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Quickstart: Local Key Generation

Sample Code

Find the finalized code for this quickstart on GitHub

Clone the repo containing this quickstart to a local folder on a Linux, Mac or Windows platform.
Retrieve a token from the Qrypt Portal
(Optional) Create an environment variable QRYPT_TOKEN for it. For simplicity, the commands below will be referencing a QRYPT_TOKEN environment variable but you can also just use the token direclty in the commands below.
Download the Qrypt Security SDK for your platform.
Inside the cloned repo, create a lib folder
Extract the Qrypt Security SDK.
Remane the extracted folder to “QryptSecurity”
Move the new “QryptSecurity” folder into the lib folder

Expected Folder structure

KeyGenLocal
   /lib
       /QryptSecurity
           /bin (Windows)
           /include
           /lib
           /res (Windows)

Macos Security Warning

Mac users will need to allow use of the library in the Security & Privacy settings. This will be fixed in a future release.

Reference

To change to the KeyGenLocal folder:

cd KeyGenLocal

To make a (debug) build:

./build.sh --build_type=Debug

To find the build folder (if it built successfully):

For linux/mac

ls -d build

For windows

ls -d build/Debug/

To see more build options:

./build.sh --help

To change to the KeyGenLocal build folder:

For linux/mac

cd KeyGenLocal/build

for windows

cd KeyGenLocal/build/Debug

To create and dspaly the locally generated AES key:

./KeyGenLocal --token=${QRYPT_TOKEN}

If you open the folder KeyGenLocal In Visual Studio Code, you will find a debug setup for KeyGenLocal.