How to export public key of EC key pair?

Question

Hi

If you create an RSA key pair (e.g. via the Azure Web GUI), you can export the public key. This is required for most use cases (e.g. for encrypting or verifying signatures).

However, if you are using an EC key, this does not seem to be possible.

Do you have any idea what the reason for this is?

Thanks
Thomas

Answer 1

@Thomas Gusset Thank you for reaching out to us, As I understand you are looking for details on why public key of EC key pair cant be downloaded from the portal.

Discussed your ask with my team, here is the update I have - You don't see a download option on GUI is expected, EC keys aren't fully supported through GUI which means some operations are only available through other interfaces such as PSH/CLI. you may download the public key via CLI - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/keyvault/key?view=azure-cli-latest#az-keyvault-key-download

Let me know if you have any further questions, feel free to post back.

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