clevis-luks-unlock(1)

clevis-luks-unlock1

Unlocks a luks device bound with a clevis policy

Usage

clevis luks unlock -d DEV [-n NAME] [-t SLT]

Overview

The clevis luks unlock command unlocks a LUKS device using its already provisioned Clevis policy. For example:

$ clevis luks unlock -d /dev/sda

Options

• -d DEV : The LUKS device to unlock

• -n NAME : The name to give the unlocked device node

• -t SLT : Test the passphrase for the given slot without unlocking the device

• -o PARAMS : Pass arbitrary parameters to cryptsetup; quote parameters as necessary

Releases

5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. Arch

From clevis 22-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.