diff --git a/api_server/api_server/jwks_schema.py b/api_server/api_server/jwks_schema.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2287f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api_server/api_server/jwks_schema.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+from typing import Literal, Annotated, Union
+
+
+class ResponseJwks(BaseModel):
+    keys: list[ResponseJwk]
+
+
+class ResponseRsaJwk(BaseModel):
+    kty: Literal["RSA"]
+    d: str | None = Field(default=None)
+    q: str | None = Field(default=None)
+    qi: str | None = Field(default=None)
+    dq: str | None = Field(default=None)
+    e: str | None = Field(default=None)
+    key_ops: list[str] | None = Field(default=None)
+    dp: str | None = Field(default=None)
+    n: str | None = Field(default=None)
+    p: str | None = Field(default=None)
+
+
+class ResponseEcJwk(BaseModel):
+    kty: Literal["EC"]
+
+
+ResponseJwk = Annotated[
+    Union[ResponseRsaJwk, ResponseEcJwk], Field(discriminator="kty")
+]
diff --git a/api_server/api_server/local_generate_long_lived_token.py b/api_server/api_server/local_generate_long_lived_token.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e032401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api_server/api_server/local_generate_long_lived_token.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import jwt
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization
+from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
+import time
+
+
+def main():
+    gateway_address = get_terraform_output("gateway_address")
+    client_id = get_terraform_output("client_id")
+    jwt_private_key = get_terraform_output("jwt_private_key")
+    private_key = serialization.load_pem_private_key(
+        jwt_private_key.encode("utf-8"), password=None, backend=default_backend()
+    )
+    encoded = jwt.encode(
+        {
+            "iss": "issuer of the token",
+            "sub": "Alice",
+            "aud": client_id,
+            "iat": int(time.time()),
+            "exp": int(time.time()) + 30 * 60 * 60 * 24,
+        },
+        private_key,
+        algorithm="RS256",
+    )
+    print(encoded)
+
+
+def get_terraform_output(name: str) -> str:
+    terraform_folder = Path(__file__).parent / "../../terraform"
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        ["terraform", f"-chdir={terraform_folder}", "output", "-raw", name],
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+    )
+    return result.stdout.decode("utf-8")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/api_server/api_server/main.py b/api_server/api_server/main.py
index ee60be1..e95f6dc 100644
--- a/api_server/api_server/main.py
+++ b/api_server/api_server/main.py
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
 from fastapi import FastAPI
+import jwt.algorithms
+import jwt
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization
+from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
+from functools import cache
+import os
+from api_server.jwks_schema import ResponseJwks, ResponseRsaJwk
+import time
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
@@ -6,3 +15,47 @@ app = FastAPI()
 @app.get("/")
 async def root():
     return {"message": "Hello World"}
+
+
+@app.get("/some_protected_endpoint")
+async def protected_endpoint():
+    # TODO: Read X-Apigateway-Api-Userinfo header
+    return {"message": "You reached the protected endpoint"}
+
+
+@app.get("/get_short_lived_token")
+async def get_short_lived_token():
+    gateway_address = os.environ["JWT_GATEWAY_ADDRESS"]
+    client_id = os.environ["JWT_CLIENT_ID"]
+    jwt_private_key = os.environ["JWT_PRIVATE_KEY"]
+    private_key = serialization.load_pem_private_key(
+        jwt_private_key.encode("utf-8"), password=None, backend=default_backend()
+    )
+    encoded = jwt.encode(
+        {
+            "iss": "issuer of the token",
+            "sub": "Alice",
+            "aud": client_id,
+            "iat": int(time.time()),
+            "exp": int(time.time()) + 5 * 60,
+        },
+        private_key,
+        algorithm="RS256",
+    )
+
