# DID Controller Keypair

Create a new DID controller keypair using openssl. In this example, we use Ed25519, but other algorithms are also supported (see specification).

{% hint style="info" %}
Make sure you have openssl & GNU coreutils installed and avalible on command line (e.g. `brew install coreutils` on macOS)
{% endhint %}

```bash
openssl genpkey -algorithm ed25519 -outform DER >privkey
openssl pkey -in privkey -pubout -out pubkey -inform DER -outform DER
```

This creates two files, `pubkey` and `privkey`.

Depending on the method, the public key is encoded in either

* Base64 URL (`base64url`)
* Base58 (`base58`)

### FAQ

#### How do I install `base58` app (on macOS).

There are two ways to install it. If one app doesn't work, try the other one.

```bash
# using howbrew
brew install base58
# using cargo (requires rust tooling to be installed)
cargo install bs58-cli
## hint latter works best by symlinking: ln -s source_path target_in_path/base58
```

#### How to install & use `openssl 3` (on macOS).

Some newer features are only available in the latest version of openssl, version 3. To install it

```bash
brew install openssl@3
```

It is not automatically added to the path as macOS uses LibreSSL. Therefore you can use the absolute path.

```
/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3/bin/openssl
```


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