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Ansible: adding custom apt repository with ‘signed-by’ gpg key


Categories: Automation

The centralized system keyring for apt was deprecated starting in Ubuntu 21, and is being replaced with an explicit path to the local gpg key in the ‘signed-by’ attribute. I have written more extensive articles on this subject [here,here], but from an Ansible perspective, this means ensuring the gpg key is downloaded to ‘/usr/share/keyrings’ with … Ansible: adding custom apt repository with ‘signed-by’ gpg key

Ubuntu: fix apt warning for Dropbox with key in legacy keyring


Categories: Linux

If you have Dropbox installed on your Linux desktop and have recently started seeing this warning message from apt: http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu/dists/disco/Release.gpg: Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), see the DEPRECATION section in apt-key(8) for details This can be resolved by adding the Dropbox PGP key to the ‘signed-by’ of the apt repo definition (as … Ubuntu: fix apt warning for Dropbox with key in legacy keyring