+    return {"message": "This JWT will only last 5 minutes.", "token": encoded}
+
+
+@app.get("/.well-known/jwks.json")
+async def jwks() -> ResponseJwks:
+    return _generate_jwks()
+
+
+@cache
+def _generate_jwks() -> ResponseJwks:
+    private_key_pem = os.environ["JWT_PRIVATE_KEY"]
+    private_key = serialization.load_pem_private_key(
+        private_key_pem.encode("utf-8"), password=None, backend=default_backend()
+    )
+    jwk_json = jwt.algorithms.RSAAlgorithm.to_jwk(private_key)
+    return ResponseJwks(keys=[ResponseRsaJwk.model_validate_json(jwk_json)])
diff --git a/api_server/docker/Dockerfile b/api_server/docker/Dockerfile
index cee8ab7..bff296d 100644
--- a/api_server/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/api_server/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-FROM alpine:3.20 AS builder
+ARG ALPINE_VERSION="3.20"
+
+FROM alpine:${ALPINE_VERSION} AS builder
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache python3 poetry py3-poetry-plugin-export
 
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ RUN poetry export --output=requirements.txt
 
 
 
-FROM alpine:3.20 AS runner
+FROM alpine:${ALPINE_VERSION} AS runner
 
 RUN addgroup web && adduser -D -G web web && install -d -D -o web -g web -m 700 /source
 WORKDIR /source
diff --git a/api_server/poetry.lock b/api_server/poetry.lock
index cb07884..006e194 100644
--- a/api_server/poetry.lock
+++ b/api_server/poetry.lock
@@ -75,6 +75,85 @@ d = ["aiohttp (>=3.7.4)", "aiohttp (>=3.7.4,!=3.9.0)"]
 jupyter = ["ipython (>=7.8.0)", "tokenize-rt (>=3.2.0)"]
 uvloop = ["uvloop (>=0.15.2)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cffi"
+version = "1.17.1"
+description = "Foreign Function Interface for Python calling C code."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
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+    {file = "cffi-1.17.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1c39c6016c32bc48dd54561950ebd6836e1670f2ae46128f67cf49e789c52824"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+pycparser = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "click"
 version = "8.1.7"
@@ -100,6 +179,55 @@ files = [
     {file = "colorama-0.4.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:08695f5cb7ed6e0531a20572697297273c47b8cae5a63ffc6d6ed5c201be6e44"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cryptography"
+version = "43.0.1"
+description = "cryptography is a package which provides cryptographic recipes and primitives to Python developers."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp37-abi3-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:8385d98f6a3bf8bb2d65a73e17ed87a3ba84f6991c155691c51112075f9ffc5d"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp37-abi3-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:27e613d7077ac613e399270253259d9d53872aaf657471473ebfc9a52935c062"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp37-abi3-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:68aaecc4178e90719e95298515979814bda0cbada1256a4485414860bd7ab962"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp37-abi3-manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:de41fd81a41e53267cb020bb3a7212861da53a7d39f863585d13ea11049cf277"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp37-abi3-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:f98bf604c82c416bc829e490c700ca1553eafdf2912a91e23a79d97d9801372a"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp37-abi3-musllinux_1_2_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:61ec41068b7b74268fa86e3e9e12b9f0c21fcf65434571dbb13d954bceb08042"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp37-abi3-musllinux_1_2_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:014f58110f53237ace6a408b5beb6c427b64e084eb451ef25a28308270086494"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp37-abi3-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:2bd51274dcd59f09dd952afb696bf9c61a7a49dfc764c04dd33ef7a6b502a1e2"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp37-abi3-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:666ae11966643886c2987b3b721899d250