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<h1 style='display: inline' id='f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd---part-6-storage'>f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage</h1><br />
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<span class='quote'>Published at 2025-04-04T23:21:01+03:00</span><br />
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<span>This is the sixth blog post about the f3s series for self-hosting demands in a home lab. f3s? The "f" stands for FreeBSD, and the "3s" stands for k3s, the Kubernetes distribution used on FreeBSD-based physical machines.</span><br />
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<a class='textlink' href='./2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.html'>2024-11-17 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 1: Setting the stage</a><br />
<a class='textlink' href='./2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.html'>2024-12-03 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 2: Hardware and base installation</a><br />
<a class='textlink' href='./2025-02-01-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-3.html'>2025-02-01 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 3: Protecting from power cuts</a><br />
<a class='textlink' href='./2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.html'>2025-04-05 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 4: Rocky Linux Bhyve VMs</a><br />
<a class='textlink' href='./2025-05-11-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-5.html'>2025-05-11 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 5: WireGuard mesh network</a><br />
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<h2 style='display: inline' id='table-of-contents'>Table of Contents</h2><br />
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<ul>
<li><a href='#f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd---part-6-storage'>f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage</a></li>
<li>⇢ <a href='#introduction'>Introduction</a></li>
<li>⇢ <a href='#zfs-encryption-keys'>ZFS encryption keys</a></li>
<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#ufs-on-usb-keys'>UFS on USB keys</a></li>
<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#generating-encryption-keys'>Generating encryption keys</a></li>
<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#configuring-zdata-zfs-pool-and-encryption'>Configuring <span class='inlinecode'>zdata</span> ZFS pool and encryption</a></li>
<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#migrating-bhyve-vms-to-encrypted-bhyve-zfs-volume'>Migrating Bhyve VMs to encrypted <span class='inlinecode'>bhyve</span> ZFS volume</a></li>
<li>⇢ <a href='#carp'>CARP</a></li>
<li>⇢ <a href='#zfs-replication-with-zrepl'>ZFS Replication with zrepl</a></li>
<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#installing-zrepl'>Installing zrepl</a></li>
<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#checking-zfs-pools'>Checking ZFS pools</a></li>
<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#configuring-zrepl-with-wireguard-tunnel'>Configuring zrepl with WireGuard tunnel</a></li>
<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#configuring-zrepl-on-f0-source'>Configuring zrepl on f0 (source)</a></li>
<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#configuring-zrepl-on-f1-sink'>Configuring zrepl on f1 (sink)</a></li>
<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#enabling-and-starting-zrepl-services'>Enabling and starting zrepl services</a></li>
<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#verifying-replication'>Verifying replication</a></li>
<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#monitoring-replication'>Monitoring replication</a></li>
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<h2 style='display: inline' id='introduction'>Introduction</h2><br />
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<span>In this blog post, we are going to extend the Beelinks with some additional storage.</span><br />
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<span>Some photos here, describe why there are 2 different models of SSD drives (replication etc)</span><br />
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<h2 style='display: inline' id='zfs-encryption-keys'>ZFS encryption keys</h2><br />
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<h3 style='display: inline' id='ufs-on-usb-keys'>UFS on USB keys</h3><br />
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<pre>
paul@f0:/ % doas camcontrol devlist
<512GB SSD D910R170> at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,ada0)
<Samsung SSD 870 EVO 1TB SVT03B6Q> at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (pass1,ada1)
<Generic Flash Disk 8.07> at scbus2 target 0 lun 0 (da0,pass2)
paul@f0:/ %
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paul@f1:/ % doas camcontrol devlist
<512GB SSD D910R170> at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,ada0)
<CT1000BX500SSD1 M6CR072> at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (pass1,ada1)
<Generic Flash Disk 8.07> at scbus2 target 0 lun 0 (da0,pass2)
paul@f1:/ %
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<pre>paul@f0:/ % doas newfs /dev/da<font color="#000000">0</font>
/dev/da<font color="#000000">0</font>: <font color="#000000">15000</font>.0MB (<font color="#000000">30720000</font> sectors) block size <font color="#000000">32768</font>, fragment size <font color="#000000">4096</font>
using <font color="#000000">24</font> cylinder groups of <font color="#000000">625</font>.22MB, <font color="#000000">20007</font> blks, <font color="#000000">80128</font> inodes.
