Command Line Interface (CLI) for Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Linux.

Updated on July 2, 2024 by Admin to BitLocker for Linux

Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Linux has a command line interface (CLI) for users to perform operations without actually launching the graphical user interface (GUI), it allows you to issue commands from the Terminal or through the use of scripts.

Notes: Please note that Command Line Interface (CLI) is not available in the Professional Edition, please contact us to purchase the edition that supports CLI.

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Tutorial to run command line interface (CLI) for BitLocker Anywhere For Linux.

Step 1. Open Terminal and switch to root user.

Step 2. Navigate to the folder where BitLockerAnywhereCmd is located by typing in:
cd /home/jason/bitlocker-anywhere/bin
Tips Tips: If you extracted the program in a different location, enter that location instead.

Step 3. Type "./BitLockerAnywhereCmd /?" for help, all the command and parameters of this tool will be listed as below:

Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere Command Line Tool [Version 9.3 (Build: Nov 23 2023)]
Copyright (C) 2023 Hasleo Software. All rights reserved.

/a <action> Specifies the action (activate/drives/encrypt/decrypt/lock/unlock) you want to perform.
activate: Activate the license key
drives: Lists drives
encrypt: encrypts the specified drive
decrypt: decrypts the specified drive
lock: lock the specified drive
unlock: unlock the specified drive
/? Produce a help message.

Options for 'activate' action:
/n <key> Specifies the license key.
/? Produce a help message.

Options for 'drives' action:
/? Produce a help message.

Options for 'encrypt' action:
/n <name> Specifies the name of the drive that you want to encrypt. You can perform
the 'drives' operation to view the name of all drives.
/p <password> Specifies the password used to encrypt the drive.
/u <used> (Optional) Specifies whether to encrypt the used disk space only, it
defaults to 0 if not provided.
0: No
1: Yes
/c <compatible> (Optional) Specifies whether to encrypt the drive using compatibility mode,
it defaults to 0 if not provided.
0: No
1: Yes
/s <strength> (Optional) Specifies whether to encrypt the drive using 256-bit encryption
strength, it defaults to 0 if not provided.
0: No
1: Yes
/r <recovery> (Optional) Specifies the path to save the BitLocker recovery key.
/i <silent> (Optional) Specifies the silent mode, it defaults to 0 if not provided.
0: Non-silent mode
1: Silent mode
/? Produce a help message.

Options for 'decrypt' action:
/n <name> Specifies the name of the drive that you want to decrypt. You can perform
the 'drives' operation to view the name of all drives.
/p <password> (Optional) Specifies the password used to decrypt the drive. You cannot
specify /p and /r at the same time.
/r <recovery> (Optional) Specifies the BitLocker recovery key used to decrypt the drive.
You cannot specify /p and /r at the same time.
/u <used> (Optional) Specifies whether to decrypt the used disk space only, it
defaults to 1 if not provided.
0: No
1: Yes
/i <silent> (Optional) Specifies the silent mode, it defaults to 0 if not provided.
0: Non-silent mode
1: Silent mode
/? Produce a help message.

Options for 'lock' action:
/n <name> Specifies the name of the drive that you want to lock. You can perform the
'drives' operation to view the name of all drives.
/s <silent> (Optional) Specifies the silent mode, it defaults to 0 if not provided.
0: Non-silent mode
1: Silent mode
/? Produce a help message.

Options for 'unlock' action:
/n <name> Specifies the name of the drive that you want to unlock. You can perform
the 'drives' operation to view the name of all drives.
/p <password> (Optional) Specifies the password used to unlock the drive. You cannot
specify /p and /r at the same time.
/r <recovery> (Optional) Specifies the BitLocker recovery key used to unlock the drive.
You cannot specify /p and /r at the same time.
/? Produce a help message.

Examples:
BitLockerAnywhereCmd /a drives
BitLockerAnywhereCmd /a encrypt /n /dev/sdb1 /p 12345678 /u 1 /c 1 /s 1 /r /home/jason/keys /i 1

Command line interface for BitLocker in Linux

 

As you can see from the above, you can use the command-line interface provided by the Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere to encrypt drives with BitLocker, decrypt, lock and unlock BitLocker encrypted drives from the Terminal or scripts in linux.

 

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