Hi,
I am thinking of hosting Bitwarden by myself - family organization - but I want to know if it’s hard to setup and I can use a custom domain I have.
Google and the KB aren’t really helping me with this as I don’t even know what the requirements are.
Is there any particular reason that you want to self-host? Bitwarden’s staff and subcontractors have the expertise to ensure the servers are secure from attacks, and that any server downtime is minimized; the conventional wisdom is that “if you have to ask, you’re probably getting in over your head”.
To answer (one of) your questions: yes, you can use your own custom domain name. I believe that the Bitwarden server needs to be set up on a subdomain of your domain, though.
I want to keep using premium only features and want to learn more by doing stuff myself. But what are the risks of getting ‘hacked’?
I believe you still need to pay a premium license if you want premium features. Wether you self host or not.
In fact, self hosting is a bit more restrictive than the cloud option. The free 2-person organization is not available for self hosted accounts.
That’s a very good motivation 
However, I would not self-host on a server exposed to the whoie Internet. Even less if I was learning things while doing that.
Making a mistake and exposing my own passwords vault is too big of a risk for my taste.
Hmm, but I share it with three people, myself, my dad and my mom. So that should be fine right?
Thanks, love it to learn new things.
Hmm that is true, so it would be the best to just stay how it is? Using a host by Bitwarden?
Also @kpiris I am not sure how I can quote multiple posts at once.
If you have shared passwords (or other shared vault items) that all three of you will need access to, then a Family plan subscription is needed. If you have your own passwords, but your parents want to share passwords with each other (but not with you), then the two of them can become members of a free organization (for sharing) after signing up for individual accounts (whether free or Premium).
The whole post is 100% accurate. Worth pointing out (again) is that this free 2-person organization is not available for self hosted accounts.
Just select the part of the post you want to quote and click on quote, before sending the post that you already have (partially) written.
What’s best for you is something you have to decide for yourself. After considering the pros and the cons of your options.
I, myself, feel a bit safer having something as critical as all my passwords stored on a server hosted by bitwarden than on one hosted by myself.
The same way that I feel safer with all my savings stored in a bank than stored at home.
They are supposed to be professionals, and should be better equipped for the task than I will ever be.
Haha oh, thanks!
Yes I agree, that would be the best and safer. Thanks!
My parents and passwords are a no go @grb. I got the family plan so that I can manage their passwords and acces them if needed. They can acces their own passwords and the ones both need, but if they need to do it themself it will be everywhere: qwerty, 123456 or stuff like that.
Sounds like a good plan for your situation. Let us know if you need any assistance with configuration (collections, permissions, etc.).