diff --git a/apps/dokploy/__test__/templates/config.template.test.ts b/apps/dokploy/__test__/templates/config.template.test.ts
index d6e87cb7..202abdf2 100644
--- a/apps/dokploy/__test__/templates/config.template.test.ts
+++ b/apps/dokploy/__test__/templates/config.template.test.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,35 @@ describe("processTemplate", () => {
 			expect(result.domains).toHaveLength(0);
 			expect(result.mounts).toHaveLength(0);
 		});
+
+		it("should allow creation of real jwt secret", () => {
+			const template: CompleteTemplate = {
+				metadata: {} as any,
+				variables: {
+					jwt_secret: "cQsdycq1hDLopQonF6jUTqgQc5WEZTwWLL02J6XJ",
+					anon_payload: JSON.stringify({
+						role: "tester",
+						iss: "dockploy",
+						iat: "${timestamps:2025-01-01T00:00:00Z}",
+						exp: "${timestamps:2030-01-01T00:00:00Z}",
+					}),
+					anon_key: "${jwt:jwt_secret:anon_payload}",
+				},
+				config: {
+					domains: [],
+					env: {
+						ANON_KEY: "${anon_key}",
+					},
+				},
+			};
+			const result = processTemplate(template, mockSchema);
+			expect(result.envs).toHaveLength(1);
+			expect(result.envs).toContain(
+				"ANON_KEY=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpYXQiOiIxNzM1Njg5NjAwIiwiZXhwIjoiMTg5MzQ1NjAwMCIsInJvbGUiOiJ0ZXN0ZXIiLCJpc3MiOiJkb2NrcGxveSJ9.BG5JoxL2_NaTFbPgyZdm3kRWenf_O3su_HIRKGCJ_kY",
+			);
+			expect(result.mounts).toHaveLength(0);
+			expect(result.domains).toHaveLength(0);
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe("domains processing", () => {
diff --git a/apps/dokploy/__test__/templates/helpers.template.test.ts b/apps/dokploy/__test__/templates/helpers.template.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1144b65f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dokploy/__test__/templates/helpers.template.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,232 @@
+import type { Schema } from "@dokploy/server/templates";
+import { processValue } from "@dokploy/server/templates/processors";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+describe("helpers functions", () => {
+	// Mock schema for testing
+	const mockSchema: Schema = {
+		projectName: "test",
+		serverIp: "127.0.0.1",
+	};
+	// some helpers to test jwt
+	type JWTParts = [string, string, string];
+	const jwtMatchExp = /^[A-Za-z0-9-_]+\.[A-Za-z0-9-_]+\.[A-Za-z0-9-_]+$/;
+	const jwtBase64Decode = (str: string) => {
+		const base64 = str.replace(/-/g, "+").replace(/_/g, "/");
+		const padding = "=".repeat((4 - (base64.length % 4)) % 4);
+		const decoded = Buffer.from(base64 + padding, "base64").toString("utf-8");
+		return JSON.parse(decoded);
+	};
+	const jwtCheckHeader = (jwtHeader: string) => {
+		const decodedHeader = jwtBase64Decode(jwtHeader);
+		expect(decodedHeader).toHaveProperty("alg");
+		expect(decodedHeader).toHaveProperty("typ");
+		expect(decodedHeader.alg).toEqual("HS256");
+		expect(decodedHeader.typ).toEqual("JWT");
+	};
+
+	describe("${domain}", () => {
+		it("should generate a random domain", () => {
+			const domain = processValue("${domain}", {}, mockSchema);
+			expect(domain.startsWith(`${mockSchema.projectName}-`)).toBeTruthy();
+			expect(
+				domain.endsWith(
+					`${mockSchema.serverIp.replaceAll(".", "-")}.traefik.me`,
+				),
+			).toBeTruthy();
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe("${base64}", () => {
+		it("should generate a base64 string", () => {
+			const base64 = processValue("${base64}", {}, mockSchema);
+			expect(base64).toMatch(/^[A-Za-z0-9+=/]+={0,2}$/);
+		});
+		it.each([
+			[4, 8],
+			[8, 12],
+			[16, 24],
+			[32, 44],
+			[64, 88],
+			[128, 172],
+		])(
+			"should generate a base64 string from parameter %d bytes length",
+			(length, finalLength) => {
+				const base64 = processValue(`\${base64:${length}}`, {}, mockSchema);
+				expect(base64).toMatch(/^[A-Za-z0-9+=/]+={0,2}$/);
+				expect(base64.length).toBe(finalLength);
+			},
+		);
+	});
+
+	describe("${password}", () => {
+		it("should generate a password string", () => {
+			const password = processValue("${password}", {}, mockSchema);
+			expect(password).toMatch(/^[A-Za-z0-9]+$/);
+		});
+		it.each([6, 8, 12, 16, 32])(
+			"should generate a password string respecting parameter %d length",
+			(length) => {
+				const password = processValue(`\${password:${length}}`, {}, mockSchema);
+				expect(password).toMatch(/^[A-Za-z0-9]+$/);
+				expect(password.length).toBe(length);
+			},
+		);
+	});
+
+	describe("${hash}", () => {
+		it("should generate a hash string", () => {
+			const hash = processValue("${hash}", {}, mockSchema);
+			expect(hash).toMatch(/^[A-Za-z0-9]+$/);
+		});
+		it.each([6, 8, 12, 16, 32])(
+			"should generate a hash string respecting parameter %d length",
+			(length) => {
+				const hash = processValue(`\${hash:${length}}`, {}, mockSchema);
+				expect(hash).toMatch(/^[A-Za-z0-9]+$/);
+				expect(hash.length).toBe(length);
+			},
+		);
+	});
+
+	describe("${uuid}", () => {
+		it("should generate a UUID string", () => {
+			const uuid = processValue("${uuid}", {}, mockSchema);
+			expect(uuid).toMatch(
+				/^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-4[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/,
+			);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe("${timestamp}", () => {
+		it("should generate a timestamp string in milliseconds", () => {
+			const timestamp = processValue("${timestamp}", {}, mockSchema);
+			const nowLength = Math.floor(Date.now()).toString().length;
+			expect(timestamp).toMatch(/^\d+$/);
+			expect(timestamp.length).toBe(nowLength);
+		});
+	});
+	describe("${timestampms}", () => {
