# Vaultwarden LDAP

**URL:** <https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/vaultwarden-ldap/2854>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [August 15, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/vaultwarden-ldap/2854 "2023-08-15T10:06:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![NordSig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/nordsig/32/1145_2.png) [@NordSig](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/NordSig)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/vaultwarden-ldap/2854/1 "2023-08-15T10:06:05Z")

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Vaultwarden Version: 1.29.1

Can I use the Bitwarden Directory Connector Desktop App to sync users (Active Directory)?

ViViDboarder/vaultwarden\_ldap does not work for me. 😐

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**Author:** ![NordSig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/nordsig/32/1145_2.png) [@NordSig](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/NordSig)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/vaultwarden-ldap/2854/2 "2023-08-28T08:53:50Z")

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For me, the question is solved.  
It is necessary to install Bitwarden Directory Connector program and from Vaultwarden copy the data for connection (the data is displayed to the owner of the organization).

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**Author:** ![compumatter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/compumatter/32/1238_2.png) [@compumatter](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/compumatter)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/vaultwarden-ldap/2854/3 "2023-11-15T23:36:30Z")

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Hello. So are you saying that you have had success connecting Vaultwarden to your LDAP / AD environment? On this link [About Directory Connector | Bitwarden Help Center](https://bitwarden.com/help/directory-sync/) it states only for Teams and Enterprise. I have not used Vaultwarden yet as LDAP / AD is a requirement. There is so little information available on this use case. Any follow up thoughts?

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**Author:** ![NordSig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/nordsig/32/1145_2.png) [@NordSig](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/NordSig)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/vaultwarden-ldap/2854/4 "2023-11-16T06:18:20Z")

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I was not using LDAP/AD on the production server. I preferred to invite users manually.  
But Bitwarden Directory Connector worked in my case.

Data is synchronized with the Organization. To connect Bitwarden Directory Connector to an Organization, you need to specify API (client\_id, client\_secret). The API can be seen by the owner of the Organization: Web Vault - Organization - Settings - API.

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**Author:** ![compumatter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/compumatter/32/1238_2.png) [@compumatter](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/compumatter)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/vaultwarden-ldap/2854/5 "2023-11-17T00:30:14Z")

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Thank you for the reply. I will have a go at it 🙂

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**Author:** ![ShadowPulse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/shadowpulse/32/1237_2.png) [@ShadowPulse](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/ShadowPulse)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/vaultwarden-ldap/2854/6 "2023-12-05T14:15:34Z")

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Thanks for sharing. I didn’t know about this trick, but I’ll give it a try for sure.

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**Author:** ![josef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@josef](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/josef)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/vaultwarden-ldap/2854/7 "2024-04-10T10:29:43Z")

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Hi! Did you use an older version of Directory Connector for it to work with Vaultwarden? I’m working on using Azure AD with Vaultwarden but I’ not sure how to make the connection. I’m not sure if it’s possible to accomplished this without Connector.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Triskel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@Triskel](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/Triskel)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 7:22am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/vaultwarden-ldap/2854/8 "2024-04-19T07:22:54Z")

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Hey Josef,

the last known working version of the Bitwarden Directory Connector, is 2.9.2.

> **[Release 2.9.2 · bitwarden/directory-connector](https://github.com/bitwarden/directory-connector/releases/tag/v2.9.2)**
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> Please see our official release notes
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> Various bug fixes

Greetings

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**Author:** ![josef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@josef](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/josef)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/vaultwarden-ldap/2854/9 "2024-04-22T08:19:16Z")

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Hi Triskel!

I didn´t know this was the newer version. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![alefello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9bcb4/32.png) [@alefello](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/alefello)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/vaultwarden-ldap/2854/10 "2026-03-11T22:51:59Z")

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How can I install this plugin on a bare metal installation of waultwarden on linux?

Thank you
