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Ubuntu Server 16.04 with dropbear

Trying to get Dropbear to work with Ubuntu Server 16.04 to enable for remote disk decryption to.

I am following this tutorial

But failing at this step: sudo cp /etc/initramfs-tools/root/.ssh/id_rsa ~/id_rsa_dropbear

as the file: /etc/initramfs-tools/root/.ssh/id_rsa dose not exit on Ubuntu Server 16.04.

Any help would be great.

Thanks alexis

Solution

  • Manage to figure it out in the end. I ended up writing a blog post about it here Unlocking Ubuntu Server 16 encrypted LUKS using Dropbear SSH. The post I wrote is very heavily based from the answer I found here SSH to decrypt encrypted LVM during headless server boot? and all did was change the version 16 specific parts.

    cheers alexis