Creating a New Encrypted Volume Using LUKS

1. Run the vgs command to view a list of available volume groups.
2. Next, run lvcreate -L 100M -n patient_lv luks_vg to create a new logical volume.
3. Run the lvs command to verify that the new logical volume was created.

1. Run the following command:

cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/mapper/luks_vg-patient_lv

1. Type YES at the prompt.
2. Enter the passphrase Pinehead1! at the next two prompts.
3. Next, run the command blkid | grep patient, and check for TYPE=crypto_LUKS in the output.
4. Next, format the volume with the following command:

cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/mapper/luks_vg-patient_lv patient_lv

5. Enter the passphrase Pinehead1! at the prompt.
6. Next, run the command ls /dev/mapper, and check for patient_lv in the output.
7. Run the following command to overwrite all of the storage on the new volume:

shred -v -n1 /dev/mapper/patient_lv

8. Next, format the new volume using ext4 with the following command:

mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/patient_lv

9. Next, mount the volume to /data.

mount /dev/mapper/patient_lv /data

10. Run the command ls /data, and check for lost+found in the output.
11. Check the status of the new encrypted volume.

cryptsetup -v status patient_lv

1. Run the command touch test.txt /data to create the test file.