855718d6d9ce41b521252a17985f4d"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp39-abi3-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:ac119bb76b9faa00f48128b7f5679e1d8d437365c5d26f1c2c3f0da4ce1b553d"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:1bbcce1a551e262dfbafb6e6252f1ae36a248e615ca44ba302df077a846a8806"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:58d4e9129985185a06d849aa6df265bdd5a74ca6e1b736a77959b498e0505b85"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:d03a475165f3134f773d1388aeb19c2d25ba88b6a9733c5c590b9ff7bbfa2e0c"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:511f4273808ab590912a93ddb4e3914dfd8a388fed883361b02dea3791f292e1"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp39-abi3-musllinux_1_2_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:80eda8b3e173f0f247f711eef62be51b599b5d425c429b5d4ca6a05e9e856baa"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp39-abi3-musllinux_1_2_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:38926c50cff6f533f8a2dae3d7f19541432610d114a70808f0926d5aaa7121e4"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp39-abi3-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:a575913fb06e05e6b4b814d7f7468c2c660e8bb16d8d5a1faf9b33ccc569dd47"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-cp39-abi3-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:d75601ad10b059ec832e78823b348bfa1a59f6b8d545db3a24fd44362a1564cb"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-pp310-pypy310_pp73-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:ea25acb556320250756e53f9e20a4177515f012c9eaea17eb7587a8c4d8ae034"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-pp310-pypy310_pp73-manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:c1332724be35d23a854994ff0b66530119500b6053d0bd3363265f7e5e77288d"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-pp310-pypy310_pp73-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:fba1007b3ef89946dbbb515aeeb41e30203b004f0b4b00e5e16078b518563289"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-pp310-pypy310_pp73-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:5b43d1ea6b378b54a1dc99dd8a2b5be47658fe9a7ce0a58ff0b55f4b43ef2b84"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-pp39-pypy39_pp73-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:88cce104c36870d70c49c7c8fd22885875d950d9ee6ab54df2745f83ba0dc365"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-pp39-pypy39_pp73-manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:9d3cdb25fa98afdd3d0892d132b8d7139e2c087da1712041f6b762e4f807cc96"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-pp39-pypy39_pp73-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:e710bf40870f4db63c3d7d929aa9e09e4e7ee219e703f949ec4073b4294f6172"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1-pp39-pypy39_pp73-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:7c05650fe8023c5ed0d46793d4b7d7e6cd9c04e68eabe5b0aeea836e37bdcec2"},
+    {file = "cryptography-43.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:203e92a75716d8cfb491dc47c79e17d0d9207ccffcbcb35f598fbe463ae3444d"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+cffi = {version = ">=1.12", markers = "platform_python_implementation != \"PyPy\""}
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["sphinx (>=5.3.0)", "sphinx-rtd-theme (>=1.1.1)"]
+docstest = ["pyenchant (>=1.6.11)", "readme-renderer", "sphinxcontrib-spelling (>=4.0.1)"]
+nox = ["nox"]
+pep8test = ["check-sdist", "click", "mypy", "ruff"]
+sdist = ["build"]
+ssh = ["bcrypt (>=3.1.5)"]
+test = ["certifi", "cryptography-vectors (==43.0.1)", "pretend", "pytest (>=6.2.0)", "pytest-benchmark", "pytest-cov", "pytest-xdist"]
+test-randomorder = ["pytest-randomly"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fastapi"
 version = "0.115.2"
@@ -193,6 +321,17 @@ files = [
 docs = ["furo (>=2023.9.10)", "proselint (>=0.13)", "sphinx (>=7.2.6)", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=1.25.2)"]
 test = ["appdirs (==1.4.4)", "covdefaults (>=2.3)", "pytest (>=7.4.3)", "pytest-cov (>=4.1)", "pytest-mock (>=3.12)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pycparser"
