Generate a GPG key for encryption purposes. As the GPG key passphrase must be placed in a backup script - I did not use my personal gpg key - but generated a new one for backup purposes. Details on generating gpg keys are found here Gnupg. To see available gpg keys: gpg --list-keys When running Duplicity on the command line (with no config file) - both the FTP password, and the GPG passphrase need