Remotely unlocking headless server

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  • dracut-crypt-ssh

    dracut initramfs module to start dropbear sshd during boot to unlock the root filesystem with the (cryptsetup) LUKS passphrase remotely

  • https://github.com/dracut-crypt-ssh/dracut-crypt-ssh/commit/6ae8c358d24989ac7c6e625609bd1af4cf8ce1de has been merged - it at least helps resolve the ed25519 issue you were having.

  • zfs-keyvault

    systemd service to securely load ZFS encryption keys from Azure Key Vault

  • In my research for solutions I also came across this project: https://github.com/stewartadam/zfs-keyvault

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  • dracut-sshd

    Provide SSH access to initramfs early user space on Fedora and other systems that use Dracut

  • If you're curious I've uploaded the deployment script to my Github here: https://github.com/edifus/ubuntu-server-zfsbootmenu

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