JWT_PRIVATE_KEY NOT IN ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

[chirani]

JWT_PRIVATE_KEY NOT IN ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES.

Hello I am new to convex, and just wanted to try it, but I keep getting this error below.

• I added it to the .env and .env.local but the issue still persists.
• I am using Windows 10.
• Am I missing something?

error:

5/21/2025, 1:06:12 PM [CONVEX A(auth:signIn)] Uncaught Error: Uncaught Error: Missing environment variable `JWT_PRIVATE_KEY`   

[atrakh]

Hi @chirani,

To use Convex auth, you'll need to store your JWT_PRIVATE_KEY and JWKS in your deployment's environment variables page, not .env.

Instructions for generating the keys are here: https://labs.convex.dev/auth/setup/manual#configure-private-and-public-key

Let me know if you have any more questions / run into another issue!

[chirani]

Thank you @atrakh I appreciate the help.

[hughhan1]

To use Convex auth, you'll need to store your JWT_PRIVATE_KEY and JWKS in your deployment's environment variables page, not .env.

@atrakh, is there a way to dynamically set environment variables at deploy-time?

Originally, I had thought of using npx convex env set, but it seems that Convex deploy keys (via CONVEX_DEPLOY_KEY) don't provide the authorization to run npx convex env set.

Afterwards, I resorted to trying to do so by writing to an environment file, and then setting --env-file when running the deploy, but it seems that I was mistaken w.r.t. the behavior of this.

[hughhan1]

@atrakh, is there a way to dynamically set environment variables at deploy-time?

I added a feature request.