Bitwarden entry settings

In Remote Desktop Manager there are the Credential Management and Synchronizer entry types for Bitwarden, this topic will explain how each one works. To learn more about creating and managing a Bitwarden account, please consult the documentation on their official website.

Email Authentication mode is now deprecated for Bitwarden entries and unavailable from 2023.2 onwards.

The integration of credentials from password managers is only available in the Team version of Remote Desktop Manager.

Here is a description for each field or option, in order from top to bottom. The entry can be found under New entry – Credential management – Password management.

SETTINGS	DESCRIPTION
Name	Entry name in Remote Desktop Manager.
Folder	Which Remote Desktop Manager folder the entry will be in.

SETTINGS	DESCRIPTION
Host	Choose between: Default: Default Bitwarden URL. Custom: Custom URL for Bitwarden.
Use "My account settings"	Go to File – My account settings – settings – Password management and click on Bitwarden to set up this option first; replaces the Username and Password fields.
Client ID	The client ID of the API key.
Client secret	The client serect of the API key.
Master password	Bitwarden's master password for that account.
Always ask password	Always be prompted for the master password when accessing this entry.
Credentials	Click on the ellipsis button to pick a specific credential for this entry. Always prompt with list: Prompts the user with a list of all the available credentials instead of a specific one.

Here is a description for each field or option, in order from top to bottom. The entry can be found under New entry – Synchronizer:

SETTINGS	DESCRIPTION
Name	Entry name in Remote Desktop Manager.
Folder	Which Remote Desktop Manager folder the entry will be in
Credentials	Read more on Credentials options.
Credentials: Synchronize automatically	The Remote Desktop Manager entry will synchronize automatically with Bitwarden.

SETTINGS	DESCRIPTION
Host	Choose between: Default: Default Bitwarden URL Custom: Custom URL for Bitwarden
Client ID	Bitwarden's client ID.
Client secret	Bitwarden's client secret.
Client secret: Master password	Bitwarden's master password.
Destination folder	Click the ellipsis button to set the folder path in the Remote Desktop Manager tree view (which can only be in the same vault).
Template	Bitwarden template created within Remote Desktop Manager.

Choose which fields will always be synchronized, and which will not. For example, you could choose not to synchronize the description, because you want to edit it yourself.

SETTINGS	DESCRIPTION
Field	Select which fields will always be synchronized, and which will not
Session name prefix	A prefix for the entry that will be created through the synchronizer
Session name suffix	A suffix for the entry that will be created through the synchronizer

SETTINGS	DESCRIPTION
Filter box	It will load the Bitwarden vault to let the user pick the wanted Organizations/Collections for synchronization.
Filter severity	Choose between: Normal: Accounts that are either in the selected folders or collections will be returned Strict: Accounts that are both in the selected folders and collections will be returned
Create tags for Organizations/Collections	If enabled, organization and collection tags from Bitwarden will be added to the Remote Desktop Manager entry.

SETTINGS

DESCRIPTION

Filter box

It will load the Bitwarden vault to let the user pick the wanted Organizations/Collections for synchronization.

Filter severity

Choose between:

Normal: Accounts that are either in the selected folders or collections will be returned
Strict: Accounts that are both in the selected folders and collections will be returned

Create tags for Organizations/Collections

If enabled, organization and collection tags from Bitwarden will be added to the Remote Desktop Manager entry.

SETTINGS	DESCRIPTION
Silent mode	This option disables error dialogs (useful when the synchronizer runs automatically at set intervals).
Create virtual folders	Allow the creation of virtual folders.
Duplicate check	Duplicate checks will not import entries with the same type and host. Choose between: Root: Check for duplicates within the whole data source Destination folder: Check for duplicates only within the Remote Desktop Manager destination folder or subfolder
Action on entry mismatch	Choose what to do on entry mismatch between: None: Do nothing. Delete: Delete that entry. Move to: Move to selected Destination folder. Make expired: Mark that entry as expired.
My vault name	Choose the vault name.

Credential Management

General tab

Synchronizer

General tab

Fields

Filter

Advanced

See also