Luksctl: LUKS volumes management

Luksctl is a python script allowing to easily Open/Close and Check LUKS encrypted volumes, parsing dmsetup and cryptsetup commands.

The script requires superuser rights.

Action	Command
Open	sudo luksctl open
Close	sudo luksctl close
Status	sudo luksctl status

Dependencies

Since the script is going to parse cryptsetup and dmsetup commands, both are required

cryptsetup

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 ]