luks

installing

# yum install cryptsetup-luks

Removes all data:

# cryptsetup -y -v luksFormat /dev/xvdc

# cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/xvdc backup2
# ls -l /dev/mapper/backup2
# cryptsetup -v status

LUKS headers:

# cryptsetup luksDump /dev/xvdc

formatting

Zero to hide usage patterns:

# pv -tpreb /dev/zero | dd of=/dev/mapper/backup2 bs=128M
# kill -USR1 PID

# mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/backup2

# mkdir /backup2
# mount /dev/mapper/backup2 /backup2

using

Umount:

# umount /backup2
# cryptsetup luksClose backup2

Mount:

# cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/xvdc backup2
# mount /dev/mapper/backup2 /backup2