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KeepassXC as the System Keyring

Description

It is possible to use KeePassXC as the system keyring.

The following information requires at least KeePassXC 2.5.0 installed.

Stop gnome-keyring if it’s installed. * ‘‘pgrep -l gnome’’
- pkill pid
Create a new group in the database that will hold the passwords used for the keyring
Tools > Settings > Secret Service Integration >
- Enable KeepassXC Freedesktop.org Secret Service integration
Database > Database Settings > Secret Service Integration > Expose entries under this group:
- Select the new group

Create 3 .desktop files and place them in ~/.config/autostart:

There are different fields that are stored in the Advanced > Attributes section of each entry.

You can create your own key:value pairs for easier access and searching of specific entries.

Here’s a couple examples:

Title: Nextcloud Desktop
Username: username
Password: *******
URL: https://path.to.nextcloud

Type: Password
Use: Saved password or login
server: Nextcloud
type: plaintext
user: username:https://path.to.nextcloud/:0

You can configure access to remote filesystems for browsing in Thunar.

Title: username@hostname//home/username/.ssh/key
Username: username
Password: ********

authtype: publickey
object: /home/username/.ssh/key
protocol: sftp
server: hostname
user: username
xdg:schema: org.gnome.keyring.NetworkPassword

Entries created with keyring have the following attributes

Title: Password for 'username' on 'service'
Username: username
Password: ********

application: Python keyring library
service: twitter
username: username

I would recommend creating (at minimum) the following attributes every time for each entry:
```
secret-tool store --label='My Label' service <service> username <username>
```
This way, it will be available to python3-keyring as well.