+		it("should generate a timestamp string in milliseconds", () => {
+			const timestamp = processValue("${timestampms}", {}, mockSchema);
+			const nowLength = Date.now().toString().length;
+			expect(timestamp).toMatch(/^\d+$/);
+			expect(timestamp.length).toBe(nowLength);
+		});
+		it("should generate a timestamp string in milliseconds from parameter", () => {
+			const timestamp = processValue(
+				"${timestampms:2025-01-01}",
+				{},
+				mockSchema,
+			);
+			expect(timestamp).toEqual("1735689600000");
+		});
+	});
+	describe("${timestamps}", () => {
+		it("should generate a timestamp string in seconds", () => {
+			const timestamps = processValue("${timestamps}", {}, mockSchema);
+			const nowLength = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000).toString().length;
+			expect(timestamps).toMatch(/^\d+$/);
+			expect(timestamps.length).toBe(nowLength);
+		});
+		it("should generate a timestamp string in seconds from parameter", () => {
+			const timestamps = processValue(
+				"${timestamps:2025-01-01}",
+				{},
+				mockSchema,
+			);
+			expect(timestamps).toEqual("1735689600");
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe("${randomPort}", () => {
+		it("should generate a random port string", () => {
+			const randomPort = processValue("${randomPort}", {}, mockSchema);
+			expect(randomPort).toMatch(/^\d+$/);
+			expect(Number(randomPort)).toBeLessThan(65536);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe("${username}", () => {
+		it("should generate a username string", () => {
+			const username = processValue("${username}", {}, mockSchema);
+			expect(username).toMatch(/^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]{3,}$/);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe("${email}", () => {
+		it("should generate an email string", () => {
+			const email = processValue("${email}", {}, mockSchema);
+			expect(email).toMatch(/^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$/);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe("${jwt}", () => {
+		it("should generate a JWT string", () => {
+			const jwt = processValue("${jwt}", {}, mockSchema);
+			expect(jwt).toMatch(jwtMatchExp);
+			const parts = jwt.split(".") as JWTParts;
+			const decodedPayload = jwtBase64Decode(parts[1]);
+			jwtCheckHeader(parts[0]);
+			expect(decodedPayload).toHaveProperty("iat");
+			expect(decodedPayload).toHaveProperty("iss");
+			expect(decodedPayload).toHaveProperty("exp");
+			expect(decodedPayload.iss).toEqual("dokploy");
+		});
+		it.each([6, 8, 12, 16, 32])(
+			"should generate a random hex string from parameter %d byte length",
+			(length) => {
+				const jwt = processValue(`\${jwt:${length}}`, {}, mockSchema);
+				expect(jwt).toMatch(/^[A-Za-z0-9-_.]+$/);
+				expect(jwt.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(length); // bytes translated to hex can take up to 2x the length
+				expect(jwt.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(length * 2);
+			},
+		);
+	});
+	describe("${jwt:secret}", () => {
+		it("should generate a JWT string respecting parameter secret from variable", () => {
+			const jwt = processValue(
+				"${jwt:secret}",
+				{ secret: "mysecret" },
+				mockSchema,
+			);
+			expect(jwt).toMatch(jwtMatchExp);
+			const parts = jwt.split(".") as JWTParts;
+			const decodedPayload = jwtBase64Decode(parts[1]);
+			jwtCheckHeader(parts[0]);
+			expect(decodedPayload).toHaveProperty("iat");
+			expect(decodedPayload).toHaveProperty("iss");
+			expect(decodedPayload).toHaveProperty("exp");
+			expect(decodedPayload.iss).toEqual("dokploy");
+		});
+	});
+	describe("${jwt:secret:payload}", () => {
+		it("should generate a JWT string respecting parameters secret and payload from variables", () => {
+			const iat = Math.floor(new Date("2025-01-01T00:00:00Z").getTime() / 1000);
+			const expiry = iat + 3600;
+			const jwt = processValue(
+				"${jwt:secret:payload}",
+				{
+					secret: "mysecret",
+					payload: `{"iss": "test-issuer", "iat": ${iat}, "exp": ${expiry}, "customprop": "customvalue"}`,
+				},
+				mockSchema,
+			);
+			expect(jwt).toMatch(jwtMatchExp);
+			const parts = jwt.split(".") as JWTParts;
+			jwtCheckHeader(parts[0]);
+			const decodedPayload = jwtBase64Decode(parts[1]);
+			expect(decodedPayload).toHaveProperty("iat");
+			expect(decodedPayload.iat).toEqual(iat);
+			expect(decodedPayload).toHaveProperty("iss");
+			expect(decodedPayload.iss).toEqual("test-issuer");
+			expect(decodedPayload).toHaveProperty("exp");
+			expect(decodedPayload.exp).toEqual(expiry);
+			expect(decodedPayload).toHaveProperty("customprop");
+			expect(decodedPayload.customprop).toEqual("customvalue");
+			expect(jwt).toEqual(
+				"eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE3MzU2ODk2MDAsImV4cCI6MTczNTY5MzIwMCwiaXNzIjoidGVzdC1pc3N1ZXIiLCJjdXN0b21wcm9wIjoiY3VzdG9tdmFsdWUifQ.m42U7PZSUSCf7gBOJrxJir0rQmyPq4rA59Dydr_QahI",
+			);
+		});
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/server/src/templates/index.ts b/packages/server/src/templates/index.ts
index 6ae26418..c42dd1b7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/templates/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/templates/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { randomBytes } from "node:crypto";
+import { randomBytes, createHmac } from "node:crypto";
 import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
 import { mkdir, readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { join } from "node:path";
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ export interface Template {
 	domains: DomainSchema[];
 }
 
