Change Passphrase Key for LUKS Encryption
Cockpit administrators can use the Storage page in the web console to change the LUKS passphrase key.
What Do You Need?
- The Cockpit web console must be installed and accessible.
For details, see these topics: Install and Enable Cockpit and Log in to the Cockpit Web Console.
- The
cockpit-storaged
package must be installed.Note:
If thecockpit-storaged
package isn't installed, see this section Install and Manage Add-on Applications - An unmounted LUKS1 formatted file system.
Important:
You can re-encrypt encrypted devices while the devices are in use (change encryption key or algorithm) using the LUKS2 format. The LUKS1 format doesn't provide online re-encryption. In this case, devices encrypted with LUKS1 format might require you to unmount the file system to apply encryption property changes. - Administrator privileges.
Steps
Using the Cockpit web console, follow these steps to change the LUKS primary or slot passphrases assigned to a host encrypted partition or logical volume.
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In the Storage page, select a drive from the Drives table.
- In the Storage [model name] page, navigate to the Partitions table.
- In the Partitions table, find the row with the encrypted
partition or volume and then click the down arrow icon to expand the table information.
An Encryption tab appears.
- Click the Encryption tab and configure the applicable passphrase
properties as needed.
Stored passphrase Click the Edit link to change the LUKs primary encryption passphrase. Keys - passphrase Important:
For information about configuring Tang server keys, see Unlock Encrypted Devices Using Tang Server Key.LUKS provides the ability for users to configure multiple passphrase keys per slots (up to 8 slots). Any one of the configured keys can open the encrypted partition.
Note:
LUKS encryption passphrases are stored in slots in the header of the partition.Click the Edit icon to change an existing encryption passphrase that's assigned to a specific slot #.
-OR-
Click the plus [+] icon to add a new storage slot and assign a passphrase.
-OR-
Click the minus [-] icon to remove a passphrase storage slot configuration.