One method is to have ssh running in the init ram image [1] Specific to Redhat is NBDE [2]. I've seen a few other distro specific methods. The lack of a com

One method is to have ssh running in the init ram image [1] Specific to Redhat is NBDE [2]. I've seen a few other distro specific methods. The lack of a common standard probably (and I am just guessing) revolves around the lack of standardization of ram images, kernel support of ram image decompression (what if we are out of memory) grub (grub2) and other distro specific nuances. [1] - https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2020-01-21-initramfs-from-scratch-golang/ https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2020-01-21-initramfs-fro... [2] - https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/easier-way-manage-disk-decryption-boot-red-hat-enterprise-linux-75-using-nbde https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/easier-way-manage-disk-decryp...