I currently have a storage server with the following config.

Multiple raid6 volumes (mdadm) -> aggregated into a lvm volume group -> lvm volumes -> encrypted with luks1 -> (no partitioning) xfs file systems mounted and used by the os

I have the following criteria: I want to keep software raid (mdadm) with multiple raid sets, xfs, and lvm. I don’t mind using 2fa, but I don’t want to just store my secret keys on a dongle attached to my PC because that seems to defeat the point of encryption at rest.

My questions:

  1. Is there a better way to encrypt my data at rest?

  2. Is there a better layer at which to apply the encryption?

I’m mostly unhappy with luks1 over a whole lvm volume and looking for alternatives.

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Thank you everyone for these great responses! I’ll be looking into these ideas :)

  • @ShortN0te@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2•9 months ago

    Steps are basically not more then this (Can not find the original blog i followed but this is the small write up i have made years ago)

    • install dropbear
    • update config to your liking
    • copy public ssh keys over
    • run update-initramfs -u (has to be rerun on config change)
    • done (for the server part)

    For some reason i install busybox too in the personal write up. But i do not think it is necessary.

    • @constantokraEnglish
      1•9 months ago

      That’s basically the same as my writeup from when I did it. Except I also had a -k all on update-initramfs. Not sure about the switches, so I’ll look into them. Thanks.