SOLVED Unlocking with GELI key

[BlazeStar]

Hello,

Using FreeNAS-9.2.1.9-RELEASE-x64 (2bbba09)

Recently I had to re-install the FreeNAS application on my USB key.

I uploaded my config and everything went back to normal perfectly.

Everything, except one encrypted volume.

Before this re-installation, I had encrypted the volume, then I downloaded the GELI key.

Now, all I see in "Storage" in my Volume name and the it's written "locked" everywhere.

At the bottom I have a little key & keyhole icon which reads "Unlock" but when I click it, the only thing that happens is that it says "Volume failed unlocking".

It doesn't ask to upload my GELI key.

I don't even know where or how to upload my GELI key.

Thanks!

 

[BlazeStar]

hum... never mind... I found the answer while messing around.

Solution, for posterity, is:

1) Detach the locked volume.

2) Auto-import it (using the buttons on top, in the storage tab of the GUI)
Then you can select the GELI key

I did not specify a passphrase so I just left it blank.
It worked without a itch.

 

[cyberjock]

That was the way to correct the issue too.

That, or delete the keyfile in /data/geli. ;)

 

[ToBeFrank]

hum... never mind... I found the answer while messing around.

Solution, for posterity, is:

1) Detach the locked volume.

2) Auto-import it (using the buttons on top, in the storage tab of the GUI)
Then you can select the GELI key

I did not specify a passphrase so I just left it blank.
It worked without a itch.

This is a bug that has been reported. You figured out the correct solution.

That was the way to correct the issue too.

It's the only solution.

That, or delete the keyfile in /data/geli. ;)

The key not being there is the problem. You can't delete what isn't there.