+version = "2.22"
+description = "C parser in Python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "pycparser-2.22-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c3702b6d3dd8c7abc1afa565d7e63d53a1d0bd86cdc24edd75470f4de499cfcc"},
+    {file = "pycparser-2.22.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:491c8be9c040f5390f5bf44a5b07752bd07f56edf992381b05c701439eec10f6"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pydantic"
 version = "2.9.2"
@@ -317,6 +456,23 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 typing-extensions = ">=4.6.0,<4.7.0 || >4.7.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pyjwt"
+version = "2.9.0"
+description = "JSON Web Token implementation in Python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "PyJWT-2.9.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3b02fb0f44517787776cf48f2ae25d8e14f300e6d7545a4315cee571a415e850"},
+    {file = "pyjwt-2.9.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7e1e5b56cc735432a7369cbfa0efe50fa113ebecdc04ae6922deba8b84582d0c"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+crypto = ["cryptography (>=3.4.0)"]
+dev = ["coverage[toml] (==5.0.4)", "cryptography (>=3.4.0)", "pre-commit", "pytest (>=6.0.0,<7.0.0)", "sphinx", "sphinx-rtd-theme", "zope.interface"]
+docs = ["sphinx", "sphinx-rtd-theme", "zope.interface"]
+tests = ["coverage[toml] (==5.0.4)", "pytest (>=6.0.0,<7.0.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pyright"
 version = "1.1.384"
@@ -379,4 +535,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.12"
-content-hash = "eb858921311d767fbc6e8b45ef3fbb86a299b1a389408fafc7facd3a07eaa866"
+content-hash = "4d0ace334226402b2f825c6d1d480056b7588d4f79ccbf2297ec01c720b74108"
diff --git a/api_server/pyproject.toml b/api_server/pyproject.toml
index 6c23c1d..fe617a8 100644
--- a/api_server/pyproject.toml
+++ b/api_server/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ authors = []
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.12"
 fastapi = "^0.115.2"
+pydantic = "^2.9.2"
+pyjwt = "^2.9.0"
+cryptography = "^43.0.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 black = "^24.1.1"
diff --git a/scripts/get_jwks.bash b/scripts/get_jwks.bash
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e47efcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/get_jwks.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Key the JWKS
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+
+function main() {
+    local gateway_address
+    gateway_address=$(tf output -raw gateway_address)
+    curl "https://$gateway_address/.well-known/jwks.json"
+}
+
+function tf() {
+    terraform -chdir="$DIR/../terraform" "${@}"
+}
+
+
+
+
+main "${@}"
diff --git a/scripts/hit_protected_endpoint.bash b/scripts/hit_protected_endpoint.bash
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..95540df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/hit_protected_endpoint.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Hit an endpoint that requires a valid JWT.
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+
+function main() {
+    local jwt
+    jwt=$(cd "$DIR"/../api_server && poetry run python -m api_server.local_generate_long_lived_token)
+    local gateway_address
+    gateway_address=$(tf output -raw gateway_address)
+    curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $jwt" "https://$gateway_address/some_protected_endpoint"
+}
+
+function tf() {
+    terraform -chdir="$DIR/../terraform" "${@}"
+}
+
+
+
+
+main "${@}"
diff --git a/terraform/.terraform.lock.hcl b/terraform/.terraform.lock.hcl
index 3b66f82..3fd1461 100644
--- a/terraform/.terraform.lock.hcl
+++ b/terraform/.terraform.lock.hcl
@@ -60,3 +60,22 @@ provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/random" {
     "zh:fbef0781cb64de76b1df1ca11078aecba7800d82fd4a956302734999cfd9a4af",
   ]
 }
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/tls" {
+  version = "4.0.6"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:dYSb3V94K5dDMtrBRLPzBpkMTPn+3cXZ/kIJdtFL+2M=",
