Generate RSA key pair and save to files — generate_rsa

This function generates an RSA key pair (public and private) and saves them to specified files.

Usage

generate_rsa_keys(path, ..., password = NULL, which = "public", prefix = NULL)

Arguments

path: A character string specifying the directory path where the key files in .pem format should be saved.
...: Additional arguments passed to the openssl::rsa_keygen() function, such as key size.
password: A character string specifying the password for the private key. If NULL, the private key will not be encrypted.
which: A character string specifying which key to return. Can be either "public" or "private". Default is "public".
prefix: A character string used as a prefix for the key file names. Defaults to NULL, which will result in no prefix.

Value

A character string representing the file path of the generated key (either public or private, based on the which argument).

Examples

# Generate both public and private RSA keys and save them to the temp directory
path_to <- tempdir()
generate_rsa_keys(path = path_to, password = "securepassword")
#> [1] "/tmp/Rtmp1zJQZO/public-key.pem"