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How do I do BTRFS with RAID and Encryption? (swg-empire.de)

submitted 1 month ago by bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi all!

I have a Debian stable server with two hdds in a md RAID which contains an encrypted ext-4 filesystem.

sda          8:0    0   2.7T  0 disk
├─sda1       8:1    0     1G  0 part                    
│ └─md0      9:0    0  1023M  0 raid1 /boot             
├─sda2       8:2    0   2.7T  0 part                    
│ └─md2      9:2    0   2.7T  0 raid1                   
│   └─mdcrypt                                           
│          253:0    0   2.7T  0 crypt /                 
└─sda3       8:3    0     1M  0 part
sdb          8:16   0   2.7T  0 disk                    
├─sdb1       8:17   0     1G  0 part
│ └─md0      9:0    0  1023M  0 raid1 /boot             
├─sdb2       8:18   0   2.7T  0 part
│ └─md2      9:2    0   2.7T  0 raid1                   
│   └─mdcrypt
│          253:0    0   2.7T  0 crypt /                 
└─sdb3       8:19   0     1M  0 part

I'd like to migrate that over to BTRFS to make use of deduplication and snapshots.

But I have no idea how to set it up since BTRFS has its own RAID-1 configuration. Should I rather use the existing MD array? Or should I take the drives out of the array, add encryption and then add the BTRFS RAID inside that?

Or should I do something else entirely?

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[–] far_university190@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

luks encrypt both drive, raid 1 btrfs the lvm?

but you need to decrypt both drive then. i think exist some script to decrypt two drive with same key but cant find.

edit: btrfs raid superior because bitrot detection + healing, most normal raid can detect but not heal.

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

Decryption isn't a problem if you use the systemd hooks when creating your initrams. They try to decrypt every given luks volume with the first key provided and only ask for additional keys if that fails.

I have 3 disks in a btrfs raid setup, 4 partitions (1 for the raid setup on each, plus a swap partition on the biggest disk), all encrypted with the same password.

No script needed, just add rd.luks.name=<UUID1>=cryptroot1 rd.luks.name=<UUID2>=cryptroot2 rd.luks.name=<UUID3>=cryptroot3 rd.luks.name=<UUID4>=cryptswap to your kernel parameters and unlock all 4 with one password at boot.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 1 month ago

I will be decrypting from a small busybox inside the initrd. I suspect that it will decrypt both drives if the passphrase is the same. At least that's how it works on the desktop.