Luksctl: LUKS volumes management

Luksctl is a python script allowing to easily Open/Close and Check LUKS encrypted volumes, parsing dmsetup and cryptsetup commands. It’s source code is located on Laniakea GitHub.

Note

The script requires superuser rights.

Module	Action	Description
luksctl	open	Open and mount the encrypted storage
	close	Umount and close the encrypted storage
	status	Show the encrypted storage status

Dependencies

Since the script is going to parse cryptsetup, dmsetup and mount/umount commands, all of them are required

cryptsetup
dmsetup

Open LUKS volumes

To open LUKS volume, call: luksctl open, which will require your LUKS decrypt password:

$ sudo luksctl open
Enter passphrase for /dev/disk/by-uuid/9bc8b7c6-dc7e-4aac-9cd7-8b7258facc75:
Name:              ribqvkjj
State:             ACTIVE
Read Ahead:        8192
Tables present:    LIVE
Open count:        1
Event number:      0
Major, minor:      252, 1
Number of targets: 1
UUID: CRYPT-LUKS1-9bc8b7c6dc7e4aac9cd78b7258facc75-ribqvkjj


Encrypted volume: [ OK ]

Close LUKS volumes

To Close LUKS volume, call luksctl close:

$ sudo luksctl close
Encrypted volume umount: [ OK ]

LUKS volumes status

To check if LUKS volume is Open or not call luksctl status

$ sudo luksctl status
Name:              ribqvkjj
State:             ACTIVE
Read Ahead:        8192
Tables present:    LIVE
Open count:        1
Event number:      0
Major, minor:      252, 1
Number of targets: 1
UUID: CRYPT-LUKS1-9bc8b7c6dc7e4aac9cd78b7258facc75-ribqvkjj


Encrypted volume: [ OK ]