[Windows/Ubuntu] Install chromeIPass: KeePass2 to Chromium Password Management

This post is outdated, the plugin in question does not exist anymore. I would recommend to use "Kee" (https://www.kee.pm/) plugin - but please as bridge to KeePass Password Safe 2 - and not in its own database mode 🙂

I really loved KeeFox, an cool tool which let you use KeePass2 as Password Safe for your Firefox Passwords.
But today, I use Chrome - so no KeeFox for me anymore. And I really do not like the "Synchronize Password" Feature of Google.
So... chomeIPass it is ;)!

Windows:
( from http://diantokam.blogspot.de/2013/12/integrating-keepass-2-with-chrome.html )
1.) Install Chrome and KeePass2 ( http://keepass.info/download.html )
2.) Download KeePassHttp.plgx from the Github Repo: https://github.com/pfn/keepasshttp/blob/master/KeePassHttp.plgx?raw=true
3.) Move the KeePassHttp.plgx to the C:\Program Files (x86)\KeePass Password Safe 2\ folder
4.) Start KeePass2
5.) Install the Chrome Plugin: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromeipass/ompiailgknfdndiefoaoiligalphfdae
6.) Click on the new KeePass Icon in Chrome, click on Connect and check KeePass which should Ask for a "New Key Association" - aka Pairing from Chrome with KeePass2. Give it a uniqe Key name, like Chrome Windows Main PC - and klick Save.
7.) Go to a password protected website - a pop up from KeePass2 should ask wheter it is allowed to give the already saved credentials to Chromium, Allow it.

Ubuntu:
( from http://askubuntu.com/questions/130627/how-to-integrate-keepass-and-chrome-chromium-using-chromipass )

Hint: As correctly pointed out by "H.R." in the comments, it is not recommended to install software from an untrusted source, like jtaylors keeps ppa. It is correct that jtaylor does not seem to be a part of the keepass2 team, hence his ppa is flagged as outside of keepass and "untrusted" - however, his ppa linked and recommended by the keepass team to install on Ubuntu. You can always build the program from sourcecode yourself, which I will not describe here, hence this post is over 4 years old and not applicable anymore, as the Chromium Password Manager does not even exist anymore.

1.) Install Chromium and KeePass2:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jtaylor/keepass
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install keepass2 mono-complete chromium
2.) Download KeePassHttp.dll and Newtonsoft.Json.dll from the Github Repo: https://github.com/pfn/keepasshttp/blob/master/mono/KeePassHttp.dll?raw=true
https://github.com/pfn/keepasshttp/blob/master/mono/Newtonsoft.Json.dll?raw=true
3.) Move both files to /var/lib/keepass2
cd ~/Downloads
sudo mv KeePassHttp.dll /usr/lib/keepass2/
sudo mv Newtonsoft.Json.dll /usr/lib/keepass2/
4.) Start KeePass2
5.) Install the Chrome Plugin: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromeipass/ompiailgknfdndiefoaoiligalphfdae
6.) Click on the new KeePass Icon in Chrome, click on Connect and check KeePass which should Ask for a "New Key Association" - aka Pairing from Chrome with KeePass2. Give it a uniqe Key name, like Chrome Windows Main PC - and klick Save.
7.) Go to a password protected website - a pop up from KeePass2 should ask wheter it is allowed to give the already saved credentials to Chromium, Allow it.

2 thoughts on “[Windows/Ubuntu] Install chromeIPass: KeePass2 to Chromium Password Management

  1. How can you recommend to install a tool like keepass from an unknown unconfirmed source? I would never do that!!!

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.