# How To Create Key Pair

## Goal

Create a public and private key pair for signing transactions.

## Before you begin

* Install the currently supported version of `cleos`.
* Understand the following:
  * What is a [public](https://docs.cyberway.io/users/glossary#public-key) and [private](https://docs.cyberway.io/users/glossary#private-key) key pair.

## Steps

To output the key pair to the console

```bash
$ cleos create key --to-console
```

To save the key pair to file

```bash
$ cleos create key --file FILE_TO_SAVEKEY
```


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