Linux encrypted disk images

[Mg92]

Hello

 

I’m wanting to move away from Mac hardware soon, but there is a macOS feature that I use and have been unable to replicate on Ubuntu. I regularly use disk utility on macOS, to make encrypted disk images of sensitive data, for cloud storage and other external backup solutions. This has been working well for me for years, but I am struggling to find a way to do the same thing on Ubuntu.

 

Any help greatly appreciated.

[jj9987]

You can just create an archive of folders/files and encrypt with OpenSSL for example. Or if you want full disk image, you can use dd to generate a disk image and then encrypt it in a similar way. Or you can use cryptsetup to create an encrypted image and then mount it to your OS as ext4 or some other partition and have that image file backed up. Or use a VeraCrypt container.

[Lyndeno]

The articles on the Arch Wiki described here can help with encryption. If you are not encrypting your root drive then most of these instructions should be helpful with other distros as well.

[Mg92]

On 10/28/2020 at 12:48 PM, jj9987 said:

Or use a VeraCrypt container.

Only just got around to sorting this out, as I have been moving house. VeraCrypt fits my needs perfectly. Thanks