Once you hit the connect button, the browser might become unresponsive for a few seconds. After the browser restarts, you will be asked to connect to the KeePass database on your computer. KeeFox for Firefoxįirefox users can go ahead and install the KeeFox plugin on the browser and restart it. These can later be deleted from the extension settings. You can now pinpoint the username and password field and the settings will be saved in the extension. On some page, if the browser is not able to auto-detect the credential fields, open the plugin and click on choose own credential fields for the page. You can set it to always allow from KeePassHttp plugin settings found under Tools–>KeepPassHttp Options–>Advanced.
Initially, you will get regular popups on KeePass desktop app to allow the transfer of information. That’s all, you will get a notification on the Chrome plugin as to which database it’s connected to.Īny login page you visit now, the credentials will be supplied from KeePass to the browser.
Just enter any keyword and it will be used to identify your connection. No need to enter the master password here. Having done that, you will get a confirmation dialog box on the KeePass desktop app. After you install the extension, click on the Connect button to connect the plugin to the desktop app. There are a few KeePass extensions available for Chrome, but chromeIPass is one of the best performer out there. Everything is set, it’s now time to install the Chrome extension from the store. Here, you should be able to see the KeePassHttp plugin in the list. Having done that, restart KeePass.Īfter the KeePass restarts, click on Tools->Plugins. Users on 32-bit can use the usual Program Files directory. Simply extract the file gx to C:\Program Files (x86)\KeePass Password Safe 2 directory. The zip file will contain a lot of files. The name of the plugin is keepasshttp and can be downloaded from the GitHub page. The plugin will help the desktop app to communicate with the extension we are going to install on Chrome or Firefox. Setting Up KeePass on WindowsĪfter you have installed KeePass and activated your vault, we need to install a plugin. Password Management: It’s not as easy as it looks, which is why we have a dedicated guide for it, which you should definitely check it out. So here’s a detailed guide on how to configure KeePass on Windows and use it on browsers like Chrome and Firefox. Especially when there’s no official support for browsers and smartphones. However, it’s true that it’s a bit difficult to use. My friend Khamosh recently covered an article on top password manager services you can use as a LastPass alternative and KeePass was the only one which was free. LogMeIn reputation is hunting them now and no amount of assurance from the company can fix the trust that was broken. So LastPass has been sold to LogMeIn and as we can see, not many LastPass users, including me, are happy about it.
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