+    "zh:10de0d8af02f2e578101688fd334da3849f56ea91b0d9bd5b1f7a243417fdda8",
+    "zh:37fc01f8b2bc9d5b055dc3e78bfd1beb7c42cfb776a4c81106e19c8911366297",
+    "zh:4578ca03d1dd0b7f572d96bd03f744be24c726bfd282173d54b100fd221608bb",
+    "zh:6c475491d1250050765a91a493ef330adc24689e8837a0f07da5a0e1269e11c1",
+    "zh:81bde94d53cdababa5b376bbc6947668be4c45ab655de7aa2e8e4736dfd52509",
+    "zh:abdce260840b7b050c4e401d4f75c7a199fafe58a8b213947a258f75ac18b3e8",
+    "zh:b754cebfc5184873840f16a642a7c9ef78c34dc246a8ae29e056c79939963c7a",
+    "zh:c928b66086078f9917aef0eec15982f2e337914c5c4dbc31dd4741403db7eb18",
+    "zh:cded27bee5f24de6f2ee0cfd1df46a7f88e84aaffc2ecbf3ff7094160f193d50",
+    "zh:d65eb3867e8f69aaf1b8bb53bd637c99c6b649ba3db16ded50fa9a01076d1a27",
+    "zh:ecb0c8b528c7a619fa71852bb3fb5c151d47576c5aab2bf3af4db52588722eeb",
+    "zh:f569b65999264a9416862bca5cd2a6177d94ccb0424f3a4ef424428912b9cb3c",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/terraform/cloud_run_service.tf b/terraform/cloud_run_service.tf
index 728b41e..d64beb2 100644
--- a/terraform/cloud_run_service.tf
+++ b/terraform/cloud_run_service.tf
@@ -11,8 +11,41 @@ resource "google_cloud_run_v2_service" "api_server" {
       ports {
         container_port = 8080
       }
+      env {
+        name  = "JWT_PUBLIC_KEY"
+        value = tls_private_key.jwt_private_key.public_key_pem
+      }
+      env {
+        name = "JWT_PRIVATE_KEY"
+        value_source {
+          secret_key_ref {
+            secret  = google_secret_manager_secret.jwt_private_key.secret_id
+            version = "latest"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      env {
+        name  = "JWT_CLIENT_ID"
+        value = random_uuid.jwt_client_id.result
+      }
+      env {
+        name  = "JWT_GATEWAY_ADDRESS"
+        value = "gateway-to-the-api-etf4fzq.uc.gateway.dev"
+        # value = google_api_gateway_gateway.gateway.default_hostname
+        # TODO: This causes a cycle. Perhaps cloud run has a default env variable with this information.
+      }
     }
   }
 
   depends_on = [google_project_service.service["run"], ]
 }
+
+resource "google_cloud_run_service_iam_binding" "public" {
+  project  = google_cloud_run_v2_service.api_server.project
+  location = google_cloud_run_v2_service.api_server.location
+  service  = google_cloud_run_v2_service.api_server.name
+  role     = "roles/run.invoker"
+  members = [
+    "allUsers"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/terraform/gateway.tf b/terraform/gateway.tf
index 0f232db..a680fce 100644
--- a/terraform/gateway.tf
+++ b/terraform/gateway.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+resource "random_uuid" "jwt_client_id" {
+}
+
 resource "google_api_gateway_api" "api" {
   provider   = google-beta
   project    = google_project.project.project_id
@@ -13,31 +16,8 @@ resource "google_api_gateway_api_config" "api_config" {
 
   openapi_documents {
     document {
-      path = "spec.yaml"
-      contents = base64encode(<<-EOF
-swagger: "2.0"
-info:
-  title: the-gateway foo
-  description: "Run auth through Google API Gateway."
-  version: "1.0.0"
-schemes:
-  - "https"
-produces:
-  - application/json
-x-google-backend:
-  address: ${google_cloud_run_v2_service.api_server.uri}
-paths:
-  "/":
-    get:
-      description: "Hello World."
-      operationId: "helloWorld"
-      responses:
-        200:
-          description: "Success."
-          schema:
-            type: string
-EOF
-      )
+      path     = "spec.yaml"
+      contents = base64encode(templatefile("openapi_spec.yaml", { backend_url = google_cloud_run_v2_service.api_server.uri, client_id = random_uuid.jwt_client_id.result }))
     }
   }
 }
@@ -47,9 +27,20 @@ resource "google_api_gateway_gateway" "gateway" {
   project    = google_project.project.project_id
   api_config = google_api_gateway_api_config.api_config.id
   gateway_id = "gateway-to-the-api"
+  # Delete this when api_config changes, otherwise if api_config needs to be replaced, it errors out because it is "in use" by this gateway. I wish this could be triggered only when api_config is being replaced instead of all edits.
