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Setup encrypted RAID 1
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| #! /bin/sh | |
| # usage: $0 <device1> <device2> | |
| # $0 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 | |
| if test $# -ne 2; then | |
| echo "usage: $0 <device1> <device2>" >&2 | |
| exit 2 | |
| fi | |
| device1="$1" | |
| device2="$2" | |
| # create raid1 | |
| md_device=/dev/md0 | |
| mdadm --create "${md_device}" --level=1 --raid-devices=2 "${device1}" "${device2}" | |
| # encrypt | |
| cryptsetup luksFormat "${md_device}" | |
| md_crypt=md0_crypt | |
| cryptsetup open "${md_device}" "${md_crypt}" | |
| # create volume group | |
| physical_volume="/dev/mapper/${md_crypt}" | |
| pvcreate "${physical_volume}" | |
| volume_group=vg0 | |
| vgcreate "${volume_group}" "${physical_volume}" | |
| # create logical volume | |
| volume_size=10g | |
| logical_volume=data | |
| lvcreate --size "${volume_size}" --name "${logical_volume}" "${volume_group}" | |
| data_device="/dev/${volume_group}/${logical_volume}" | |
| mkfs -t ext2 -T big "${data_device}" | |
| tune2fs -m 0 "${data_device}" | |
| exit | |
| # this section is for reference only | |
| # cleanup | |
| vgchange --activate n | |
| cryptsetup close "${md_crypt}" | |
| mdadm --stop "${md_device}" | |
| mdadm --stop --scan | |
| # reassemble | |
| mdadm --assemble "${md_device}" "${device1}" "${device2}" | |
| mdadm --assemble --run "${md_device}" "${device1}" | |
| mdadm --assemble --scan | |
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