ipfs-key

A tool for easily generating ipfs keypairs

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Contribute
• License

Installation

You need go, gx and gx-go installed as a prerequisite. See http://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/ on how to install these.

$ go get -d github.com/whyrusleeping/ipfs-key
$ gx install

Usage

When run, it will write the bytes of the serialized private key to stdout. By default, a 2048 bit RSA key will be generated. In this case the key size can be changed by specifying the -bitsize option. The key type can be changed by specifying the -type option (rsa or ed25519).

$ ipfs-key -bitsize=4096 > my-rsa4096.key
$ ipfs-key -type=ed25519 > my-ed.key

Contribute

PRs accepted.

License

MIT Copyright (c) 2016 Jeromy Johnson