+  lifecycle {
+    replace_triggered_by = [
+      google_api_gateway_api_config.api_config
+    ]
+  }
+
 }
 
 
 output "gateway_address" {
   value = google_api_gateway_gateway.gateway.default_hostname
 }
+
+output "client_id" {
+  value = random_uuid.jwt_client_id.result
+}
diff --git a/terraform/jwt_key.tf b/terraform/jwt_key.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edb1b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/jwt_key.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#
+# Warning: This file contains terraform that will lead to secrets being stored in the terraform state file unencrypted. It is not suitable for a production deploy, but since this is a test/experiment, the additional automation outweighed the potential risk.
+#
+
+resource "tls_private_key" "jwt_private_key" {
+  algorithm = "RSA"
+  rsa_bits  = 2048
+}
+
+resource "google_secret_manager_secret" "jwt_private_key" {
+  project   = google_project.project.project_id
+  secret_id = "jwt-private-key"
+
+  replication {
+    auto {}
+  }
+
+  depends_on = [google_project_service.service["secretmanager"], ]
+}
+
+
+resource "google_secret_manager_secret_version" "jwt_private_key" {
+  secret = google_secret_manager_secret.jwt_private_key.id
+
+  secret_data = tls_private_key.jwt_private_key.private_key_pem
+}
+
+resource "google_secret_manager_secret_iam_member" "member" {
+  project   = google_secret_manager_secret.jwt_private_key.project
+  secret_id = google_secret_manager_secret.jwt_private_key.secret_id
+  role      = "roles/secretmanager.secretAccessor"
+  member    = "serviceAccount:${google_project.project.number}-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com"
+  # TODO: This should probably be using a service account specific to the cloud run service instead of the compute service agent.
+}
+
+output "jwt_private_key" {
+  value     = tls_private_key.jwt_private_key.private_key_pem
+  sensitive = true
+}
diff --git a/terraform/main.tf b/terraform/main.tf
index 305c8a8..cfe7231 100644
--- a/terraform/main.tf
+++ b/terraform/main.tf
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ resource "google_project" "project" {
 
 resource "google_project_service" "service" {
   project                    = google_project.project.project_id
-  for_each                   = toset(["run", "artifactregistry", "apigateway"])
+  for_each                   = toset(["run", "artifactregistry", "apigateway", "secretmanager"])
   service                    = "${each.key}.googleapis.com"
   disable_dependent_services = true
 }
diff --git a/terraform/openapi_spec.yaml b/terraform/openapi_spec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f8c9de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/openapi_spec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+swagger: "2.0"
+info:
+  title: the-gateway foo
+  description: "Run auth through Google API Gateway."
+  version: "1.0.0"
+schemes:
+  - "https"
+produces:
+  - application/json
+x-google-backend:
+  address: ${backend_url}
+paths:
+  "/":
+    get:
+      description: "Hello World."
+      operationId: "helloWorld"
+      responses:
+        200:
+          description: "Success."
+          schema:
+            type: string
+  "/.well-known/jwks.json":
+    get:
+      description: "JWKS."
+      operationId: "jwks"
+      responses:
+        200:
+          description: "Success."
+          schema:
+            type: string
+  "/some_protected_endpoint":
+    get:
+      description: "An endpoint that requires auth."
+      operationId: "someProtectedEndpoint"
+      security:
+        - your_custom_auth_id: []
+      responses:
+        200:
+          description: "Success."
+          schema:
+            type: string
+  "/get_short_lived_token":
+    get:
+      description: "An endpoint that gives a short-lived JWT."
+      operationId: "getShortLivedToken"
+      security:
+        - your_custom_auth_id: []
+      responses:
+        200:
+          description: "Success."
+          schema:
+            type: string
+securityDefinitions:
+  your_custom_auth_id:
+    authorizationUrl: ""
+    flow: "implicit"
+    type: "oauth2"
+    # The value below should be unique
+    x-google-issuer: "issuer of the token"
+    x-google-jwks_uri: "${backend_url}/.well-known/jwks.json"
+    x-google-audiences: "${client_id}"