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How to auto unlock an encrypted drive on start for a fedora server? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)

submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) by ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I tried added a key file and even a password txt but both lead to it still asking for me to type in the password.

Is it because the drive is encrypted? I tried placing the files at /, /boot, /root, /etc

Edit1: I’ve tried to install dropbear and give it ssh keys. I will try to reboot in the morning and see what happens

Edit2: signing in via ssh just says port 22 rejected not working :(

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[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Goal is to boot when I’m away if UPS loses power. Setup is a fedora server with /dev/sda3 encrypted, the whole drive. I want it to auto unlock when I cannot type it in myself.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 points 16 hours ago

/dev/sda3 would be one partition no?

Is this a NAS by chance? What I do is I have the boot and root partitions unencrypted but all my files, media, etc are encrypted. If the power goes out I SSH in, mount it and start up file sharing services. Sure it’s a bit tedious, but at least if someone breaks into my apartment and runs off with my drives they won’t see the actual contents.