Phoenix/Elixir: Generate Guardian secret_key with Jose

Phoenix/Elixir

Phoenix/Elixir: Generate Guardian secret_key with Jose

phoenix-logoWhile we will have to change this in our production setup, if we are just testing Guardian locally, we can generate a secret_key with this following command:

First ensure that we have added Guardian to the application by adding it to mix.exs

defp deps do
  [
    # ...
    {:guardian, "~> 0.13.0"}
    # ...
  ]
end

Run:

mix deps.get

Finally, we run

iex -S mix

From the iex console, do:


jwk = JOSE.JWK.generate_key({:ec, "P-521"}) |> JOSE.JWK.to_map |> elem(1)

Copy this struct into your Guardian config in config/config.exs. See Secret Key and <a target="_blank" rel=“nofollow” “https://hexdocs.pm/jose/key-generation.html">Jose Key Generation.