[SOLVED] Installing VeraCrypt to use in PVE Host

[gfngfn256]

I would like to be able to use an external USB HDD (previously encrypted with VeraCrypt) to use from the PVE Host cli to be able to copy files from my PVE host.
How would you go about a simple (& safe) VeraCrypt install, to enable this.

 

[BobhWasatch]

Is there a reason you can't just download the Debian 12 deb file and install it?

 

[gfngfn256]

Is there a reason you can't just download the Debian 12 deb file and install it?

Has anyone done this? I really don't like messing with my PVE host.
Anyone out there using VeraCrypt successfully on PVE, with attached drives (not host-system).

 

[BobhWasatch]

You could do something crazy like install Debian or PVE in a VM and try it out.

 

[HeatedSeats]

I have the first half of the situation you describe in play: External HDD's passed through to a both a Windows and Debian VM that can mount and access the encrypted disks.

I have them shared via SMB (from the Windows VM) after they mount so I can access them from my Desktop, not the CLI as you're asking, but that should be pretty easy if you mount the share on your host.

 

[gfngfn256]

You could do something crazy like install Debian or PVE in a VM and try it out.

Don't like messing with USB passthrough.

 

[gfngfn256]

Finally installed VeraCrypt, works perfectly.
I'll include my code used, as there was a small problem with dependencies, but the following worked.

wget https://launchpad.net/veracrypt/trunk/1.26.7/+download/veracrypt-console-1.26.7-Debian-12-amd64.deb

dpkg -i ./veracrypt-console-1.26.7-Debian-12-amd64.deb

apt --fix-broken install