Error while using Generate JWT policy in Apigee by using RS256 algorithm

[ApigeeUser777]

Hello ,

@Dino-at-Google

I am trying to generate a JWT token using Apigee Generate JWT policy with RSA256 algorithm and getting the following error

jwt.Generate-JWT-1.error	cannot instantiate private key

I am able to generate and verify a JWT using HS256. I saw in the community that people faced the same issue and no one has generated a JWT with RS256. Is this issue solved or I am I missing something?

FYI we are on private cloud version 4.18.1, is the fix applied to this version?

Please let me know, if I am missing something.

Thanks in advance for your time.

[ApigeeUser777 · Accepted solution]

@Dino Sorry for late response, we found why it is failing.

we were generating the private key using following command,

"openssl genrsa -out private-encrypted-rsa-des.pem 2048" -This doesn't show the algorithm in private key.

pic.1

But when we use the following command,

"openssl genrsa -des3 -out private-encrypted-rsa-des3.pem 2048" -This show's the algorithm in private key.

pic.2

By using the private key(in pic.2) we were able to successfully generate & validate the JWT token.