Chapter 23. Configuring automated unlocking using a Tang key in the web console

Configure automated unlocking of a LUKS-encrypted storage device using a key provided by a Tang server.

Prerequisites

  • The RHEL 8 web console has been installed.

    For details, see Installing the web console.

  • The cockpit-storaged package is installed on your system.
  • The cockpit.socket service is running at port 9090.
  • The clevis, tang, and clevis-dracut packages are installed.
  • A Tang server is running.

Procedure

  1. Open the RHEL web console by entering the following address in a web browser: 

    https://localhost:9090

    Replace the localhost part by the remote server’s host name or IP address when you connect to a remote system.

  2. Provide your credentials and click Storage. Select an encrypted device and click Encryption in the Content part:

  3. Click + in the Keys section to add a Tang key:

    RHEL web console: Encryption

  4. Provide the address of your Tang server and a password that unlocks the LUKS-encrypted device. Click Add to confirm:

    RHEL web console: Add Tang key

  5. The following dialog window provides a command to verify that the key hash matches. RHEL 8.2 introduced the tang-show-keys script, and you can obtain the key hash using the following command on the Tang server running on the port 7500: 

    # tang-show-keys 7500
3ZWS6-cDrCG61UPJS2BMmPU4I54

    On RHEL 8.1 and earlier, obtain the key hash using the following command: 

    # curl -s localhost:7500/adv | jose fmt -j- -g payload -y -o- | jose jwk use -i- -r -u verify -o- | jose jwk thp -i-
3ZWS6-cDrCG61UPJS2BMmPU4I54

  6. Click Trust key when the key hashes in the web console and in the output of previously listed commands are the same:

    RHEL web console: Verify Tang key

  7. To enable the early boot system to process the disk binding, click Terminal at the bottom of the left navigation bar and enter the following commands: 

    # yum install clevis-dracut
# dracut -fv --regenerate-all

Verification steps

  1. Check that the newly added Tang key is now listed in the Keys section with the Keyserver type:

    RHEL web console: A keyserver key is listed

  2. Verify that the bindings are available for the early boot, for example: 

    # lsinitrd | grep clevis
clevis
clevis-pin-sss
clevis-pin-tang
clevis-pin-tpm2
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         1600 Feb 11 16:30 usr/bin/clevis
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         1654 Feb 11 16:30 usr/bin/clevis-decrypt
...
-rwxr-xr-x   2 root     root           45 Feb 11 16:30 usr/lib/dracut/hooks/initqueue/settled/60-clevis-hook.sh
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         2257 Feb 11 16:30 usr/libexec/clevis-luks-askpass

Additional resources