I'm following the @SpaceInvaderOne tutorial on encrypting an existing array and I'm unsure about a certain step.

 

 

I've so far:

1. emptied one large drive (last disk in my array, disk 9)
2. deleted the XFS partition from the drive
3. started the array with a "new config" with all the drives back in the same spot, except no parity - NOTE: I was prompted to create a passphrase before I could start the array
4. formatted the empty drive to XFS-encrypted
5. copied data from drive 8 (unencrypted) to drive 9 (encrypted)
6. stopped the array and unassigned drive 8
7. deleted the filesystem from drive 8

 

Now I am at the point (10:30 in the YouTube video) where I will create another "new config" and put all the drives back in place, but before I go to start the array I wanted to check something. When I go to "new config" and go to setup the drives as before, it is asking me for a new passphrase again before I could start the array. Since I have valid data on the encrypted drive 9, I'm unsure about providing a new passphrase because I need to still be able to read the data on drive 9. If I provided a new passphrase wouldn't that make reading the data on drive 9 impossible? Do I just provide the same passphrase as before and the data will be there?

 

 

The video from SpaceInvaderOne doesn't show that he has to provide a new passphrase when he is doing the new config and starting the array.

Edited November 19, 20205 yr by jdubbs23

Anyone follow these steps and encounter this?

For anyone else that encounters this, I found some others posting that when doing the New Config it can be a bit confusing because unraid prompts for a "new passphrase", but if you have a disk already formatted as encrypted you just need to enter the previously used passphrase.

I’m thinking of doing this now but when following the video I don’t see where in 6.9 I can set my xfs encrypted password? Where are the settings for that?