generate public private key pair (RSA RS256) for use with koa-jwt jasonwebtoken etc.

jwtRS256.sh

# generate private key
openssl genrsa -out private.pem 2048
# extatract public key from it
openssl rsa -in private.pem -pubout > public.pem

testkeys.js

const jwt2 = require('jsonwebtoken');
const fs = require("fs")
const public_key = fs.readFileSync('public.pem');
const private_key = fs.readFileSync('private.pem');

var token=jwt2.sign({"user":"me"},private_key, { algorithm: 'RS256'})
var res = jwt2.verify(token, public_key, { algorithm: 'RS256'})
console.log(res)

my version

#!/bin/bash

SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname $0)

echo -e '\n# GENERATING PRIVATE KEY'
openssl genrsa -out $SCRIPT_PATH/private.pem 4096

echo -e '\n# EXTATRACTING PUBLIC KEY FROM IT'
openssl rsa -in private.pem -pubout >$SCRIPT_PATH/public.pem

echo -e '\n# MOVING KEYS TO APPLICATION DIRECTORY'
mv $SCRIPT_PATH/{private,public}.pem $SCRIPT_PATH/../.
ls -l $SCRIPT_PATH/../{private,public}.pem