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How to generate JWT RS256 key
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -m PEM -f jwtRS256.key
# Don't add passphrase
openssl rsa -in jwtRS256.key -pubout -outform PEM -out jwtRS256.key.pub
cat jwtRS256.key
cat jwtRS256.key.pub
@hatunaa
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hatunaa commented Sep 26, 2021

thank you :))

@GersomR-afk
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ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -m PEM -f jwtRS256.key

thanks so much!!

@KenjiFukudome
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Thank you so much!

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -m PEM -f jwtRS256.key
# Don't add passphrase
openssl rsa -in jwtRS256.key -pubout -outform PEM -out jwtRS256.key.pub
cat jwtRS256.key
cat jwtRS256.key.pub

@adamwdennis
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Worked for me! Thank you 🙏

@Ezriral
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Ezriral commented Dec 3, 2021

@David5050
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Thank you

@yantoiswanto
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Thanks you

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mludi commented Feb 23, 2022

Thanks! :)

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rvirani1 commented Mar 1, 2022

Thanks so much!

@vizvasrj
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Thanks

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Bumsque commented Jun 16, 2022

Thanks

@navghanzed
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thanks

@ritavdasthou
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Thanks a lot !

@HansKim6
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thanks

@TWebSrDev
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I cannot believe the amount of time and frustration it took to FINALLY stumble upon this amazing post, and the equally amazing comments that provided additional clarity. IMO, while fully acknowledging that the actual generation of public/private keys using openssl/ssh-keygen is beyond scope for node-jsonwebtoken docs, still, it would be a great service to their user base, to if not actually include the few lines required to properly create compatible public/private keys, to at least maybe add references/links to CLEAR, helpful resources LIKE THIS!
Thanks ALOT to the OP, and everyone who contributed!

@MJENDIDS
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MJENDIDS commented Dec 5, 2022

T. H. A. N. K. S. 🙏

@canhlinh
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canhlinh commented Dec 7, 2022

Use this command to convert the keys to one line string

awk 'NF {sub(/\r/, ""); printf "%s\\n",$0;}'  jwtRS256.key
awk 'NF {sub(/\r/, ""); printf "%s\\n",$0;}'  jwtRS256.key.pub

@XDanny322
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Thank you indeed!

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jdboris commented Feb 16, 2023

Thanks

@tgirotto
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tgirotto commented Mar 7, 2023

thanks

@itaow
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itaow commented Mar 9, 2023

Thanks!

@Jehovanie
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I think this link resolve also this problem.
https://symfony.com/bundles/LexikJWTAuthenticationBundle/current/index.html
thank you.

@francesco-plt
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Thanks! What if I need to use the private key associated to a Metamask wallet to sign? Can I do it by manipulating the key or do I need another type of key altogether?

@meltingrock
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Thanks

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nikelborm commented Apr 22, 2023

Thanks!
BTW @ygotthilf you can add -N '' to ssh keygen and it will not even ask for passphrase

@xiaoyuze88
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awesome!!! Thx

@mtwsec
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mtwsec commented Jun 13, 2023

Thanks! Nice and easy!

@ziyaDev
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ziyaDev commented Jun 22, 2023

Awesome, thank youuu

@gokhan-uysal
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many thanks

@Aaron2963
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save my day, thanks

@NNHungLong
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Thanks

@AColocho
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Now, it doesn't work because newer version of ssh-keygen no longer uses PEM format as default key format. It have changed to RFC4716 for default key format. Thus, I have to set PEM format explicitly :

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -m PEM -f jwtRS256.key

This will work 👍

In case anyone is getting an error from openssl, try this.

@solairerove
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many thanks

@iamanikeev
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thank you good sir!

@muhammadfazeel1
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Thanks :)

@honne23
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honne23 commented Jan 31, 2024

nice

@mthienpont
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oh hell yeah

@farzadafi
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concise and useful :)

@peterDitrih
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thx

@IHsuanLu
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thanks!

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bmewj commented Mar 24, 2024

Thanks

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