This topic describes how to encrypt a data disk. After you enable encryption for a data disk, both data in transit and data at rest on the disk are encrypted.
Encrypt a data disk while you are creating an instance
Encrypt a data disk while you are creating the disk
Change the encryption state
After a data disk is created, you cannot directly its encryption state. You can perform
the operations described in the following table to change the encryption state of
data.
State change | Operation | Windows Server | Linux |
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From unencrypted to encrypted |
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Run the robocopy command on the command line. | Run the rsync shell command. |
From encrypted to unencrypted |
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