#!/usr/bin/env bash # Export all GPG keys and revocation certificates to an encrypted backup # file, or decrypt and import them back from one. set -euo pipefail info() { printf '\033[1;34m==>\033[0m %s\n' "$*"; } warn() { printf '\033[1;33m==> warning:\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; } error() { printf '\033[1;31m==> error:\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; } die() { error "$*" exit 1 } WORKDIR="$(mktemp -d)" cleanup() { if [[ -d $WORKDIR ]]; then find "$WORKDIR" -type f -exec shred -u -z {} \; 2>/dev/null || true rm -rf "$WORKDIR" fi } trap cleanup EXIT usage() { echo "Usage: $0 " echo "" echo "Commands:" echo " export Export all GPG keys to an encrypted file" echo " import Decrypt and import keys from a backup file" exit 1 } do_export() { local outfile="$1" if [[ -e $outfile ]]; then die "Refusing to overwrite existing file: $outfile" fi info "Exporting public keys..." gpg --export --armor >"$WORKDIR/public-keys.asc" info "Exporting secret keys..." gpg --export-secret-keys --armor >"$WORKDIR/secret-keys.asc" info "Exporting secret subkeys (if any)..." gpg --export-secret-subkeys --armor >"$WORKDIR/secret-subkeys.asc" || true info "Exporting owner trust database..." gpg --export-ownertrust >"$WORKDIR/ownertrust.txt" info "Exporting revocation certificates..." mkdir -p "$WORKDIR/revocation-certs" if [[ -d "$HOME/.gnupg/openpgp-revocs.d" ]]; then cp "$HOME"/.gnupg/openpgp-revocs.d/*.rev "$WORKDIR/revocation-certs/" 2>/dev/null || true fi info "Bundling everything into a single archive..." tar -C "$WORKDIR" -cf "$WORKDIR/gpg-full-backup.tar" \ public-keys.asc \ secret-keys.asc \ secret-subkeys.asc \ ownertrust.txt \ revocation-certs info "Encrypting with GPG (AES256, SHA512, max S2K iteration count)..." echo " You will be prompted for a passphrase — use a strong one." gpg --symmetric \ --cipher-algo AES256 \ --digest-algo SHA512 \ --s2k-mode 3 \ --s2k-digest-algo SHA512 \ --s2k-count 65011712 \ --output "$outfile" \ "$WORKDIR/gpg-full-backup.tar" info "Verifying: attempting decryption to confirm it works..." if gpg --decrypt "$outfile" >"$WORKDIR/verify.tar" 2>/dev/null; then if cmp -s "$WORKDIR/gpg-full-backup.tar" "$WORKDIR/verify.tar"; then info "Verification succeeded: backup decrypts correctly." else die "Decrypted content does not match original. Investigate before trusting this backup." fi else die "Decryption test failed." fi echo info "Done." echo " Encrypted backup: $outfile" echo " Store this file somewhere safe (offline media, encrypted drive)." echo " The S2K iteration count only helps if your passphrase itself" echo " has real entropy (e.g. a long diceware passphrase)." } do_import() { local infile="$1" if [[ ! -f $infile ]]; then die "File not found: $infile" fi info "Decrypting $infile ..." echo " You will be prompted for the backup's passphrase." echo " Note: this may take a while due to the high S2K iteration count." gpg --decrypt "$infile" >"$WORKDIR/gpg-full-backup.tar" info "Extracting archive..." tar -C "$WORKDIR" -xf "$WORKDIR/gpg-full-backup.tar" info "Importing public keys..." gpg --import "$WORKDIR/public-keys.asc" info "Importing secret keys..." gpg --import "$WORKDIR/secret-keys.asc" if [[ -s "$WORKDIR/secret-subkeys.asc" ]]; then info "Importing secret subkeys..." gpg --import "$WORKDIR/secret-subkeys.asc" || true fi if [[ -f "$WORKDIR/ownertrust.txt" ]]; then info "Importing owner trust database..." gpg --import-ownertrust "$WORKDIR/ownertrust.txt" fi if [[ -d "$WORKDIR/revocation-certs" ]] && [[ -n "$(ls -A "$WORKDIR/revocation-certs" 2>/dev/null)" ]]; then info "Restoring revocation certificates..." mkdir -p "$HOME/.gnupg/openpgp-revocs.d" cp "$WORKDIR"/revocation-certs/*.rev "$HOME/.gnupg/openpgp-revocs.d/" 2>/dev/null || true fi echo info "Done. Keys imported into your GPG keyring." echo " Run 'gpg --list-secret-keys' to confirm." } # Main if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then usage fi command="$1" filename="$2" case "$command" in export) do_export "$filename" ;; import) do_import "$filename" ;; *) usage ;; esac