1CLEVIS-LUKS-BIND(1) CLEVIS-LUKS-BIND(1)
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6 clevis-luks-bind - Bind a LUKS device using the specified policy
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9 clevis luks bind [-f] [-y] -d DEV [-t TKN_ID] [-s SLT] [-k KEY] PIN CFG
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12 The clevis luks bind command binds a LUKS device using the specified
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15 $ clevis luks bind -d /dev/sda tang '{"url":...}'
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17 This command performs four steps:
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19 1. Creates a new key with the same entropy as the LUKS master key.
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21 2. Encrypts the new key with Clevis.
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23 3. Stores the Clevis JWE in the LUKS header.
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25 4. Enables the new key for use with LUKS.
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27 This disk can now be unlocked with your existing password as well as
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29 more of the Clevis LUKS unlockers. See clevis-luks-unlockers(7).
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32 · -f : Do not prompt for LUKSMeta initialization
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34 · -y : Automatically answer yes for all questions. When using tang,
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38 · -d DEV : The LUKS device on which to perform binding
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40 · -s SLT : The LUKSMeta slot to use for metadata storage
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42 · -t TKN_ID : The LUKS token ID to use; only available for LUKS2
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44 · -k KEY : Non-interactively read LUKS password from KEY file
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46 · -k - : Non-interactively read LUKS password from standard input
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49 This command does not change the LUKS master key. This implies that if
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54 This is not a limitation of Clevis but a design principle of LUKS. If
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61 clevis-luks-unlockers(7), clevis-encrypt-tang(1),
62 clevis-encrypt-sss(1), clevis-decrypt(1)
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