internal_howto_pgp_key

• HowTo manage PGP keys
  • Install PGP (windows)
  • Create and check the key
  • Publish the key

HowTo manage PGP keys

This page is more an internal howto, to remind of the step to manage the PGP keys.

It's an extract from https://central.sonatype.org/pages/working-with-pgp-signatures.html

Install PGP (windows)

For windows: https://www.gpg4win.org.

If non admin, the configuration stuff and the keys are stored in C:\Users\XXXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\gnupg

To work behing a proxy, add this line at the end of the gpg.conf file:

keyserver-options http-proxy=http://localhost:3128/

Create and check the key

gpg --gen-key

gpg --list-keys

Publish the key

gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --send-keys THE_DATA_OF_THE_KEY

THE_DATA_OF_THE_KEY is listed when using gpg --list-keys

As it seems it doesn't work, the easiest way to publish the key is to do it manually:

• Open the ASCCI file
• Paste it in this page
• Click on Submit the key, and it's done

On 2020, August the 23th, there seems to be a problem with pool.sks-keyservers.net. New PGP keys have been published on keyserver.ubuntu.com