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

submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 11 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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[–] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 1 points 7 hours ago

Keep in mind that you have to decide where your going to get the primary unlock key from and how your going to secure it. Standard way is to supply the primary key for the root partition on boot via the console and then the other keys are stored in the root partition.

There are other ways to get the primary key. You can get it from a TPM, a network key server, from other media, etc. These are not standard and have to be set up. What is best depends on threat model.