(Go) Generate RSA Key and return Base64 PKCS8 Private Key

Demonstrates how to generate a new 2048-bit RSA private key and returns the Base64 encoded PKCS8 representation of the private key.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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    success := false

    rsa := Rsa_Ref.html">chilkat.NewRsa()

    // Generate a 2048-bit key.  Chilkat RSA supports
    // key sizes ranging from 512 bits to 8192 bits.
    privKey := PrivateKey_Ref.html">chilkat.NewPrivateKey()
    success = rsa.GenKey(2048,privKey)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(rsa.LastErrorText())
        rsa.DisposeRsa()
        privKey.DisposePrivateKey()
        return
    }

    // Get the private key in PKCS8 Base64 format
    privKeyPkcs8Base64 := privKey.GetPkcs8ENC("base64")

    // The key in base64 format will start similar to this:
    // MIIEvAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BA...
    fmt.Println(*privKeyPkcs8Base64)

    rsa.DisposeRsa()
    privKey.DisposePrivateKey()