Pkeygen -

{ "params": [ { "type": "EDDSA", "curve": "Ed25519" } ], "userid": "DevOps Bot <ci@example.com>" } Then run:

The key takeaway: pkeygen is for automation, CI/CD pipelines, and anyone who hates answering “Real name:” and “Email:” a hundred times. GnuPG does have a batch mode, but its configuration syntax is arcane. Compare this: pkeygen

pkeygen --config key-config.json --output public-key.gpg --public You’ll get a binary OpenPGP keyring. Convert it to ASCII armor if needed: { "params": [ { "type": "EDDSA", "curve": "Ed25519"

rnpkeys --export --armor --output my-pubkey.asc The real power of pkeygen is defining multiple subkeys for different purposes (authentication, encryption, signing). Here’s a production-ready config: { "params": [ { "type": "EDDSA"

%echo Generating a default key Key-Type: RSA Key-Length: 3072 Subkey-Type: RSA Subkey-Length: 3072 Name-Real: Joe Tester Name-Comment: Automation Name-Email: joe@example.com Expire-Date: 0 %commit