+export interface GenerateJWTOptions {
+	length?: number;
+	secret?: string;
+	payload?: Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
+}
+
 export const generateRandomDomain = ({
 	serverIp,
 	projectName,
@@ -61,8 +67,48 @@ export function generateBase64(bytes = 32): string {
 	return randomBytes(bytes).toString("base64");
 }
 
-export function generateJwt(length = 256): string {
-	return randomBytes(length).toString("hex");
+function safeBase64(str: string): string {
+	return str.replace(/=/g, "").replace(/\+/g, "-").replace(/\//g, "_");
+}
+function objToJWTBase64(obj: any): string {
+	return safeBase64(
+		Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(obj), "utf8").toString("base64"),
+	);
+}
+
+export function generateJwt(options: GenerateJWTOptions = {}): string {
+	let { length, secret, payload = {} } = options;
+	if (length) {
+		return randomBytes(length).toString("hex");
+	}
+	const encodedHeader = objToJWTBase64({
+		alg: "HS256",
+		typ: "JWT",
+	});
+	if (!payload.iss) {
+		payload.iss = "dokploy";
+	}
+	if (!payload.iat) {
+		payload.iat = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+	}
+	if (!payload.exp) {
+		payload.exp = Math.floor(new Date("2030-01-01T00:00:00Z").getTime() / 1000);
+	}
+	const encodedPayload = objToJWTBase64({
+		iat: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+		exp: Math.floor(new Date("2030-01-01T00:00:00Z").getTime() / 1000),
+		...payload,
+	});
+	if (!secret) {
+		secret = randomBytes(32).toString("hex");
+	}
+	const signature = safeBase64(
+		createHmac("SHA256", secret)
+			.update(`${encodedHeader}.${encodedPayload}`)
+			.digest("base64"),
+	);
+
+	return `${encodedHeader}.${encodedPayload}.${signature}`;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/server/src/templates/processors.ts b/packages/server/src/templates/processors.ts
index 31e7861a..5d9270aa 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/templates/processors.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/templates/processors.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export interface Template {
 /**
  * Process a string value and replace variables
  */
-function processValue(
+export function processValue(
 	value: string,
 	variables: Record<string, string>,
 	schema: Schema,
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ function processValue(
 			const length = Number.parseInt(varName.split(":")[1], 10) || 32;
 			return generateBase64(length);
 		}
+
 		if (varName.startsWith("password:")) {
 			const length = Number.parseInt(varName.split(":")[1], 10) || 16;
 			return generatePassword(length);
 		}
-
 		if (varName === "password") {
 			return generatePassword(16);
 		}
@@ -97,14 +97,31 @@ function processValue(
 			const length = Number.parseInt(varName.split(":")[1], 10) || 8;
 			return generateHash(length);
 		}
+		if (varName === "hash") {
+			return generateHash();
+		}
+
 		if (varName === "uuid") {
 			return crypto.randomUUID();
 		}
 
