Cryptsetup Operations
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Overview
cryptsetup is the userspace utility used to manage the dm-crypt encryption functionality.
Installation
yum install cryptsetup
Encrypting a Block Device with cryptsetup/LUKS
Format the block device with LUKS and assign it a passphrase (it is also possible to use a key file).
cryptsetup luksFormat -y -v /dev/sdb
Test password: b4H4x9_3hdHEd
After 'luksFormat' operation, the block device is now type "", as blkid shows:
# blkid ... /dev/sdb: UUID="8a5fa3ae-d997-4c3a-a6f6-ab7ac9007ef8" TYPE="crypto_LUKS"
Open the crypto_LUKS device with:
cryptsetup open <luks-device> <mapping-name>
where <mapping-name> is the name of the device that will be created under /dev/mapper:
cryptsetup open /dev/sdb rackstationb