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```console
$ openssl rand -hex 32

09d25e094faa6ca2556c818166b7a9563b93f7099f6f0f4caa6cf63b88e8d3e7
```

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And copy the output to the variable `SECRET_KEY` (don't use the one in the example).

Create a variable `ALGORITHM` with the algorithm used to sign the JWT token and set it to `"HS256"`.

Create a variable for the expiration of the token.

	case conf.AccessKey == "" && conf.SecretKey != "" || conf.AccessKey != "" && conf.SecretKey == "":
		return nil, errors.New("both the access and secret keys are required")
	case conf.AWSRole && (conf.AWSRoleWebIdentityTokenFile != "" || conf.AWSRoleARN != "" || conf.AccessKey != "" || conf.SecretKey != ""):

	for k, v := range opts.claims {
		_, ok := m[k]
		if !ok {
			m[k] = v
		}
	}

	var accessKey, secretKey string
	var err error
	if len(opts.accessKey) > 0 || len(opts.secretKey) > 0 {
		accessKey, secretKey = opts.accessKey, opts.secretKey
	} else {
		accessKey, secretKey, err = auth.GenerateCredentials()
		if err != nil {
			return auth.Credentials{}, time.Time{}, err
		}
	}

	if conf.AccessKey == "" || conf.SecretKey == "" {
		return nil, errors.New("both access and secret keys are required")
	}

	if conf.Bucket == "" {
		return nil, errors.New("no bucket name was provided")
	}

	u, err := url.Parse(conf.Endpoint)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	creds := credentials.NewStaticV4(conf.AccessKey, conf.SecretKey, "")
	opts := &minio.Options{