Cannot install rvm. gpg key install fails. Server receive failed

[rithvik1705]

Cannot install rvm gpg key.

Error pops up 'keyserver receive failed.No keyserver available'

Steps to reproduce

1. open terminal
2. paste gpg install key

[x-yuri]

Is it just me, or my comment was deleted...

Anyways, keys.gnupg.net is a pool of servers:

$ dig +noall +answer keys.gnupg.net
keys.gnupg.net.         59897   IN      CNAME   hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net.
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net. 1381 IN   A       51.15.53.138
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net. 1381 IN   A       18.191.65.131
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net. 1381 IN   A       176.9.147.41
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net. 1381 IN   A       18.9.60.141
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net. 1381 IN   A       37.191.226.104
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net. 1381 IN   A       193.164.133.100
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net. 1381 IN   A       216.66.15.2

Not all of them work. And even not all of them work all the time. See for yourself:

while true; do
    for ip in $(dig +noall +answer keys.gnupg.net | tail +2 | awk '{print $NF}'); do
        gpg --delete-keys --yes --batch 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 &> /dev/null
        gpg --keyserver hkp://"$ip" --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 2>&1 \
            && echo "+$ip"
            || echo "-$ip"
        sleep 1
    done
done

[hermanomark]

I have the same problem, any update on this?

[x-yuri]

@hermanomark Does it fail under vagrant? Try the CNAME: hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net.

[hermanomark]

@x-yuri nevermind. I managed to fix the issue I followed this source: #4215

I'm using it on windows 10 though so its futile lol mingw is not supported by rvm

[sammcj]

Note: #4215 (comment)

[pkuczynski]

We just released a new version 1.29.7 fixing this issue.

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