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Ondrej Kozina 2016-10-12 11:37:41 UTC CC systemd-maint-list
Component cryptsetup systemd
Assignee lvm-team systemd-maint
QA Contact release-test-team qe-baseos-daemons
RHEL Program Management 2016-10-12 12:10:22 UTC Keywords FutureFeature
Ondrej Benes 2016-11-07 08:54:11 UTC CC systemd-maint
Flags needinfo?(systemd-maint)
Lukáš Nykrýn 2016-11-07 09:05:52 UTC Flags needinfo?(systemd-maint)
Filip Krska 2016-11-29 11:55:13 UTC Blocks 1298243
Branislav Blaškovič 2016-12-02 16:24:16 UTC CC bblaskov
Chris Williams 2017-03-08 18:24:25 UTC Blocks 1420851
Lukáš Nykrýn 2017-07-14 15:34:00 UTC Blocks 1466365
Mark Thacker 2017-08-08 13:17:20 UTC CC mthacker
Lukáš Nykrýn 2017-09-13 12:27:14 UTC Assignee systemd-maint lnykryn
Lukáš Nykrýn 2017-09-25 10:33:38 UTC Status NEW POST
Jiri Jaburek 2017-09-25 16:38:11 UTC See Also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477757
Lukáš Nykrýn 2017-09-27 13:11:32 UTC Status POST MODIFIED
Fixed In Version systemd-219-45.el7
errata-xmlrpc 2017-09-27 13:34:17 UTC Status MODIFIED ON_QA
Frantisek Sumsal 2017-10-12 13:51:19 UTC CC fsumsal
QA Contact qe-baseos-daemons fsumsal
Frantisek Sumsal 2017-10-12 13:54:39 UTC Status ON_QA VERIFIED
Lenka Špačková 2017-12-04 16:35:31 UTC Docs Contact msuchane
Marek Suchánek 2017-12-06 17:57:56 UTC CC lnykryn
Flags needinfo?(lnykryn)
Michal Sekletar 2017-12-07 09:12:46 UTC CC msekleta
Doc Text Feature:
Ability to unlock network based encrypted storage devices.

Reason:
Previously it wasn't possible to unlock e.g. iSCSI based block device during system boot, because encryption of block devices was ordered before start of the network. However in order to connect the device we need to have networking available. Additional unit remote-cryptsetup.target was added to systemd package and necessary patches were applied to lift previous limitation.


Result:
It is now possible to unlock an encrypted block device that is connected via network (e.g. iSCSI) during system boot and mount file-systems residing on such block device. In order to ensure correct ordering between services during system boot the device must be marked with _netdev option in /etc/crypttab. This feature can be used standalone, but most users are likely to come in contact with the feature while using network-bound disk encryption that is now available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5.

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/security_guide/sec-using_network-bound_disk_encryption
Doc Type If docs needed, set a value Enhancement
Marek Suchánek 2017-12-22 20:55:26 UTC Doc Text Feature:
Ability to unlock network based encrypted storage devices.

Reason:
Previously it wasn't possible to unlock e.g. iSCSI based block device during system boot, because encryption of block devices was ordered before start of the network. However in order to connect the device we need to have networking available. Additional unit remote-cryptsetup.target was added to systemd package and necessary patches were applied to lift previous limitation.


Result:
It is now possible to unlock an encrypted block device that is connected via network (e.g. iSCSI) during system boot and mount file-systems residing on such block device. In order to ensure correct ordering between services during system boot the device must be marked with _netdev option in /etc/crypttab. This feature can be used standalone, but most users are likely to come in contact with the feature while using network-bound disk encryption that is now available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5.

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/security_guide/sec-using_network-bound_disk_encryption
The boot process can now unlock encrypted devices connected by network

Previously, the boot process attempted to unlock block devices connected by network before starting network services. Because the network was not activated, it was not possible to connect and decrypt these devices.

With this update, the `remote-cryptsetup.target` unit and other patches have been added to `systemd` packages. As a result, it is now possible to unlock encrypted block devices that are connected by network during system boot and to mount file systems on such block devices.

To ensure correct ordering between services during system boot, you must mark the network device with the `_netdev` option in the `/etc/crypttab` configuration file.

A common use case for this feature is together with network-bound disk encryption. For more information on network-bound disk encryption, see the following chapter in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security Guide:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/security_guide/sec-using_network-bound_disk_encryption
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Michal Sekletar 2017-12-28 18:08:46 UTC Flags needinfo?(msekleta)
PnT Account Manager 2018-02-14 23:08:41 UTC CC bblaskov
errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 04:00:26 UTC Status VERIFIED RELEASE_PENDING
errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 11:16:36 UTC Status RELEASE_PENDING CLOSED
Resolution --- ERRATA
Last Closed 2018-04-10 07:16:36 UTC
errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 11:18:54 UTC Link ID Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2018:0711

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