How to generate gpg signing keys in bintray for jcenter in windows

Question

I am unable to get GPG signing keys. Please any one tell me. Thanks How to generate gps signing keys in windows for jcenter

This tutorial was useful: https://inthecheesefactory.com/blog/how-to-upload-library-to-jcenter-maven-central-as-dependency/en — Suragch, May 13 '17 at 08:41

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 18 '17 at 06:48

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For Linux/Mac you can use gpg. I learned how to do this here. I needed to prefix the following commands with sudo.

Generate the keys
```
gpg --gen-key
```
Follow the defaults but enter your name and email and optionally a password.

List the keys.

gpg --list-keys

which should show something like this:

pub   2038R/91E83BF2 2017-05-13
uid                  Bob <[email protected]>
sub   2038R/E3872671 2017-05-13

Upload the public key to a keyserver
```
gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --send-keys PUBLIC_KEY_ID
```
replacing PUBLIC_KEY_ID with your id (91E83BF2 in the example above).

Export your public and private keys to a text file

gpg -a --export [email protected] > public_key_sender.asc
gpg -a --export-secret-key [email protected] > private_key_sender.asc

Copy the contents of these files to Bintray at Edit Profile > GPG signing.

answered Aug 18 '17 at 06:48

Suragch

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Also in console GPGsigning option is not there – Deep Patel Jun 05 '18 at 09:50
@DeepPatel, did you use `sudo`? – Suragch Jun 05 '18 at 13:06
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I got "no route to host" for `hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net` but was able to push to `hkp://ipv4.pool.sks-keyservers.net` – simbo1905 Jun 06 '18 at 19:59
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gpg -a --export [email protected] > public_key_sender.asc What does this command do? I didnt recieve anything on my mail. – niranjan kurambhatti Aug 11 '18 at 22:58
@niranjankurambhatti i am also facing same issue that there in no any issue when i run the step 4 command but i haven't receive anything in mail. have you got the solution? – Ninja Oct 25 '18 at 10:08
@Ninja This doesn't send an email. It just creates a file called ‛public_key_sender.asc‛. – Suragch Oct 26 '18 at 10:55
@Ninja You dont recieve any mail. I got my key on the command prompt itself. – niranjan kurambhatti Oct 26 '18 at 11:10
@niranjankurambhatti ok, i got the solution from [here](https://www.deepdotweb.com/2015/02/21/pgp-tutorial-for-windows-kleopatra-gpg4win/) but i just want to know that from where we can find that key in our system ? – Ninja Oct 26 '18 at 11:15
`gpg: keyserver send failed: Network is unreachable` – Dr.jacky Nov 21 '20 at 21:21
@Suragch I've followed the same steps to generate the key but, the public ID is not 8 characters. It's something like `09AF53E4FCF6163E85FE9391F09001AB408F78CA` – Dr.jacky Nov 21 '20 at 21:30
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@Dr.jacky, I don't recall why I wrote a short string for public id key in the examples above, but yes, replace it with the long one that you actually get. – Suragch Nov 22 '20 at 02:59

Dror Bereznitsky · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-22T10:54:03.453

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Windows users can generate GPG keys using GPG4Win.
There are many tutorials available, for example this one.

edited Nov 22 '20 at 10:54

answered Apr 27 '16 at 12:40

Dror Bereznitsky

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Please replace the second link. That website has been seized by the FBI. – Dr.jacky Nov 22 '20 at 10:48

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 11 '18 at 03:19

Here is a nice tutorial for gen gpg-key https://help.github.com/articles/generating-a-new-gpg-key/

Some note

-For Ubuntu 14.04 we need to use gpg --gen-key instead of gpg --full-generate-key https://askubuntu.com/questions/1019793/how-to-solve-gpg-invalid-option-full-generate-key.

-For gen private key

gpg --armor --export-secret-keys {sec_value}
eg: gpg --armor --export-secret-keys 3AA5C34371567BD2

-When copy public key or private key, remember copy ALL (including -----BEGIN ...----- and -----END ...-----)

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 18 '18 at 08:18

I found solution, I needed it configure gpg signing in bintray. If you not created gpg keys follow this tutorial: https://help.github.com/articles/generating-a-new-gpg-key/

After you created gpg keys if you do not know how to copy private key in armored form follow this steps on git bash:

list private keys: gpg --list-secret-keys
copy long string after(or below) [SC]
export armored private key: gpg --export-secret-keys --armor string you have copied > private_key.asc
open private_key.asc with some editor(i used sublime text), and copy your private key

Hope it helps

How to generate gpg signing keys in bintray for jcenter in windows

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