with soft updates
super-block backups (<b><u><font color="#000000">for</font></u></b> fsck_ffs -b <i><font color="silver">#) at:</font></i>
<font color="#000000">192</font>, <font color="#000000">1280640</font>, <font color="#000000">2561088</font>, <font color="#000000">3841536</font>, <font color="#000000">5121984</font>, <font color="#000000">6402432</font>, <font color="#000000">7682880</font>, <font color="#000000">8963328</font>, <font color="#000000">10243776</font>,
<font color="#000000">11524224</font>, <font color="#000000">12804672</font>, <font color="#000000">14085120</font>, <font color="#000000">15365568</font>, <font color="#000000">16646016</font>, <font color="#000000">17926464</font>, <font color="#000000">19206912</font>,k <font color="#000000">20487360</font>,
...
paul@f0:/ % echo <font color="#808080">'/dev/da0 /keys ufs rw 0 2'</font> | doas tee -a /etc/fstab
/dev/da<font color="#000000">0</font> /keys ufs rw <font color="#000000">0</font> <font color="#000000">2</font>
paul@f0:/ % doas mkdir /keys
paul@f0:/ % doas mount /keys
paul@f0:/ % df | grep keys
/dev/da<font color="#000000">0</font> <font color="#000000">14877596</font> <font color="#000000">8</font> <font color="#000000">13687384</font> <font color="#000000">0</font>% /keys
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<h3 style='display: inline' id='generating-encryption-keys'>Generating encryption keys</h3><br />
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<span>paul@f0:/keys % doas openssl rand -out /keys/f0.lan.buetow.org:bhyve.key 32</span><br />
<span>paul@f0:/keys % doas openssl rand -out /keys/f1.lan.buetow.org:bhyve.key 32</span><br />
<span>paul@f0:/keys % doas openssl rand -out /keys/f2.lan.buetow.org:bhyve.key 32</span><br />
<span>paul@f0:/keys % doas openssl rand -out /keys/f0.lan.buetow.org:zdata.key 32</span><br />
<span>paul@f0:/keys % doas openssl rand -out /keys/f1.lan.buetow.org:zdata.key 32</span><br />
<span>paul@f0:/keys % doas openssl rand -out /keys/f2.lan.buetow.org:zdata.key 32</span><br />
<span>paul@f0:/keys % doas chown root *</span><br />
<span>paul@f0:/keys % doas chmod 400 *</span><br />
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<span>paul@f0:/keys % ls -l</span><br />
<span>total 20</span><br />
<span>-r-------- 1 root wheel 32 May 25 13:07 f0.lan.buetow.org:bhyve.key</span><br />
<span>-r-------- 1 root wheel 32 May 25 13:07 f1.lan.buetow.org:bhyve.key</span><br />
<span>-r-------- 1 root wheel 32 May 25 13:07 f2.lan.buetow.org:bhyve.key</span><br />
<span>-r-------- 1 root wheel 32 May 25 13:07 f0.lan.buetow.org:zdata.key</span><br />
<span>-r-------- 1 root wheel 32 May 25 13:07 f1.lan.buetow.org:zdata.key</span><br />
<span>-r-------- 1 root wheel 32 May 25 13:07 f2.lan.buetow.org:zdata.key</span><br />
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<span>Copy those to all 3 nodes to /keys</span><br />
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<h3 style='display: inline' id='configuring-zdata-zfs-pool-and-encryption'>Configuring <span class='inlinecode'>zdata</span> ZFS pool and encryption</h3><br />
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<pre>paul@f0:/keys % doas zpool create -m /data zdata /dev/ada<font color="#000000">1</font>
paul@f0:/keys % doas zfs create -o encryption=on -o keyformat=raw -o keylocation=file:///keys/`hostname`:zdata.key zdata/enc
paul@f0:/ % zfs list | grep zdata
zdata 836K 899G 96K /data
zdata/enc 200K 899G 200K /data/enc
paul@f0:/keys % zfs get all zdata/enc | grep -E -i <font color="#808080">'(encryption|key)'</font>
zdata/enc encryption aes-<font color="#000000">256</font>-gcm -
zdata/enc keylocation file:///keys/f<font color="#000000">0</font>.lan.buetow.org:zdata.key <b><u><font color="#000000">local</font></u></b>
zdata/enc keyformat raw -
zdata/enc encryptionroot zdata/enc -
zdata/enc keystatus available -
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<h3 style='display: inline' id='migrating-bhyve-vms-to-encrypted-bhyve-zfs-volume'>Migrating Bhyve VMs to encrypted <span class='inlinecode'>bhyve</span> ZFS volume</h3><br />
