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Recover system on Ubuntu LiveUSB with an encrypted rpool
# Heavily copied from https://develmonk.com/2022/05/20/mount-ubuntu-22-04-zfs-partitions-using-live-iso-for-disaster-recovery/ and https://askubuntu.com/questions/1332447/how-to-mount-an-encrypted-ubuntu-20-10-zfs-file-system-from-an-ubuntu-live-cd - kudos!
# No implied warranty - use at your own risk!
# Run as root
sudo su -
# Mount the rpool to extract the system key
zpool import rpool -R /mnt
# Get the system key for the rpool. You'll be prompted for the password
cryptsetup open /dev/zvol/rpool/keystore zfskey
# Mount the system key
mkdir -p /media/dm
mount /dev/dm-0 /media/dm
# Copy the system key to the keylocation found with zfs list -o name,type,keylocation,
# usually /run/keystore/rpool/system.key. Not at the mountpoint /mnt, but at /
mkdir -p /run/keystore/rpool
cp -r /media/dm/system.key /run/keystore/rpool/
# Unmount the keystore and the rpool
umount /dev/dm-0
cryptsetup close zfskey
zpool export rpool
# Then run zpool import with -l:
zpool import -l -R /mnt rpool
# Hopefully will say “1 /1 keys successfully loaded”
# Import the boot zfs pool, will be mounted at /mnt/boot
zpool import -f bpool -R /mnt
# Mount the EFI boot partition
mount -t msdos /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot/efi
# Mount /proc, /dev, /sys, and /dev/pts
for i in proc dev sys dev/pts; do mount -v --bind /$i /mnt/$i; done
# Bind mount /mnt/boot/grub
mount -v --bind /mnt/boot/efi/grub /mnt/boot/grub
# chroot into the system we just mounted
chroot /mnt
# Fix the internet in the system we just mounted
rm -rf /etc/resolv.conf
echo 'nameserver 8.8.8.8' > resolv.conf
# Apt update to test the internet
apt update
# Exit the chroot
exit
# And make sure to erase the key file!
rm -rf /media/dm/system.key /run/keystore/rpool/
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