A PowerShell script to make a 2048-bit RSA keypair. Saves the files in XML format in the user's document directory.

make-vc-keys.ps1

# Create a 2048-bit RSA Keypair in XML format
#
# @author Michael Johnson <[email protected]>
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$SavePath = "$env:USERPROFILE\Documents\VC-JWT-Keys"

If (Test-Path $SavePath) {
    Write-Error "It appears this has already been run. If you need to make a new keypair, delete or rename $SavePath" -Category ResourceExists
} Else {
    Write-Host "Creating a 2048-bit RSA Keypair"
    $rsa = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.RSACryptoServiceProvider -ArgumentList 2048

    # Make a directory for the keys
    Write-Host "Creating directory $SavePath for storing keys"
    New-Item $SavePath -ItemType directory | Out-Null

    Write-Host "Saving private and public keys as private-key.xml and public-key.xml"

    #Private Key
    $rsa.toXmlString($true) | Out-File $SavePath\private-key.xml

    #Public Key
    $rsa.ToXmlString($false) | Out-File $SavePath\public-key.xml
}