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<span>Run on all 3 nodes</span><br />
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<pre>paul@f0:/keys % doas vm stop rocky
Sending ACPI shutdown to rocky
paul@f0:/keys % doas vm list
NAME DATASTORE LOADER CPU MEMORY VNC AUTO STATE
rocky default uefi <font color="#000000">4</font> 14G - Yes [<font color="#000000">1</font>] Stopped
paul@f0:/keys % doas zfs rename zroot/bhyve zroot/bhyve_old
paul@f0:/keys % doas zfs <b><u><font color="#000000">set</font></u></b> mountpoint=/mnt zroot/bhyve_old
paul@f0:/keys % doas zfs snapshot zroot/bhyve_old/rocky@hamburger
paul@f0:/keys % doas zfs create -o encryption=on -o keyformat=raw -o keylocation=file:///keys/`hostname`:bhyve.key zroot/bhyve
paul@f0:/keys % doas zfs <b><u><font color="#000000">set</font></u></b> mountpoint=/zroot/bhyve zroot/bhyve
paul@f0:/keys % doas zfs <b><u><font color="#000000">set</font></u></b> mountpoint=/zroot/bhyve/rocky zroot/bhyve/rocky
paul@f0:/keys % doas zfs send zroot/bhyve_old/rocky@hamburger | doas zfs recv zroot/bhyve/rocky
paul@f0:/keys % doas cp -Rp /mnt/.config /zroot/bhyve/
paul@f0:/keys % doas cp -Rp /mnt/.img /zroot/bhyve/
paul@f0:/keys % doas cp -Rp /mnt/.templates /zroot/bhyve/
paul@f0:/keys % doas cp -Rp /mnt/.iso /zroot/bhyve/
paul@f0:/keys % doas sysrc zfskeys_enable=YES
zfskeys_enable: -> YES
paul@f0:/keys % doas vm init
paul@f0:/keys % doas reboot
.
.
.
paul@f0:~ % doas vm list
paul@f0:~ % doas vm list
NAME DATASTORE LOADER CPU MEMORY VNC AUTO STATE
rocky default uefi <font color="#000000">4</font> 14G <font color="#000000">0.0</font>.<font color="#000000">0.0</font>:<font color="#000000">5900</font> Yes [<font color="#000000">1</font>] Running (<font color="#000000">2265</font>)
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<pre>paul@f0:~ % doas zfs destroy -R zroot/bhyve_old
paul@f0:~ % zfs get all zroot/bhyve | grep -E <font color="#808080">'(encryption|key)'</font>
zroot/bhyve encryption aes-<font color="#000000">256</font>-gcm -
zroot/bhyve keylocation file:///keys/f<font color="#000000">0</font>.lan.buetow.org:bhyve.key <b><u><font color="#000000">local</font></u></b>
zroot/bhyve keyformat raw -
zroot/bhyve encryptionroot zroot/bhyve -
zroot/bhyve keystatus available -
paul@f0:~ % zfs get all zroot/bhyve/rocky | grep -E <font color="#808080">'(encryption|key)'</font>
zroot/bhyve/rocky encryption aes-<font color="#000000">256</font>-gcm -
zroot/bhyve/rocky keylocation none default
zroot/bhyve/rocky keyformat raw -
zroot/bhyve/rocky encryptionroot zroot/bhyve -
zroot/bhyve/rocky keystatus available -
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<h2 style='display: inline' id='carp'>CARP</h2><br />
<br />
<span>adding to /etc/rc.conf on f0 and f1:</span><br />
<span>ifconfig_re0_alias0="inet vhid 1 pass testpass alias 192.168.1.138/32"</span><br />
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<span>adding to /etc/hosts:</span><br />
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<span>192.168.1.138 f3s-storage-ha f3s-storage-ha.lan f3s-storage-ha.lan.buetow.org</span><br />
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<span>Adding on f0 and f1:</span><br />
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<span>paul@f0:~ % cat <<END | doas tee -a /etc/devd.conf</span><br />
<span>notify 0 {</span><br />
<span> match "system" "CARP";</span><br />
<span> match "subsystem" "[0-9]+@[0-9a-z.]+";</span><br />
<span> match "type" "(MASTER|BACKUP)";</span><br />
<span> action "/usr/local/bin/carpcontrol.sh $subsystem $type";</span><br />
<span>};</span><br />
<span>END</span><br />
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<span>next, copied that script /usr/local/bin/carpcontrol.sh and adjusted the disk to storage</span><br />
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<span>/boot/loader.conf add carp_load="YES"</span><br />
<span>reboot or run doas kldload carp0 </span><br />
