Creating Public/Private Keys

A key allows both the sender and the recipient of the message to understand how the message has been encrypted and assures them that nobody else knows how it has been encrypted. It is the key that enables the recipient to properly decode the message.

Adeptia Connect uses two keys:

• a public key to encrypt the message, and
• a private key to decrypt the message.

To secure information between two users, the sender encrypts the message using the public key of the receiver. The receiver then uses the private key to decrypt the message. 

Key Manager manages both keys. These keys are further used to apply encryption and decryption in Adeptia Connect activities.

Key Manager uses the following two types of key managers:

• PGP - This type of Key Manager contains two keys - a public key and private key. You can use this type of Key Manager in your data security activity for encryption and decryption of data.
• SSH - This type of Key Manager contains only one key type, that is, private key. You can use this type of Key manager if you want to communicate to an SFTP server.

Creating Public/Private Keys

1. Click Account > Security Settings.
   
   
   
   
2. On the Keystores & Certificates screen, click Public/Private Keys tab.
3. Click Import to create keys. 
   
   
   
   
4. On the Public/Private Keys window, provide the name and description of the key in the Name and Description text boxes respectively.
5. Select the Key Manager type. The available options are PGP and SSH.
   If you select PGP Key Manager type then do the following:
   1. Select the option from the Import. The available options are Key and Key Ring.
      
      Key: Contains only a single key.
      Key Ring: Contains multiple keys. If you select this option then Key Manager stores all the keys within the Key Ring.
      
      
   2. Select the type of key (in .asc format) from the Key Type drop-down list. The available options are Public and Private.
      
      Public: To encrypt the data.
      Private: To decrypt the encrypted data.
      
      
   3. Upload the key in the Key. Click Choose File and select the key.
   4. Click Save.
      
      
      
      
   If you select SSH Key Manager type then do the following:
   
   
   1. Select the type of key (in .asc format) from the Key Type drop-down list. The available options are Public and Private.
      
      Public: To encrypt the data.
      Private: To decrypt the encrypted data.
      
      
   2. Upload the key in the Key. Click Choose File and select the key.
   3. Type the password in the Private Key Password text box.
   4. Confirm the password in the Confirm Password text box.
   5. Click Save.
      
      
      
      
   This creates a key and is displayed on the Public/Private Keys screen.