nbdkit-luks-filter(1)

1nbdkit-luks-filter(1)               NBDKIT               nbdkit-luks-filter(1)
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NAME

6       nbdkit-luks-filter - read and write LUKS-encrypted disks and partitions
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SYNOPSIS

9        nbdkit file encrypted-disk.img --filter=luks passphrase=+/tmp/secret
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DESCRIPTION

12       "nbdkit-luks-filter" is a filter for nbdkit(1) which transparently
13       opens a LUKS-encrypted disk image.  LUKS ("Linux Unified Key Setup") is
14       the Full Disk Encryption (FDE) system commonly used by Linux systems.
15       This filter is compatible with LUKSv1 as implemented by the Linux
16       kernel (dm_crypt), and by qemu.
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18       You can place this filter on top of nbdkit-file-plugin(1) to decrypt a
19       local file:
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21        nbdkit file encrypted-disk.img --filter=luks passphrase=+/tmp/secret
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23       If LUKS is present inside a partition in the disk image then you will
24       have to combine this filter with nbdkit-partition-filter(1).  The order
25       of the filters is important:
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27        nbdkit file encrypted-disk.img \
28                    --filter=luks passphrase=+/tmp/secret \
29                    --filter=partition partition=1
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31       This filter also works on top of other plugins such as
32       nbdkit-curl-plugin(1):
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34        nbdkit curl https://example.com/encrypted-disk.img \
35                    --filter=luks passphrase=+/tmp/secret
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37       The web server sees only the encrypted data.  Without knowing the
38       passphrase, the web server cannot access the decrypted disk.  Only
39       encrypted data is sent over the HTTP connection.  nbdkit itself will
40       serve unencrypted disk data over the NBD connection (if this is a
41       problem see nbdkit-tls(1), or use a Unix domain socket -U).
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43       The passphrase can be stored in a file (as shown), passed directly on
44       the command line (insecure), entered interactively, or passed to nbdkit
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47       This filter can read and write LUKSv1.  It cannot create disks, change
48       passphrases, add keyslots, etc.  To do that, you can use ordinary Linux
49       tools like cryptsetup(8).  Note you must force LUKSv1 (eg. using
50       cryptsetup --type luks1).  qemu-img(1) can also create compatible disk
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53        qemu-img create -f luks \
54                        --object secret,data=SECRET,id=sec0 \
55                        -o key-secret=sec0 \
56                        encrypted-disk.img 1G
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PARAMETERS

59       passphrase=SECRET
60           Use the secret passphrase when decrypting the disk.
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62           Note that passing this on the command line is not secure on shared
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65       passphrase=-
66           Ask for the passphrase (interactively) when nbdkit starts up.
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68       passphrase=+FILENAME
69           Read the passphrase from the named file.  This is a secure method
70           to supply a passphrase, as long as you set the permissions on the
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73       passphrase=-FD
74           Read the passphrase from file descriptor number "FD", inherited
75           from the parent process when nbdkit starts up.  This is also a
76           secure method to supply a passphrase.
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FILES

79       $filterdir/nbdkit-luks-filter.so
80           The plugin.
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82           Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $filterdir.
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VERSION

85       "nbdkit-luks-filter" first appeared in nbdkit 1.32.
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AUTHORS

93       Richard W.M. Jones
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COPYRIGHT

96       Copyright Red Hat
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LICENSE

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129nbdkit-1.36.2                     2023-11-26             nbdkit-luks-filter(1)