3.4.8 Authenticate and Authorize

Authentication ensures that only authorized individuals get access to the system and data. Authorization provides access control to system privileges and data. This builds on authentication to ensure that individuals get appropriate access.

• Generate a Kubernetes Secret for an Encryption Key
  To support asynchronous calls, MicroTx stores the authorization and refresh tokens. To store the tokens, you have to encrypt it as you can't store the token directly. To encrypt the tokens, create encryption keys.
• Create a Key Pair for Transaction Token
  The application supports including a MicroTx signed transaction token which is unique to each MicroTx transaction.