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title: "Encryption"
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permalink: /docs/encryption
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---
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It can be useful to manage confidential files, like SSH keys, across multiple
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systems. However, doing so would put plain text data into a Git repository,
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which often resides on a public system. yadm implements a feature which can
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make it easy to encrypt and decrypt a set of files so the encrypted version can
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be maintained in the Git repository. This feature will only work if the gpg
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command is available.
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_It is recommended that you use a private repository when keeping confidential
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files, even though they are encrypted._
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To use this feature, a list of patterns must be created and saved as
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`$HOME/.config/yadm/encrypt`. For example:
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.ssh/*.key
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The `yadm encrypt` command will find all files matching the patterns, and
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prompt for a password. Once a password has confirmed, the matching files will be
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encrypted and saved as `$HOME/.config/yadm/files.gpg`. The patterns and files.gpg
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should be added to the yadm repository so they are available across multiple
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systems.
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yadm add .config/yadm/encrypt
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yadm add .config/yadm/files.gpg
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To decrypt these files later, or on another system run `yadm decrypt` and
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provide the correct password.
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_By default, any decrypted files will have their "group" and "others"
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permissions removed._
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### Asymmetric Encryption
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Symmetric encryption is used by default, but asymmetric encryption may
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be enabled using the `yadm.gpg-recipient` configuration. To do so, run:
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yadm config yadm.gpg-recipient <recipient-address>
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For this to work, `<recipient-address>` must exist in your gpg keyrings.
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## transcrypt & git-crypt
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transcrypt & git-crypt are tools that enable transparent encryption and
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decryption of files in a Git repository. If installed, you can use either of
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these tools with your yadm repository.
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Simply use it normally, prefacing the `transcrypt` or `git-crypt` commands with
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`yadm`.
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Learn more about these tools here:
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* [transcrypt](https://github.com/elasticdog/transcrypt)
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* [git-crypt](https://github.com/AGWA/git-crypt)
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