# Bitwarden Backup Workflow S3 Upload + Auto Cleanup + Email Report: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Gmail and S3. 10 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/bitwarden-backup-workflow-s3-upload-auto-cleanup-email-repor (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Research and reporting](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Research+and+reporting#library)

# Bitwarden Backup Workflow S3 Upload + Auto Cleanup + Email Report

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Gmail and S3. 10 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fbitwarden-backup-workflow-s3-upload-auto-cleanup-email-repor)

**10 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 3 Service 6

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **When clicking ‘Execute workflow’** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Get current datatime** Code *Logic*
- 3 **Execute py script to backup data** Ssh *Service*
- 4 **Parse the backup output** Code *Logic*
- 5 **Check the backup status** If *Logic*
- 6 **Read files from backup folder** Read Write File *Service*
- 7 **Send error email** Gmail *Service*
- 8 **Upload a file** S3 *Service*
- 9 **Delete old files** Ssh *Service*
- 10 **Send success email** Gmail *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 10, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Gmail, S3
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail and S3 accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 10 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 10 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fbitwarden-backup-workflow-s3-upload-auto-cleanup-email-repor)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Gmail#library)[S3](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=S3#library)

## Workflows like it

Also research and reporting, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

- [**Automated DNS records lookup for subdomains with Gmail** 10 steps · Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-dns-records-lookup-for-subdomains-with-gmail)
- [**Convert radiology images to patient-friendly reports** 10 steps · Gmail, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/convert-radiology-images-to-patient-friendly-reports)
- [**Generate school report card PDFs and email them to parents** 10 steps · Gmail, n8n data table](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-school-report-card-pdfs-and-email-them-to-parents)
- [**Generate weekly Reddit startup opportunity reports** 10 steps · Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-weekly-reddit-startup-opportunity-reports)
- [**Generate weekly reports for Meta Ads with Claude** 10 steps · Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-weekly-reports-for-meta-ads-with-claude)
- [**Identify and fix low-quality Meta ads with OpenAI and Gmail** 10 steps · Gmail, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/identify-and-fix-low-quality-meta-ads-with-openai-and-gmail)