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Re: How to permanently decrypt drives

Lapaix
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How to permanently decrypt drives

Hi,

 

I have an RN102 with a RAID1 configuration and chose to encrypt the disk using the ReadyNAS-provided encryption mechanism (USB stick used to boot up the NAS). I would like to remove this encryption and I could not find any information on how to proceed. Is there an how-to somewhere?

I am at ease with Linux CLI and would be happy if someone could provide instructions to permanently decrypt the drives using the key on the USB stick.

 

Thanks for your help!

Model: RN102|ReadyNAS 100 Series 2- Bay
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StephenB
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Re: How to permanently decrypt drives


@Lapaix wrote:

I would like to remove this encryption and I could not find any information on how to proceed. Is there an how-to somewhere?


The recommended way to do this is to destroy the volume and then recreate it without encryption.  You'd of course need to reinstall apps, reconfigure shares, and restore data from backups.

 

The NAS uses LUKS, but I don't know exactly how.  Perhaps start with cryptsetup status path, where path is the RAID group that is encyprted (/dev/md127 for instance).  That might give you some clues.

 

 

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