Add a crypt data volume to Alpine 3.17

Add a crypt data volume to Alpine 3.17

This is how to setup a data volume on an already configured Alpine 3.17 system.

The disk is at: /dev/sdb, it also could be /dev/vdb

Creating partitions

You can even skip this step and use all the disk at once. Just rename sdb1 to sdb in other commands & scripts.

fdisk /dev/sdb

Enter the keyboard sequence:

# p
# n
# p
# 1
# ENTER
# ENTER
# p
# w

Creating LUKS setup

apk add --update cryptsetup lsblk

Creating the LUKS/LVM/EXT4 partition

Make the LUKS drive:

cryptsetup luksFormat --hash sha512 /dev/sdb1
cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdb1 enc_storage

Create LVM and ext4 into it:

mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/enc_storage

Mount it:

mkdir /mnt/storage
lsblk
echo -e "/dev/mapper/enc_storage\t/mnt/storage\text4\tdefaults\t0\t0\n" >> /etc/fstab
mount -a
lsblk
df -h

Helper script

I often put this in ~/open.sh to help unlocking the system when I have forgot the commands.

#!/bin/sh -exu

cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdb1 enc_storage
mount -a -v
#echo 'Starting docker'
#rc-service docker start
#echo 'Waiting 4sec for Docker to start'
#sleep 4
echo 'Done !'