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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-11-24 23:03:04 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-11-24 23:20:41 +0100
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parentcbf1024e9907c7402e66c0c225dba7406fbd82e8 (diff)
downloadguix-13fb1bd94e77ca231faaae25e8c9e3c4bde1b0f2.tar.gz
doc: Document encrypted root partitions.
This is a followup to f7f292d359e0eb77617f4ecf6b3164f868ec1784.

* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Give commands for
encrypted root installation.
(Proceeding with the Installation): Add item about mapped devices.
(File Systems): Mention that 'dependencies' can list <mapped-device>
objects.
* gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl (mapped-devices): New field.
(file-systems): Add 'dependencies' field.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/system')
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
index 2fcf90f8b1..82687e740b 100644
--- a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
+++ b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;; This is an operating system configuration template
-;; for a "desktop" setup with GNOME and Xfce.
+;; for a "desktop" setup with GNOME and Xfce where the
+;; root partition is encrypted with LUKS.
 
 (use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))
 (use-service-modules desktop)
@@ -13,11 +14,21 @@
   ;; Assuming /dev/sdX is the target hard disk, and "my-root"
   ;; is the label of the target root file system.
   (bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sdX")))
+
+  ;; Specify a mapped device for the encrypted root partition.
+  ;; The UUID is that returned by 'cryptsetup luksUUID'.
+  (mapped-devices
+   (list (mapped-device
+          (source (uuid "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc"))
+          (target "the-root-device")
+          (type luks-device-mapping))))
+
   (file-systems (cons (file-system
                         (device "my-root")
                         (title 'label)
                         (mount-point "/")
-                        (type "ext4"))
+                        (type "ext4")
+                        (dependencies mapped-devices))
                       %base-file-systems))
 
   (users (cons (user-account