[#DSA_generate_key]
= DSA_generate_key
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Generate a DSA public/private key pair from parameters already in `a.`

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/dsa.h>`

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[[deprecated]]
int
DSA_generate_key(xref:DSA.adoc[DSA]* a);
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[WARNING]
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https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/deprecated[Deprecated^]. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.
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== Description

Deprecated; prefer EVP_PKEY_keygen_init() / EVP_PKEY_keygen() for DSA. The CSPRNG must be seeded; failure to seed or reseed causes this call to fail.

== Return Value

1 on success, or 0 on failure.

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *a*
| DSA object that already holds domain parameters; receives pub_key and priv_key.
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