On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 06:53:39PM -0800, Chris V wrote: > I am working on building an automated pipeline with a disk that contains a LUKS > partition. since it is running automated i need a method to provide the LUKS > key using a file but i keep getting prompted to enter the keys. I am creating > a file with only the key stored in it and using the --key option but i still > get the key prompt. > > here is the command that i am running, can you advise me on what i need to > change?: > sudo guestfish -a disk.qcow2 --key /dev/sda2:file:key.txt run : part-init /dev/

> sda msdos : part-add /dev/sda p 2048 500000 : part-add /dev/sda p 500001 > 2097118 : mkfs ext4 /dev/sda1 : luks-format /dev/sda2 0 : luks-open /dev/sda2 > sda2_crypt : mkfs ext4 /dev/mapper/sda2_crypt The easiest way is probably this guestfish flag: --keys-from-stdin Read key or passphrase parameters from stdin. The default is to try to read passphrases from the user by opening /dev/tty. If there are multiple encrypted devices then you may need to supply multiple keys on stdin, one per line. You can feed the key by redirecting stdin. However a better way is likely to use the API directly for what you want, eg. through a Perl or Python script. You can supply the key directly as a parameter when using the API. https://libguestfs.org/guestfs.3.html#guestfs_luks_open