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layout: docs
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page_title: 'Commands: operator keygen'
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description: >
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The `operator keygen` command generates an encryption key that can be used for
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Nomad server's gossip traffic encryption. The keygen command uses a
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cryptographically strong pseudo-random number generator to generate the key.
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---
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# Command: operator keygen
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The `operator keygen` command generates an encryption key that can be used for
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Nomad server's gossip traffic encryption. The keygen command uses a
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cryptographically strong pseudo-random number generator to generate the key.
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The resulting key is encoded in the [RFC4648] "URL and filename safe" base64
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alphabet. If you use another tool such as OpenSSL to generate the gossip key,
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you should pipe the input through the `base64(1)` command to ensure it is
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safely encoded. For example: `openssl rand 32 | base64`
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## Usage
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```plaintext
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nomad operator keygen
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```
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## Example
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```shell-session
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$ nomad operator keygen
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6RhfKFZ5uYEaU6RgWzx69ssLcpiIkvnEZs5KBOQxvxA=
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```
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[rfc4648]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648#section-5
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