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openssl req -newkey rsa:4096 \
            -x509 \
            -sha256 \
            -days 3650 \
            -nodes \
            -out example.crt \
            -keyout example.key

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Create encrypted Zpool

zpool create -o ashift=12 storage raidz2 /dev/sda /dev/sdb /dev/sdc
zpool set feature@encryption=enabled storage
zfs create -o encryption=on -o keyformat=raw -o keylocation=file:///root/storage-data.zfskey storage/data

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Create a LUKS encrypted volume

sudo cryptsetup --verbose --cipher aes-xts-plain64 --key-size 512 --hash sha512 --iter-time 5000 --use-random luksFormat /dev/sda1
sudo cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/sda1 backup
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/backup
sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/mapper/backup /mnt/backup
sudo umount /mnt/backup

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unlocking rootfs via ssh login in initramfs

You can unlock your rootfs on bootup from remote, using ssh to log in to the booting system while it's running with the initramfs mounted.

Setup

For remote unlocking to work, the following packages have to be installed before building the initramfs: dropbear busybox

The file /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf holds the configuration options used when building the initramfs. It should contain BUSYBOX=y (this is set as the default when the busybox package is installed) to have busybox installed into the initramfs, and should not contain DROPBEAR=n, which would disable installation of dropbear to initramfs. If set to DROPBEAR=y, dropbear will be installed in any case; if DROPBEAR isn't set at all, then dropbear will only be installed in case of an existing cryptroot setup.

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Configuration for passwordless root filesystem

Source: https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/passwordless-encryption-of-linux-root-partition/

The process of entering the passphrase at boot time will now be automated using an USB memory stick. Instead of using a passphrase , the secret key on the USB will decrypt the encrypted volumes. Connect an USB stick to the VM and locate it using the dmesg command. It is detected as /dev/sdb in my VM.

The secret key of 8192 random byte is extracted from the usb stick using the dd command.

dd if=/dev/sdb of=/root/secret.key bs=512 skip=4 count=16

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#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# slack (slack.com) global notification options

# multiple recipients can be given like this:
#                  "CHANNEL1 CHANNEL2 ..."

# enable/disable sending slack notifications
SEND_SLACK="YES"

# Login to slack.com and create an incoming webhook. You need only one for all

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# This service will unlock all ZFS pools at boot time
# It should live in
# /etc/systemd/system/zfs-load-key.service
# Enable it with
# systemctl enable zfs-load-key.service

[Unit]
Description=Load encryption keys
DefaultDependencies=no
Before=zfs-mount.service

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# https://github.com/mthssdrbrg/ddns-route53
#
# awcli needs to be installed with valid credentials and should be in PATH e.g. /home/USER/.local/bin
# ddns-route53 needs to be installed and should be in PATH e.g. /home/USER/.local/bin
# Add to crontab
*/5 * * * * PATH=$PATH:/home/USER/.local/bin /home/USER/.local/bin/ddns-route53 --zone-id XXXXXXXX --record-set www.example.com >> /home/USER/ddns-route53.log 2>&1

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If you wish to run an alternative SSH agent (e.g. ssh-agent or gpg-agent, you need to disable the ssh component of GNOME Keyring. To do so in an account-local way, copy /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop to ~/.config/autostart and then append the line Hidden=true to the copied file. Then log out.

Source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME/Keyring#Disable_keyring_daemon_components

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