-		if (varName === "timestamp") {
+		if (varName === "timestamp" || varName === "timestampms") {
 			return Date.now().toString();
 		}
 
+		if (varName === "timestamps") {
+			return Math.round(Date.now() / 1000).toString();
+		}
+
+		if (varName.startsWith("timestampms:")) {
+			return new Date(varName.slice(12)).getTime().toString();
+		}
+		if (varName.startsWith("timestamps:")) {
+			return Math.round(
+				new Date(varName.slice(11)).getTime() / 1000,
+			).toString();
+		}
+
 		if (varName === "randomPort") {
 			return Math.floor(Math.random() * 65535).toString();
 		}
@@ -114,8 +131,34 @@ function processValue(
 		}
 
 		if (varName.startsWith("jwt:")) {
-			const length = Number.parseInt(varName.split(":")[1], 10) || 256;
-			return generateJwt(length);
+			const params: string[] = varName.split(":").slice(1);
+			if (params.length === 1 && params[0] && params[0].match(/^\d{1,3}$/)) {
+				return generateJwt({ length: Number.parseInt(params[0], 10) });
+			}
+			let [secret, payload] = params;
+			if (typeof payload === "string" && variables[payload]) {
+				payload = variables[payload];
+			}
+			if (
+				typeof payload === "string" &&
+				payload.startsWith("{") &&
+				payload.endsWith("}")
+			) {
+				try {
+					payload = JSON.parse(payload);
+				} catch (e) {
+					// If payload is not a valid JSON, invalid it
+					payload = undefined;
+					console.error("Invalid JWT payload", e);
+				}
+			}
+			if (typeof payload !== "object") {
+				payload = undefined;
+			}
+			return generateJwt({
+				secret: secret ? variables[secret] || secret : undefined,
+				payload: payload as any,
+			});
 		}
 
 		if (varName === "username") {
@@ -147,7 +190,7 @@ export function processVariables(
 ): Record<string, string> {
 	const variables: Record<string, string> = {};
 
-	// First pass: Process variables that don't depend on other variables
+	// First pass: Process some variables that don't depend on other variables
 	for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(template.variables)) {
 		if (typeof value !== "string") continue;
 
@@ -161,6 +204,8 @@ export function processVariables(
 			const match = value.match(/\${password:(\d+)}/);
 			const length = match?.[1] ? Number.parseInt(match[1], 10) : 16;
 			variables[key] = generatePassword(length);
+		} else if (value === "${hash}") {
+			variables[key] = generateHash();
 		} else if (value.startsWith("${hash:")) {
 			const match = value.match(/\${hash:(\d+)}/);
 			const length = match?.[1] ? Number.parseInt(match[1], 10) : 8;