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<h2 style='display: inline' id='zfs-replication-with-zrepl'>ZFS Replication with zrepl</h2><br />
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<span>In this section, we'll set up automatic ZFS replication from f0 to f1 using zrepl. This ensures our data is replicated across nodes for redundancy.</span><br />
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<h3 style='display: inline' id='installing-zrepl'>Installing zrepl</h3><br />
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<span>First, install zrepl on both hosts:</span><br />
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<pre><i><font color="silver"># On f0</font></i>
paul@f0:~ % doas pkg install -y zrepl
<i><font color="silver"># On f1</font></i>
paul@f1:~ % doas pkg install -y zrepl
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<h3 style='display: inline' id='checking-zfs-pools'>Checking ZFS pools</h3><br />
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<span>Verify the pools and datasets on both hosts:</span><br />
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<pre><i><font color="silver"># On f0</font></i>
paul@f0:~ % doas zpool list
NAME SIZE ALLOC FREE CKPOINT EXPANDSZ FRAG CAP DEDUP HEALTH ALTROOT
zdata 928G <font color="#000000">1</font>.03M 928G - - <font color="#000000">0</font>% <font color="#000000">0</font>% <font color="#000000">1</font>.00x ONLINE -
zroot 472G <font color="#000000">26</font>.7G 445G - - <font color="#000000">0</font>% <font color="#000000">5</font>% <font color="#000000">1</font>.00x ONLINE -
paul@f0:~ % doas zfs list -r zdata/enc
NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
zdata/enc 200K 899G 200K /data/enc
<i><font color="silver"># On f1</font></i>
paul@f1:~ % doas zpool list
NAME SIZE ALLOC FREE CKPOINT EXPANDSZ FRAG CAP DEDUP HEALTH ALTROOT
zdata 928G 956K 928G - - <font color="#000000">0</font>% <font color="#000000">0</font>% <font color="#000000">1</font>.00x ONLINE -
zroot 472G <font color="#000000">11</font>.7G 460G - - <font color="#000000">0</font>% <font color="#000000">2</font>% <font color="#000000">1</font>.00x ONLINE -
paul@f1:~ % doas zfs list -r zdata/enc
NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
zdata/enc 200K 899G 200K /data/enc
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<h3 style='display: inline' id='configuring-zrepl-with-wireguard-tunnel'>Configuring zrepl with WireGuard tunnel</h3><br />
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<span>Since we have a WireGuard tunnel between f0 and f1, we'll use TCP transport over the secure tunnel instead of SSH. First, check the WireGuard IP addresses:</span><br />
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<pre><i><font color="silver"># Check WireGuard interface IPs</font></i>
paul@f0:~ % ifconfig wg0 | grep inet
inet <font color="#000000">192.168</font>.<font color="#000000">2.130</font> netmask <font color="#000000">0xffffff00</font>
paul@f1:~ % ifconfig wg0 | grep inet
inet <font color="#000000">192.168</font>.<font color="#000000">2.131</font> netmask <font color="#000000">0xffffff00</font>
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<h3 style='display: inline' id='configuring-zrepl-on-f0-source'>Configuring zrepl on f0 (source)</h3><br />
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<span>Create the zrepl configuration on f0:</span><br />
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<pre>paul@f0:~ % doas tee /usr/local/etc/zrepl/zrepl.yml <<<font color="#808080">'EOF'</font>
global:
logging:
- <b><u><font color="#000000">type</font></u></b>: stdout
level: info
format: human
<b><u><font color="#000000">jobs</font></u></b>:
- name: <font color="#808080">"f0_to_f1"</font>
<b><u><font color="#000000">type</font></u></b>: push
connect:
<b><u><font color="#000000">type</font></u></b>: tcp
address: <font color="#808080">"192.168.2.131:8888"</font>
filesystems: {
<font color="#808080">"zdata/enc"</font>: <b><u><font color="#000000">true</font></u></b>
