authn generating a key pair openssl ecparam -name prime256v1 -genkey -noout -out priv-key.pem openssl ec -in priv-key.pem -pubout -out pub-key.pem openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -nocrypt -in priv-key.pem -out priv-key1.pem mv priv-key1.pem priv-key.pem