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page_title: "Commands: operator keygen"
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description: >
  The `operator keygen` command generates an encryption key that can be used for
  Nomad server's gossip traffic encryption. The keygen command uses a
  cryptographically strong pseudo-random number generator to generate the key.
---

# Command: operator keygen

The `operator keygen` command generates an encryption key that can be used for
Nomad server's gossip traffic encryption.  The keygen command uses a
cryptographically strong pseudo-random number generator to generate the key.

## Usage

```plaintext
nomad operator keygen
```

## Example

```shell
$ nomad operator keygen
YgZOXLMhC7TtZqeghMT8+w==
```