How do I implement authentication for event bus tools?

How do I implement authentication for event bus tools?

To implement authentication for event bus tools, you can use OAuth 2.0 or JWT tokens. Which one are you considering?

I'm leaning towards JWT tokens. Can you explain how they work?

Sure! JWT tokens are compact, URL-safe tokens that contain claims. They are signed to ensure integrity and can be used for stateless authentication.

What are the steps to generate a JWT token?

First, you need to create a payload with user information, then sign it with a secret key, and finally encode it in a JWT format.

How do I validate the JWT token on the server?

You can validate a JWT token by decoding it, checking its signature, and verifying the claims like expiration and issuer.