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Assisted setup providers

These guides cover assisted disk encryption setup from fresh provider images. They are not the full Panocrypt-managed unlock compatibility boundary.

If a Linux system already uses LUKS, or you set up LUKS yourself on another provider or distro, you can usually bind an unused keyslot to Panocrypt with your distro’s cryptsetup, Clevis, and the standard Clevis tang pin. No Panocrypt host software is required for that path. Start with Bind an existing LUKS volume or Bind an existing encrypted root disk.

Use these guides when you want the Panocrypt setup helper to start from a fresh, unencrypted provider image, set up LUKS on the root disk, bind managed boot unlock, and verify encrypted boot. Setup starts through cloud-init, user-data, or a setup command depending on the provider.

ProviderFresh setup pathNoteGuide
Hetzner CloudCloud-init/user-dataHetzner guide
DigitalOceanUser-dataCentOS Stream requires an attached scratch volume.DigitalOcean guide
OVH Cloud VPSSetup command after clean VPS rebuildOVH guide
Oracle Cloud InfrastructureCloud-init/user-dataCurrent assisted setup list is Ubuntu only.Oracle Cloud guide

For the setup model before choosing a provider, read Assisted fresh-server setup.