How to set TAURI_PRIVATE_KEY

[DrAugus]

Error running CLI: A public key has been found, but no private key. Make sure to set TAURI_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable.

[FabianLars]

https://tauri.app/v1/guides/distribution/updater#signing-updates

When you generated your keys you should've received 2 keys, a public one and a private one. You need to set a TAURI_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable with the contents of the private key.

[johnson033]

I have a .env file but with TAURI_PRIVATE_KEY="key is here" in the root of my project but it is not working... Any ideas?
Im getting the same error mentioned above

[FabianLars]

.env files are not picked up. We're talking about the actual system/terminal environment.

[boan-anbo]

For example, if you use Windows, check out https://phoenixnap.com/kb/windows-set-environment-variable

If you use mac, https://phoenixnap.com/kb/set-environment-variable-mac

Also, on Mac, if you are building Tauri using sudo, you will need to use sudo -E in order to expose environment variables.

Note the environment variable can be terminal dependent, e.g. CMD & Powershell might not share certain environment variables. So make sure the terminal where you run Tauri build has this environment variable. You can check with commands like echo $ENV to see if the variable is already set.

[guido-visser]

For anyone reading this, if you have added the keys (both TAURI_PRIVATE_KEY and TAURI_KEY_PASSWORD) to your environment and it keeps saying they're not there, restart your PC. That worked for me :)