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• Ensure that the release manager is (or will be able to work with) a Geode PMC member (needed at svn checkout step in prepare_rc).
• Ensure that the release manager has bulk modification permissions on Apache Geode JIRA.

To verify

1. 1. Go to : https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Dashboard.jspa→ login → Issues → Search for Issues → select Geode in the Project list
   2. After logging in, on the top right side of the page click on Tools → Bulk Change → Current Page
   3. Select any ticket and click Next
   4. The Transition Issue option should not be blocked as N/A. If it is not blocked means that you have bulk operation permission.
   5. If you don't have permissions, send a mail requesting permission to dev@geode.apache.org.

• Ensure that the release manager has permission to modify the wiki for the release docs : Release Notes

• Ensure that the release manager has Docker Hub credentials with permission to upload Apache Geode to Docker Hub. To get permissions follow the steps below

1. 1. If you don't have a docker hub account create one at https://hub.docker.com/
   2. After creating the docker hub ID, send an email to dev@geode.apache.org requesting access to upload Apache Geode artifacts to Docker Hub mentioning your docker id.

• Ensure that the release manager has a valid pgp key.  Make sure to keep your gpg passphrase in a safe place (you will need it again later).  The email address associated with your gpg key must be your apache email address. 

1. 1. For MacOS use https://gpgtools.org/
   2. For Ubuntu https://askubuntu.com/questions/100281/how-do-i-make-a-pgp-key
   3. Ensure that the public key is published and uploaded to servers.
   4. Ask a fellow committer to co-sign the keys. This ensures that the keys are available on public servers. It takes awhile for the key uploads to mirrors. This must happen before a key can be co-signed. 
   5. If you are using GPG Tools >= 2.1, export your secret key to a file to be used by Gradle. You can export it with `gpg --export-secret-keys >~/.gnupg/secring.gpg`

• Add the release manager's public key block to the KEYS file in develop branch, if they are not already present in it.

1. 1. On MacOS : (More information available at https://www.apache.org/dev/release-signing.html#basic-facts)

      Code Block
      language bash title On MacOS terminal
      (gpg --list-sigs <your name> && gpg --armor --export <your name>) >> keys.log

      
      

   2. Take the contents of keys.log and append it to KEYS file in the develop branch of Apache Geode. Commit and push to origin.
   3. Also, add the key fingerprint to https://id.apache.org under OpenPGP Public Key Primary Fingerprint. The fingerprint can be found in the GPG Keychain in MacOS or the second line of the command executed in step a.
   4. Also upload your public key into keyserver
      1. http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371
      2. http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371

      3. gpg --send-keys 8_digit_fingerprint
         gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --send-keys 8_digit_fingerprint
         gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --send-keys 8_digit_fingerprint

   5. Sample key block which needs to be appended to the KEYS file in develop:

      No Format

      pub rsa4096 2018-01-04 [SC] [expires: 2022-01-04] CE6CD0A89480B1B9FCB98699274C66710770C135 uid [ultimate] Nabarun Nag <nag@cs.wisc.edu> sig 3 274C66710770C135 2018-01-04 Nabarun Nag <nag@cs.wisc.edu> sig 3 C8D3705F9DBE2177 2018-02-26 Jason Huynh <jasonhuynh@apache.org> sub rsa4096 2018-01-04 [E] [expires: 2022-01-04] sig 274C66710770C135 2018-01-04 Nabarun Nag <nag@cs.wisc.edu> -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- mQINBFpOogwBEADlT2Ue6XDFHqbM/LbZXhHMw4rcT4ifuBGyibbUbhLWGimav5tI buGRxOViV2q5FNIEYK6Gyfr1kKTlBxCZxkmbNj5lyqgBM7HfL0sTQ2kGd9IE7rPz KQ65yzUdKd4Aacm9Zlfja6pV6vYbMBdd4gcGFfsobh4yD0dZFXBlkEiqKV89PhxG h9PaBFN6FfDYTaUwir2MveV54N5ynPKcVt9Ler5v6wo/1Mr+bxoZ5dy15UMqxgHT YfRDGmLvCPjI0Aabc86bzgi8FJ8QdW1/oBLH/fjDardQOSgGCI7Smz4F52LGXb7Z . . . Y79TWNoe0dBLf6B8dmX+aqfWhziCz2Ijy8lF8sfQl2DalG+YpBkBBsNs8j/6lpHr Fgh2AddGmNuaP+tMFGCtdeHujkSbx7b1UOkxgLTS7nsRM0l6QN4czTNYcaUFgVU4 Ig== =VFqr -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----