Ruby Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Generate RSA Key and Export to Encrypted PEM

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_LANGUAGE_ sample showing how to generate an RSA key and export to encrypted PEM. Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

#  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
#  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

rsa = Chilkat::CkRsa.new()

#  Generate a 1024-bit key.  Chilkat RSA supports
#  key sizes ranging from 512 bits to 4096 bits.
privKey = Chilkat::CkPrivateKey.new()
success = rsa.GenKey(1024,privKey)
if (success == false)
    print rsa.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

strEncPem = privKey.getPkcs8EncryptedPem("myPassword")

#  You now have the private key in an encrypted format,
#  which may be (for example) saved to a database.

print strEncPem + "\n";