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

Answer 1

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 ...-----)

Answer 2

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:

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

Hope it helps

Answer 3

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

1. Generate the keys

   gpg --gen-key
   

   Follow the defaults but enter your name and email and optionally a password.

2. List the keys.

   gpg --list-keys
   

   which should show something like this:

   pub   2038R/91E83BF2 2017-05-13
   uid                  Bob <name@example.com>
   sub   2038R/E3872671 2017-05-13
   

3. 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).

4. Export your public and private keys to a text file

   gpg -a --export name@example.com > public_key_sender.asc
   gpg -a --export-secret-key name@example.com > private_key_sender.asc
   

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

Answer 4

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