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<h1>Storage volume encryption XML format</h1>
<ul><li>
<a href="#StorageEncryption">Storage volume encryption XML</a>
<ul><li>
<a href="#StorageEncryptionDefault">"default" format</a>
</li><li>
<a href="#StorageEncryptionQcow">"qcow" format</a>
</li><li>
<a href="#StorageEncryptionLuks">"luks" format</a>
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<a href="#example">Examples</a>
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<h2>
<a name="StorageEncryption" shape="rect" id="StorageEncryption">Storage volume encryption XML</a>
<a class="headerlink" href="#StorageEncryption" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a>
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<p>
Storage volumes may be encrypted, the XML snippet described below is used
to represent the details of the encryption. It can be used as a part
of a domain or storage configuration.
</p>
<p>
The top-level tag of volume encryption specification
is <code>encryption</code>, with a mandatory
attribute <code>format</code>. Currently defined values
of <code>format</code> are <code>default</code> and <code>qcow</code>.
Each value of <code>format</code> implies some expectations about the
content of the <code>encryption</code> tag. Other format values may be
defined in the future.
</p>
<p>
The <code>encryption</code> tag can currently contain a sequence of
<code>secret</code> tags, each with mandatory attributes <code>type</code>
and either <code>uuid</code> or <code>usage</code>
(<span class="since">since 2.1.0</span>). The only currently defined
value of <code>type</code> is <code>volume</code>. The
<code>uuid</code> is "uuid" of the <code>secret</code> while
<code>usage</code> is the "usage" subelement field.
A secret value can be set in libvirt by the
<a href="html/libvirt-libvirt-secret.html#virSecretSetValue" shape="rect">
<code>virSecretSetValue</code></a> API. Alternatively, if supported
by the particular volume format and driver, automatically generate a
secret value at the time of volume creation, and store it using the
specified <code>uuid</code>.
</p>
<h3>
<a name="StorageEncryptionDefault" shape="rect" id="StorageEncryptionDefault">"default" format</a>
<a class="headerlink" href="#StorageEncryptionDefault" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a>
</h3>
<p>
<code><encryption format="default"/></code> can be specified only
when creating a qcow volume. If the volume is successfully created, the
encryption formats, parameters and secrets will be auto-generated by
libvirt and the attached <code>encryption</code> tag will be updated.
The unmodified contents of the <code>encryption</code> tag can be used
in later operations with the volume, or when setting up a domain that
uses the volume.
</p>
<h3>
<a name="StorageEncryptionQcow" shape="rect" id="StorageEncryptionQcow">"qcow" format</a>
<a class="headerlink" href="#StorageEncryptionQcow" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a>
</h3>
<p>
The <code>qcow</code> format specifies that the built-in encryption
support in <code>qcow</code>- or <code>qcow2</code>-formatted volume
images should be used. A single
<code><secret type='passphrase'></code> element is expected. If
the <code>secret</code> element is not present during volume creation,
a secret is automatically generated and attached to the volume.
</p>
<h3>
<a name="StorageEncryptionLuks" shape="rect" id="StorageEncryptionLuks">"luks" format</a>
<a class="headerlink" href="#StorageEncryptionLuks" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a>
</h3>
<p>
The <code>luks</code> format is specific to a luks encrypted volume
and the secret is used in order to either encrypt during volume creation
or decrypt the volume for usage by the domain. A single
<code><secret type='passphrase'...></code> element is expected.
<span class="since">Since 2.1.0</span>.
</p>
<p>
For volume creation, it is possible to specify the encryption
algorithm used to encrypt the luks volume. The following two
optional elements may be provided for that purpose. It is hypervisor
dependent as to which algorithms are supported. The default algorithm
used by the storage driver backend when using qemu-img to create
the volume is 'aes-256-cbc' using 'essiv' for initialization vector
generation and 'sha256' hash algorithm for both the cipher and the
initialization vector generation.
</p>
<dl><dt><code>cipher</code></dt><dd>This element describes the cipher algorithm to be used to either
encrypt or decrypt the luks volume. This element has the following
attributes:
<dl><dt><code>name</code></dt><dd>The name of the cipher algorithm used for data encryption,
such as 'aes', 'des', 'cast5', 'serpent', 'twofish', etc.
Support of the specific algorithm is storage driver
implementation dependent.</dd><dt><code>size</code></dt><dd>The size of the cipher in bits, such as '256', '192', '128',
etc. Support of the specific size for a specific cipher is
hypervisor dependent.</dd><dt><code>mode</code></dt><dd>An optional cipher algorithm mode such as 'cbc', 'xts',
'ecb', etc. Support of the specific cipher mode is
hypervisor dependent.</dd><dt><code>hash</code></dt><dd>An optional master key hash algorithm such as 'md5', 'sha1',
'sha256', etc. Support of the specific hash algorithm is
hypervisor dependent.</dd></dl>
</dd><dt><code>ivgen</code></dt><dd>This optional element describes the initialization vector
generation algorithm used in conjunction with the
<code>cipher</code>. If the <code>cipher</code> is not provided,
then an error will be generated by the parser.
<dl><dt><code>name</code></dt><dd>The name of the algorithm, such as 'plain', 'plain64',
'essiv', etc. Support of the specific algorithm is hypervisor
dependent.</dd><dt><code>hash</code></dt><dd>An optional hash algorithm such as 'md5', 'sha1', 'sha256',
etc. Support of the specific ivgen hash algorithm is hypervisor
dependent.</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<h2>
<a name="example" shape="rect" id="example">Examples</a>
<a class="headerlink" href="#example" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a>
</h2>
<p>
Here is a simple example, specifying use of the <code>qcow</code> format:
</p>
<pre xml:space="preserve">
<encryption format='qcow'>
<secret type='passphrase' uuid='c1f11a6d-8c5d-4a3e-ac7a-4e171c5e0d4a' />
</encryption></pre>
<p>
Assuming a <a href="formatsecret.html#VolumeUsageType" shape="rect">
<code>luks volume type secret</code></a> is already defined,
a simple example specifying use of the <code>luks</code> format
for either volume creation without a specific cipher being defined or
as part of a domain volume definition:
</p>
<pre xml:space="preserve">
<encryption format='luks'>
<secret type='passphrase' uuid='f52a81b2-424e-490c-823d-6bd4235bc572'/>
</encryption>
</pre>
<p>
Here is an example specifying use of the <code>luks</code> format for
a specific cipher algorithm for volume creation:
</p>
<pre xml:space="preserve">
<volume>
<name>twofish.luks</name>
<capacity unit='G'>5</capacity>
<target>
<path>/var/lib/libvirt/images/demo.luks</path>
<format type='raw'/>
<encryption format='luks'>
<secret type='passphrase' uuid='f52a81b2-424e-490c-823d-6bd4235bc572'/>
<cipher name='twofish' size='256' mode='cbc' hash='sha256'/>
<ivgen name='plain64' hash='sha256'/>
</encryption>
</target>
</volume>
</pre>
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