GPG

GPG

Manage private-public key pairs, associated to users, and perform cryptographic operations.

Common Operations

  • Generate a key pair.

    gpg --full-generate-key
  • Export public key.

    gpg --export --armor [email] > key.pub
  • Export private/secret key.

    gpg --export-secret-keys --armor [email] > key
  • Import (public/secret) keys.

    gpg --import [keyfile]

    Importing the secret key will also import the public key.

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