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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
@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!

@bmewj
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bmewj commented Mar 24, 2024

Thanks

@danwonghk01
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Thanks!! Amazing!

@vlack-coder
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let me contribute to the thanks
Thanks

@DoobyDouglas
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awesome

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Rock070 commented Aug 18, 2024

Thanks!

@jamerlan
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It was useful for me too! Thanks!

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