}
send:
encrypted: <b><u><font color="#000000">true</font></u></b>
snapshotting:
<b><u><font color="#000000">type</font></u></b>: periodic
prefix: zrepl_
interval: 10m
pruning:
keep_sender:
- <b><u><font color="#000000">type</font></u></b>: last_n
count: <font color="#000000">10</font>
- <b><u><font color="#000000">type</font></u></b>: grid
grid: 1x1h(keep=all) | 24x1h | 7x1d | 4x7d | 6x30d
regex: <font color="#808080">"^zrepl_.*"</font>
keep_receiver:
- <b><u><font color="#000000">type</font></u></b>: grid
grid: 1x1h(keep=all) | 24x1h | 7x1d | 4x7d | 6x30d
regex: <font color="#808080">"^zrepl_.*"</font>
EOF
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<h3 style='display: inline' id='configuring-zrepl-on-f1-sink'>Configuring zrepl on f1 (sink)</h3><br />
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<span>Create the zrepl configuration on f1:</span><br />
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<pre>paul@f1:~ % doas tee /usr/local/etc/zrepl/zrepl.yml <<<font color="#808080">'EOF'</font>
global:
logging:
- <b><u><font color="#000000">type</font></u></b>: stdout
level: info
format: human
<b><u><font color="#000000">jobs</font></u></b>:
- name: <font color="#808080">"sink"</font>
<b><u><font color="#000000">type</font></u></b>: sink
serve:
<b><u><font color="#000000">type</font></u></b>: tcp
listen: <font color="#808080">"192.168.2.131:8888"</font>
clients:
<font color="#808080">"192.168.2.130"</font>: <font color="#808080">"f0"</font>
recv:
placeholder:
encryption: inherit
root_fs: <font color="#808080">"zdata/enc"</font>
EOF
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<h3 style='display: inline' id='enabling-and-starting-zrepl-services'>Enabling and starting zrepl services</h3><br />
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<span>Enable and start zrepl on both hosts:</span><br />
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<pre><i><font color="silver"># On f0</font></i>
paul@f0:~ % doas sysrc zrepl_enable=YES
zrepl_enable: -> YES
paul@f0:~ % doas service zrepl start
Starting zrepl.
<i><font color="silver"># On f1</font></i>
paul@f1:~ % doas sysrc zrepl_enable=YES
zrepl_enable: -> YES
paul@f1:~ % doas service zrepl start
Starting zrepl.
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<h3 style='display: inline' id='verifying-replication'>Verifying replication</h3><br />
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<span>Check the replication status:</span><br />
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<pre><i><font color="silver"># On f0, check zrepl status</font></i>
paul@f0:~ % doas zrepl status
<i><font color="silver"># Check for zrepl snapshots</font></i>
paul@f0:~ % doas zfs list -t snapshot -r zdata/enc | grep zrepl
<i><font color="silver"># On f1, verify the replicated datasets</font></i>
paul@f1:~ % doas zfs list -r zdata/enc
<i><font color="silver"># Check zrepl logs for any errors</font></i>
paul@f0:~ % doas tail -f /var/log/zrepl.log
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<h3 style='display: inline' id='monitoring-replication'>Monitoring replication</h3><br />
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<span>You can monitor the replication progress with:</span><br />
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<pre><i><font color="silver"># Real-time status</font></i>
paul@f0:~ % doas zrepl status --mode interactive
<i><font color="silver"># Check specific job details</font></i>
paul@f0:~ % doas zrepl status --job f0_to_f1
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<span>With this setup, zdata/enc on f0 will be automatically replicated to f1 every 10 minutes, with encrypted snapshots preserved on both sides. The pruning policy ensures that we keep recent snapshots while managing disk space efficiently.</span><br />
<br />
<span>ZFS auto scrubbing....~?</span><br />
<br />
<span>Backup of the keys on the key locations (all keys on all 3 USB keys)</span><br />
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