# Create a ZFS pool to be used as a Raspiblitz disk ## Documentation ``` man zpool create man zpool-features man zfsprops man zfs-load-key ``` ## Install ZFS * https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Getting%20Started/Debian/index.html#installation ``` # work as root sudo su - echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list echo "deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list echo "Package: src:zfs-linux" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/90_zfs echo "Pin: release n=bullseye-backports" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/90_zfs echo "Pin-Priority: 990" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/90_zfs apt update apt install -y dpkg-dev linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic # might need to reboot here if the headers are updated apt install -y zfs-dkms zfsutils-linux # test zpool status ``` ## Preparation ``` # create encryption key dd if=/dev/urandom of=/root/.zpoolraw.key bs=32 count=1 chmod 400 /root/.zpoolraw.key # list physical disks lsblk --scsi # get the IDS ls -la /dev/disk/by-id # Working with a four disk setup - need identical sizes in the mirrrors DISK1="/dev/disk/by-id/ata-name-and-id-of-disk1" DISK2="/dev/disk/by-id/ata-name-and-id-of-disk2" DISK3="/dev/disk/by-id/ata-name-and-id-of-disk3" DISK4="/dev/disk/by-id/ata-name-and-id-of-disk4" # Clear the partition table: sgdisk --zap-all $DISK1 sgdisk --zap-all $DISK2 sgdisk --zap-all $DISK1 sgdisk --zap-all $DISK2 # Clean a disk which was previously used with zfs: wipefs -a $DISK ``` ## Creata a pool * see for the basic options ``` man zpoolconcepts ``` ### Examples * edit the last line of the `zpool create` command * the pool is named `fourdiskpool` - can change this * for 4 disks - 2 pairs mirrored: ``` mirror $DISK1 $DISK3 mirror $DISK2 $DISK4 ``` * for 2 disks - 1 pair mirrored: ``` mirror $DISK1 $DISK2 ``` * for single data disk (can be extended to be a mirror later with `zpool attach`) ``` $DISK1 ``` ``` zpool create \ -o cachefile=/etc/zfs/zpool.cache \ -o ashift=12 -d \ -o feature@async_destroy=enabled \ -o feature@bookmarks=enabled \ -o feature@bookmark_v2=enabled \ -o feature@embedded_data=enabled \ -o feature@empty_bpobj=enabled \ -o feature@enabled_txg=enabled \ -o feature@encryption=enabled \ -o feature@extensible_dataset=enabled \ -o feature@filesystem_limits=enabled \ -o feature@hole_birth=enabled \ -o feature@large_blocks=enabled \ -o feature@livelist=enabled \ -o feature@lz4_compress=enabled \ -o feature@spacemap_histogram=enabled \ -o feature@zpool_checkpoint=enabled \ -O acltype=posixacl -O canmount=off -O compression=lz4 \ -O devices=off -O normalization=formD -O relatime=on -O xattr=sa \ -O encryption=on \ -O keyformat=raw -O keylocation=file:///root/.zpoolraw.key \ fourdiskpool \ mirror $DISK1 $DISK3 mirror $DISK2 $DISK4 # check zpool status zpool list ``` ### Mount to /mnt/hdd ``` # create a dataset named hdd (so it can be mounted as /mnt/hdd) zfs create fourdiskpool/hdd # mount a ZFS dataset to /mnt/hdd zfs set mountpoint=/mnt fourdiskpool zfs load-key -a zfs mount -la # check zfs list df -h # automount with cron cronjob="@reboot sudo /sbin/zfs load-key -a; sudo /sbin/zfs mount -la" ( crontab -u admin -l echo "$cronjob" ) | crontab -u admin - # list the active crontab for admin crontab -u admin -l ``` ## Attach a new disk to an existing pool * can create a single zfs disk to mirror or a two-way mirror to a three-way mirror ``` # choose the existing disk from: zpool status EXISTING_DISK= # choose the new disk id from: lsblk --scsi ls -la /dev/disk/by-id NEW_DISK=/dev/disk/by-id/ata- # attach the new disk zpool attach $EXISTING_DISK $NEW_DISK # check - shoudl start to resilver as the new disk is added zpool status ``` ## ZFS encryption key operations ``` # backup the key xxd /root/.zpoolraw.key 00000000: 30cc f221 94e1 7f01 cd54 d68c a1ba f124 0..!.....T.....$ 00000010: e1f3 1d45 d904 823c 77b7 1e18 fd93 1676 ...E... .zpoolraw_hex.txt </root/.zpoolraw.key chmod 0400 .zpoolraw.key srm .zpoolraw_hex.txt ``` ## temperature monitoring ``` sudo sudo apt install hddtemp nvme-cli sudo hddtemp /dev/sd? sudo nvme smart-log /dev/nvme0 | grep "^temperature" sudo nvme smart-log /dev/nvme1 | grep "^temperature" sudo smartctl -d auto -H /dev/nvme0 sudo smartctl -d auto -H /dev/nvme1 sudo smartctl -d auto -a /dev/nvme1 sudo smartctl -d auto -a /dev/nvme1 ``` ## import an existing ZFS pool * https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Getting%20Started/Debian/index.html ``` zpool import zpool import -a sudo /sbin/zfs load-key -a sudo /sbin/zfs mount -la # automount with cron cronjob="@reboot sudo /sbin/zfs load-key -a; sudo /sbin/zfs mount -la" ( crontab -u admin -l echo "$cronjob" ) | crontab -u admin - # list the active crontab for admin crontab -u admin -l ```