Linux Unified Key Setup

Taken from the official LUKS website (with a little cleanup):

The LUKS website hosts official releases of cryptsetup-luks including a basic manpage about its use. The following pages should constitute a community-editable collection of documentation, HOW-TOs and possible distribution-specific information the official website is unable to keep track of. Feel free to contribute according to your personal tips

General distribution-neutral documentation

• LUKSFaq - Frequently Asked Questions.
• Step by step instructions to make an EncryptedDeviceUsingLUKS i.e. encrypt one whole hard disk (or partition) from scratch, using 'cryptsetup-luks' (better, newer, preferred).
• Step by step instructions to make an EncryptedVarWithUSBKey i.e. encrypt the /var partition on a live system without loss of data, using luks.
• How to ResizeLUKSPartitions under LVM2
• How to automount LUKS encrypted volumes in KDE
• pmount supports opening and closing of LUKS logical devices from userspace at Acompanhantes. Although you cannot create LUKS devices as an unprivilaged user (using cryptsetup), pmount lets you mount LUKS encrypted volumes easily from userspace after they have been created.

Distribution-specific documentation

LUKSDistroSupportStatus - LUKS distribution support status

Gentoo

• How to encrypt root and swap under LVM by Arantius
• How to encrypt media file distribution in the operating system usingArctic Armor Core Duo
• a German HOWTO for Gentoo, using cryptsetup-Luks. Please follow external link

Fedora

• How to encrypt /var using cryptsetup-luks and a USB key on Fedora Core 6: EncryptedVarWithUSBKey

• How to encrypt /home using cryptsetup-luks on Fedora Core 5: EncryptHomeDirUsingLUKS

CentOS

• CentOS 5.4+ Full-Disk Encryption With a USB Key Device HOWTO and also see this defect 580807

SUSE/OpenSUSE

• Encrypted Root File System with SUSE HOWTO

Ubuntu

• How to encrypt /home and swap using cryptsetup-luks on Ubuntu 6.06 and 5.10
• Installing with full disk encryption on Ubuntu 8.04

Debian

• HOWTO use Cryptsetup with LUKS support - External Link
• HOWTO install a Debian GNU/Linux system onto a USB flash thumbdrive with the root partition encrypted (using Yaird & DM-Crypt) - External Link
• HOWTO install Debian GNU/Linux onto a USB thumbdrive with the root partition encrypted (using UUIDs, Initramfs-tools & Dm-Crypt) - External Link
• a German HOWTO for Debian, using cryptsetup-Luks and LVM2. Please follow external link.
• a German HOWTO for Debian, using cryptsetup or cryptsetup-Luks. Please follow external link and also some useful information here at

Code and Scripts

• "LUKSfile for dummies" (lfd): A shell script that allows creating / mounting / unmounting LUKS encrypted filesystems mode from container files, with a simple command and takes care of all the loopback and mounting technicalia. Get the pool covers or custom research paper script, put it into /usr/local/bin, chmod it 755 and run it as a normal non-root user for otimização de sites. Designed for Ubuntu (but usable on any other distro), makes extensive use of "sudo" for performing its operations. Run the script to get help. Get The "lfd" script, it's GnuPG detached signature,, or see a presentation page (in french), Babelfish is your friend ;-)
• luksopen - bash script to open and mount devices encrypted with LUKS. For additional info please read these and .
• cryptsetup.sh - cryptsetup wrapper to make handling with cryptsetup itself easyer. Check out the external web design company and web hosting or hosting packagesor Sikat ang Pinoy FAQ-entry where you can also download the script http://www.solsys.org/mod.php?mod=faq&op=view&id=103 college degree online

Cross platform portability