package main import ( "crypto/rand" "crypto/rsa" "crypto/x509" "encoding/pem" "io/ioutil" "os" ) func generateRsaKey(length int, file string) (*rsa.PrivateKey, error) { privateKey, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, length) if err != nil { return nil, err } pemKey := pem.Block{Type: "RSA PRIVATE KEY", Bytes: x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(privateKey)} certOut, err := os.Create(file) if err != nil { return nil, err } pem.Encode(certOut, &pemKey) certOut.Close() return privateKey, nil } func loadRsaKey(file string) (*rsa.PrivateKey, error) { keyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file) if err != nil { return nil, err } keyBlock, _ := pem.Decode(keyBytes) return x509.ParsePKCS1PrivateKey(keyBlock.Bytes) }