these the same files and is this necessary? I'd be happy to PR all of these into proper documentation once I figure it out.

[BJReplay]

I believe this is important as I can't enable Bitwarden Secrets on my account as I have 3 users in my Family plan.

Set up a new, free Bitwarden account to set up the Bitwarden Secrets. Job done.

The developer has chosen Bitwarden Secrets, and it's a good idea. Yes, it's a hoop you need to jump through, but as a platform for storing critical secrets, it's a pretty decent choice.

There are lots of issues that discuss how to provide the TOTP token - you might have to search closed issues, but it's there.

Yes, the documentation isn't brilliant, but you get what you pay for :)

[querylab]

Hi @wesleykirkland

Thanks for your detailed feedback. I will work on improving the documentation on configuring Bitwarden Secrets, TOTP and environment variables. Also, you can contribute directly to the project to help implement authentication options with tokens instead of the master password. I invite you to contribute to the GitHub repositories, especially https://github.com/querylab/lazywarden_website to enrich the documentation.

[wesleykirkland]

@querylab I'm not a developer by trade so I'm unable to contribute to the project, I'm happy to document it but I still haven't been provided any references to existing issues or tidbits on how I can proceed. I heard back from Bitwarden and family plans aren't eligible for Secrets Manager.

All of my issues still stand, I'd love to set it up but everything seems lackluster to get it setup and there isn't a starting ground from a mid step.

[BJReplay]

@wesleykirkland you need to try to help yourself. I've tried to give you a couple of suggestions (and I'm just another user):

Set up a new, free Bitwarden account to set up the Bitwarden Secrets.

You don't have to add Bitwarden Secrets to your existing Family Account, it can be a brand new account.

There are lots of issues that discuss how to provide the TOTP token - you might have to search closed issues, but it's there.

https://github.com/querylab/lazywarden/issues?q=TOTP searches for all issues with TOTP

That lists, for example, this issue #8 which gives you an example of how to set up your Bitwarden Secret Manager, showing how to set up TOTP:

# Bitwarden credentials
BW_URL=https://vault.bitwarden.com
BW_USERNAME=<values>
BW_PASSWORD=<values>
BW_TOTP_SECRET=0x000jkjkjkj000f-04300-dfs3-0000-000dsfsfsd000

@querylab has written a great, free tool, and has acknowledged that the documentation could be improved. But if you're unwilling to help yourself, you'll be unlikely to be able to get this going.

[driftywinds]

@BJReplay how do I get the UUID strings for those values? I keep getting an invalid client error

[BJReplay]

@BJReplay how do I get the UUID strings for those values? I keep getting an invalid client error

@driftywinds by opening a new issue, instead of tagging someone on a six month old issue asking for help.

Oh, you did that already?

And you raised a new issue?

And you're asking in that issue how to turn a URL into a UUID?

Step away. Do not attempt to use software you don't understand at all to look after things that are vitally important to you. Go and learn what a URL actually is. Go and learn what a UUID actually is. Don't expect snarky responses when you learn stuff, but do expect it when you tag random people on the internet on six month old questions without providing any information about the actual errors you're getting but asking for help.

[driftywinds]

@BJReplay how do I get the UUID strings for those values? I keep getting an invalid client error

@driftywinds by opening a new issue, instead of tagging someone on a six month old issue asking for help.

Oh, you did that already?

And you raised a new issue?

And you're asking in that issue how to turn a URL into a UUID?

Step away. Do not attempt to use software you don't understand at all to look after things that are vitally important to you. Go and learn what a URL actually is. Go and learn what a UUID actually is. Don't expect snarky responses when you learn stuff, but do expect it when you tag random people on the internet on six month old questions without providing any information about the actual errors you're getting but asking for help.

Damn brother it was not that deep you could just have not replied, don't have to be a dick to random people online

I will very well tag whoever I want and ask wherever I want to satisfy my curiosity even if I don't fully understand. That is what learning is, and you are no one to tell me what to do. If you do not want to help or can't help stay silent. You could've just said " I need more information" but here you are trying to ridicule me.

Go see a therapist about your anger issues and stop being mean and snarky to people who are just looking for help, like you've done multiple times in this thread. Get the fuck off your high horse asshole

[driftywinds]

Anyone looking at this in hopes to configure things, please look here - https://www.lazywarden.com/

Its made by the repo owner and it has a lot more information!

[BJReplay]

stop being mean and snarky to people who are just looking for help

I am only mean and snarky to fucksticks who complain about documentation not being up to scratch for a free tool, resurrect multiple old issues, before reading the documentation, and discovering that if you RTFM, you can avoid PEBKAC.

If you don't want to get told off by cranky old bastards who have seen dumber idiots than you expose their needy stupidity and then attempt to pretend that they are helping out by linking to the website that is linked right at the very top of the github repo, just proving that they are idiots who can't read, then don't tag them asking for help.