gpg: keyserver receive failed: No route to host stack overflow

Question

i'm trying to install fastlane for my ios app but when i'm trying to install RVM, i'm facing issues.

My command is gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113************* 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D69561*************

https://stackoverflow.com/a/31000710 This resolved my issue. — Ryan, Mar 11 '22 at 13:55

score 39 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 21 '19 at 07:16

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Please use

hkp://ipv4.pool.sks-keyservers.net

instead of

hkp://keys.gnupg.net

type this command

gpg --keyserver hkp://ipv4.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113************* 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D69561*************

answered Feb 21 '19 at 07:16

Mohit Tomar

4

Just to note, the official RVM documentation says to use `hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net` without the `ipv4` prepended to the URL in the first step of installing GPG keys. Adding the ipv4 here fixes the issue. – TheFreddyKilo Sep 18 '19 at 16:26

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 23 '21 at 10:37

TL;DR; The list of key servers is unstable and some of them are not pingeable at all. Here's a way of finding an available server

I've tried different key servers and got a

gpg: keyserver receive failed: No route to host or a gpg: keyserver receive failed: Operation timed out

You have to find a server that's up and running correctly

Run gpg-connect-agent --dirmngr 'keyserver --hosttable' to get the list of available servers
Run the gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C2………………6956105BD0E739499BDB and instead of hkp://pool.sks... try few of the servers URL

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