How to Generate a Public-Private Key Pair

This article describes how to generate a PGP keypair that you can use in GoodData SSO implementation (see Single Sign-On Overview).

To generate a new public-private key pair, use one of the following methods:

• A desktop application, for example: 
  • Mac OS: GPG Suite
  • Windows: GPG4Win (EXE)
• The gpg command line utility:

  1. Generate a new keypair:

     gpg --full-generate-key --openpgp
     

  2. Export the keypair to a file (use the same email address that you used for generating the key pair):

     gpg --export -a "email@address.com" > public.key
     

  3. Download the GoodData public PGP key.

  4. Import the GoodData public key to your keystore:

     gpg --import gooddata-sso.pub