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Signed-off-by: Meina Li <meili@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Han Han <hhan@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
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153 lines
6.6 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<body>
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<h1>Storage volume encryption XML format</h1>
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<ul id="toc"></ul>
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<h2><a id="StorageEncryption">Storage volume encryption XML</a></h2>
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<p>
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Storage volumes may be encrypted, the XML snippet described below is used
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to represent the details of the encryption. It can be used as a part
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of a domain or storage configuration.
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</p>
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<p>
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The top-level tag of volume encryption specification
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is <code>encryption</code>, with a mandatory
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attribute <code>format</code>. Currently defined values
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of <code>format</code> are <code>default</code>, <code>qcow</code>,
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and <code>luks</code>.
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Each value of <code>format</code> implies some expectations about the
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content of the <code>encryption</code> tag. Other format values may be
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defined in the future.
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</p>
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<p>
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The <code>encryption</code> tag can currently contain a sequence of
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<code>secret</code> tags, each with mandatory attributes <code>type</code>
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and either <code>uuid</code> or <code>usage</code>
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(<span class="since">since 2.1.0</span>). The only currently defined
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value of <code>type</code> is <code>volume</code>. The
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<code>uuid</code> is "uuid" of the <code>secret</code> while
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<code>usage</code> is the "usage" subelement field.
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A secret value can be set in libvirt by the
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<a href="html/libvirt-libvirt-secret.html#virSecretSetValue">
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<code>virSecretSetValue</code></a> API. Alternatively, if supported
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by the particular volume format and driver, automatically generate a
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secret value at the time of volume creation, and store it using the
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specified <code>uuid</code>.
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</p>
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<h3><a id="StorageEncryptionDefault">"default" format</a></h3>
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<h3><a id="StorageEncryptionQcow">"qcow" format</a></h3>
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<p>
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<span class="since">Since 4.5.0,</span> encryption formats
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<code>default</code> and <code>qcow</code> may no longer be used
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to create an encrypted volume. Usage of qcow encrypted volumes
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in QEMU began phasing out in QEMU 2.3 and by QEMU 2.9 creation
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of a qcow encrypted volume via qemu-img required usage of secret
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objects, but that support was not added to libvirt.
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</p>
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<h3><a id="StorageEncryptionLuks">"luks" format</a></h3>
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<p>
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The <code>luks</code> format is specific to a luks encrypted volume
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and the secret is used in order to either encrypt during volume creation
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or decrypt the volume for usage by the domain. A single
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<code><secret type='passphrase'...></code> element is expected.
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<span class="since">Since 2.1.0</span>.
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</p>
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<p>
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For volume creation, it is possible to specify the encryption
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algorithm used to encrypt the luks volume. The following two
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optional elements may be provided for that purpose. It is hypervisor
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dependent as to which algorithms are supported. The default algorithm
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used by the storage driver backend when using qemu-img to create
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the volume is 'aes-256-cbc' using 'essiv' for initialization vector
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generation and 'sha256' hash algorithm for both the cipher and the
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initialization vector generation.
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</p>
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<dl>
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<dt><code>cipher</code></dt>
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<dd>This element describes the cipher algorithm to be used to either
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encrypt or decrypt the luks volume. This element has the following
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attributes:
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<dl>
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<dt><code>name</code></dt>
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<dd>The name of the cipher algorithm used for data encryption,
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such as 'aes', 'des', 'cast5', 'serpent', 'twofish', etc.
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Support of the specific algorithm is storage driver
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implementation dependent.</dd>
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<dt><code>size</code></dt>
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<dd>The size of the cipher in bits, such as '256', '192', '128',
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etc. Support of the specific size for a specific cipher is
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hypervisor dependent.</dd>
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<dt><code>mode</code></dt>
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<dd>An optional cipher algorithm mode such as 'cbc', 'xts',
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'ecb', etc. Support of the specific cipher mode is
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hypervisor dependent.</dd>
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<dt><code>hash</code></dt>
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<dd>An optional master key hash algorithm such as 'md5', 'sha1',
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'sha256', etc. Support of the specific hash algorithm is
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hypervisor dependent.</dd>
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</dl>
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</dd>
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<dt><code>ivgen</code></dt>
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<dd>This optional element describes the initialization vector
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generation algorithm used in conjunction with the
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<code>cipher</code>. If the <code>cipher</code> is not provided,
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then an error will be generated by the parser.
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<dl>
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<dt><code>name</code></dt>
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<dd>The name of the algorithm, such as 'plain', 'plain64',
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'essiv', etc. Support of the specific algorithm is hypervisor
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dependent.</dd>
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<dt><code>hash</code></dt>
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<dd>An optional hash algorithm such as 'md5', 'sha1', 'sha256',
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etc. Support of the specific ivgen hash algorithm is hypervisor
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dependent.</dd>
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</dl>
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2><a id="example">Examples</a></h2>
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<p>
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Assuming a <a href="formatsecret.html#VolumeUsageType">
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<code>luks volume type secret</code></a> is already defined,
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a simple example specifying use of the <code>luks</code> format
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for either volume creation without a specific cipher being defined or
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as part of a domain volume definition:
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</p>
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<pre>
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<encryption format='luks'>
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<secret type='passphrase' uuid='f52a81b2-424e-490c-823d-6bd4235bc572'/>
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</encryption>
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</pre>
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<p>
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Here is an example specifying use of the <code>luks</code> format for
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a specific cipher algorithm for volume creation.
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<span class="since">Since 6.10.0,</span> the <code>target</code> format
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can also support <code>qcow2</code> type with <code>luks</code> encryption.
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</p>
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<pre>
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<volume>
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<name>twofish.luks</name>
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<capacity unit='G'>5</capacity>
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<target>
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<path>/var/lib/libvirt/images/demo.luks</path>
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<format type='raw'/>
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<encryption format='luks'>
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<secret type='passphrase' uuid='f52a81b2-424e-490c-823d-6bd4235bc572'/>
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<cipher name='twofish' size='256' mode='cbc' hash='sha256'/>
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<ivgen name='plain64' hash='sha256'/>
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</encryption>
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</target>
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</volume>
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</pre>
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</body>
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</html>
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