Generating a PGP Key

Owned by Daniel Rehner
Jan 22, 2016
1 min read

  1. If you don't already have GnuPG installed, you'll need to download and install it from: http://www.gnupg.org/download/

  2. Generate the PGP key pair:

    This is an interactive process and you will be prompted for several pieces of information. For most elements, the defaults are fine. You will need to provide: name, email, comment, and a passphrase.

    From the command line:

    gpg --gen-key

    GnuPG generates the PGP key pair (key pair: secret and public key).

  3. Securely store or share the PGP secret key with members of your team. 

    gpg --export-secret-keys > keyfile.sec

     

  4. Verify the key generation by listing the keys:

    gpg --list-keys

     

  5. Export the PGP public key by using the email address specified in the key generation:

    gpg --export -a [user@domain.com]

    This exports the PGP public key to the command line. You can now use the key in GradesFirst.

  6. Copy the entire content of the key from the command line including the ---- lines at the beginning and the end. Provide this information to your GradesFirst Client Success Manager, or enter it in the Data Exports configuration screen in the GradesFirst Admin interface.