Auto-unlock encrypted Ubuntu

A theoretical setup where the encryption key is in the initramfs. You are encouraged to put /boot on a separate USB stick, or if you know what you're doing, make sure you're using classic HDDs, where you can safely erase the key on decommission.

By |2023-09-12T15:21:20+02:00May 1st, 2020|Tech Support|7 Comments

Linux full-disk-encryption

Just wanted to share a one-liner on how to encrypt a device,partition or volume with cryptsetup (dm-crypt/luks)and options to get you started! The idea is simple: You create a crypto container on a disk/partition/volume/file/whatever, you then unlock that container, and then mount that container to a folder. When you're done [...]

By |2023-08-26T20:47:31+02:00October 9th, 2019|Tech Support, Wiki|3 Comments
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