apt-key – Tarik Billa

How can I manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d with ansible playbook since apt-key is deprecated?

April 6, 2024 by Tarik

In short, you need to put the GPG key with the correct extension into a separate directory that is not searched by default, and point your repository configuration at that specific file. For more info on why you need a separate directory, see this answer to “Warning: apt-key is deprecated. Manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d … Read more

Warning: apt-key is deprecated. Manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d instead

February 24, 2023 by Tarik

Adding a key to /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d is insecure because it adds the key for all repositories. This is exactly why apt-key had to be deprecated. Short version Do similar to what Signal does. If you want to use the key at https://example.com/EXAMPLE.gpg for a repository listed in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/EXAMPLE.list, use: sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings/ wget -O- https://example.com/EXAMPLE.gpg … Read more