Connect Clients to your Instance
By default, Bitwarden clients will connect to Bitwarden-hosted servers, but any client application can be configured to connect to your self-hosted Bitwarden instance instead.
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If you are trying to connect to a Bitwarden-hosted server, but your client is attempting to connect to a self-hosted instance, select bitwarden.com or bitwarden.eu from the Logging in on menu.
To connect a browser extension to your self-hosted server:
On the login or registration screen, select the Logging in on dropdown and choose the Self-hosted option.
![Self-hosted server selection]()
Self-hosted server selection In the Server URL field, enter the domain name for your server with
https://(for example,https://my.bitwarden.domain.com).Select Save.
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Users with unique setups can specify the URL of each service independently in the Custom Environment section.
To connect a mobile app to your self-hosted server:
On the login or registration screen, select the Logging in on dropdown and choose the Self-hosted option.
![Server selection mobile]()
Server selection mobile In the Server URL field, enter the domain name for your server with
https://(for example,https://my.bitwarden.domain.com).Select Save.
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Users with unique setups can specify the URL of each service independently in the Custom Environment section.
Each account that's logged in to your desktop app can be connected to a different server. To connect an account to your self-hosted server:
On the login or registration screen, select the Logging in on dropdown and choose the Self-hosted option.
![Server selection desktop]()
Server selection desktop In the Server URL field, enter the domain name for your server with
https://(for example,https://my.bitwarden.domain.com).Select Save.
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Users with unique setups can specify the URL of each service independently in the Custom Environment section.
To connect the CLI to your self-hosted server:
Logout using the
bw logoutcommand.Use the following command to connect the CLI to your self-hosted server:
bw config server https://your.bw.domain.comUsers with unique setups can specify the URL of each service independently using the following commands:
bw config server --web-vault <url> bw config server --api <url> bw config server --identity <url> bw config server --icons <url> bw config server --notifications <url> bw config server --events <url> bw config server --key-connector <url>