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"All Bitwarden self-hosted server deployments, except for unified, ship with an MSSQL Express image by default."

> Last time i checked you needed a MS SQL db...

For real? That would mean a requirement for a software license that costs about $1,000 for the cheapest option.

There is a new Unified one that can use SQLite and other options. I have been using that one for a year or more

It is all included in their Docker compose file.

I use Kubernetes

But also what about the whole lifecycle?

I can easily deploy a HA Postgres cluster that is backed up for me. I'd have to do the same thing to back up BW.

Don't know much about HA (it looks like Bitwarden does this through Helm https://bitwarden.com/help/self-host-with-helm/), but backup is a matter of simply copying files: https://bitwarden.com/help/backup-on-premise/