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Generate Json Web Signature policy generates a Json Web Signature with headers specified here and the payload sent along with the request.

Configuration

The properties that have to be configured to use the policy are described below.


Figure 1: Generate Json Web Signature configuration attributes

Property
Description

Secret Key

Where HS256 symmetric algorithm is chosen, Secret Key has to be provided. The minimum length of the string has to be 256 bit.

Time to Expire

Specify how long the token should be valid; token expires after those many seconds.

Headers

The Header table must have at least one Header bearing the name "alg". Click the Add button to add Header details.

Generating JWS
Symmetric algorithm

While using Symmetric Algorithms like HS256, use "alg" Identifier value as "HS256".

HS256

Asymmetric algorithm

While using Asymmetric algorithms like ES256 or RS256, providing two headers — "alg" and "kid" is mandatory.

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Please refer to the Key ID description in the Json Web Token policy section to know how to set the "kid" Header value and to input the Private JSON Web keys.

RS256

 

ES256

 

Example

Request

Response

Generates JWS and sets it in the context variable named "jws.signature".

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