# trustedsigning-notation-plugin

**Repository Path**: mirrors_Azure/trustedsigning-notation-plugin

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: trustedsigning-notation-plugin
- **Description**: This Notation plugin allows you to use Microsoft's Trusted Signing service to sign and verify container images and other OCI artifacts. Signatures enable users to verify that these artifacts are from a trusted source and have not been tampered with since their release.
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2025-09-24
- **Last Updated**: 2026-03-28

## Categories & Tags

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## README

# Artifact Signing Notation Plugin

Artifact Signing Provider for the [Notation CLI](https://github.com/notaryproject/notation)

This Notation plugin allows you to use Microsoft's **Artifact Signing** service to sign and verify container images and other OCI artifacts. Signatures enable users to verify that these artifacts are from a trusted source and have not been tampered with since their release.

Please refer to [MS Learn Artifact Signing Documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/) for more information on the service.

# Installation of the artifact signing plugin

1. Navigate to the [Releases](https://github.com/Azure/artifactsigning-notation-plugin/releases) page and choose a release of `notation-azure-artifactsigning`.
2. Download, verify, and then install the specified version of the plugin.

   **Automatic installation**:

   For Notation >= v1.1.0, please use [notation plugin install](https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/blob/v1.1.0/specs/commandline/plugin.md#notation-plugin-install) command to automatically install azure-artifactsigning plugin.

   For Linux amd64:

   ```
   notation plugin install --url https://github.com/Azure/artifact-signing-notation-plugin/releases/download/v1.1.0/notation-azure-artifactsigning_1.1.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz --sha256sum 459075a5cdadcdba334b728838d617fa330f19b45848ba993a4d2a061f49d4ac
   ```

   For Linux arm64:

   ```
   notation plugin install --url https://github.com/Azure/artifact-signing-notation-plugin/releases/download/v1.1.0/notation-azure-artifactsigning_1.1.0_linux_arm64.tar.gz --sha256sum d30290451e24e172578d54069e8ff7b775bd79d8ecfc3175c627aa470e83c6a3
   ```

   For Windows amd64:

   ```
   notation plugin install --url https://github.com/Azure/artifact-signing-notation-plugin/releases/download/v1.1.0/notation-azure-artifactsigning_1.1.0_windows_amd64.zip --sha256sum 4ffcc892675ab32a3cd22c00e7c1cb16d6361e35c2093b2a9518c1a8ff4312b0
   ```

   For Windows arm64:

   ```
   notation plugin install --url https://github.com/Azure/artifact-signing-notation-plugin/releases/download/v1.1.0/notation-azure-artifactsigning_1.1.0_windows_arm64.zip --sha256sum efdc619eee543eb596481599e78c87beab2a920ce0e774e2475031c26537a06d
   ```

   For macOS amd64:

   ```
   notation plugin install --url https://github.com/Azure/artifact-signing-notation-plugin/releases/download/v1.1.0/notation-azure-artifactsigning_1.1.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz --sha256sum be6719628f038e2e0b4f09ea1f03623bc238e203f2ea52cdc2aca785aa2a6221
   ```

   For macOS arm64:

   ```
   notation plugin install --url https://github.com/Azure/artifact-signing-notation-plugin/releases/download/v1.1.0/notation-azure-artifactsigning_1.1.0_darwin_arm64.tar.gz --sha256sum f9ff085c86474b2371cf3acd70e24f067df2f5c2c3240e101957d99b55d480f0
   ```
    **Manual installation**:

   For Linux Bash:

   ```bash
   version=1.1.0
   arch=amd64
   install_path="${HOME}/.config/notation/plugins/azure-artifactsigning"

   # download tarball and checksum
   checksum_file="notation-azure-artifactsigning_${version}_checksums.txt"
   tar_file="notation-azure-artifactsigning_${version}_linux_${arch}.tar.gz"
   curl -Lo ${checksum_file} "https://github.com/Azure/artifact-signing-notation-plugin/releases/download/v${version}/${checksum_file}"
   curl -Lo ${tar_file} "https://github.com/Azure/artifact-signing-notation-plugin/releases/download/v${version}/${tar_file}"

   # validate checksum
   grep ${tar_file} ${checksum_file} | sha256sum -c

   # install the plugin
   mkdir -p ${install_path}
   tar xvzf ${tar_file} -C ${install_path} notation-azure-artifactsigning
   ```

   For macOS Zsh:

   ```zsh
   version=1.1.0
   arch=amd64
   install_path="${HOME}/Library/Application Support/notation/plugins/azure-artifactsigning"

   # download tarball and checksum
   checksum_file="notation-azure-artifactsigning_${version}_checksums.txt"
   tar_file="notation-azure-artifactsigning_${version}_darwin_${arch}.tar.gz"
   curl -Lo ${checksum_file} "https://github.com/Azure/artifact-signing-notation-plugin/releases/download/v${version}/${checksum_file}"
   curl -Lo ${tar_file} "https://github.com/Azure/artifact-signing-notation-plugin/releases/download/v${version}/${tar_file}"

   # validate checksum
   grep ${tar_file} ${checksum_file} | shasum -a 256 -c

   # install the plugin
   mkdir -p ${install_path}
   tar xvzf ${tar_file} -C ${install_path} notation-azure-artifactsigning
   ```

   For Windows Powershell:

   ```powershell
   $version = "1.1.0"
   $arch = "amd64"
   $install_path = "${env:AppData}\notation\plugins\azure-artifactsigning"

   # download zip file and checksum
   $checksum_file = "notation-azure-artifactsigning_${version}_checksums.txt"
   $zip_file = "notation-azure-artifactsigning_${version}_windows_${arch}.zip"
   Invoke-WebRequest -OutFile ${checksum_file} "https://github.com/Azure/artifact-signing-notation-plugin/releases/download/v${version}/${checksum_file}"
   Invoke-WebRequest -OutFile ${zip_file} "https://github.com/Azure/artifact-signing-notation-plugin/releases/download/v${version}/${zip_file}"

   # validate checksum
   $checksum = (Get-Content ${checksum_file} | Select-String -List ${zip_file}).Line.Split() | Where-Object {$_}
   If ($checksum[0] -ne (Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 $checksum[1]).Hash) {
      throw "$($checksum[1]): Failed"
   }

   # install the plugin
   mkdir ${install_path}
   Expand-Archive -Path ${zip_file} -DestinationPath ${install_path}
   ```

3. Run `notation plugin list` and confirm the `azure-artifactsigning` plugin is installed.

## Getting started

1. [Sign and verify an artifact with with a artifact signing certficate profile](docs/sign-and-verify.md)

## Registry support

This plugin supports signing and verifying artifacts in any OCI-compliant registry, see here for a list of [supported registries](https://notaryproject.dev/docs/registry-support/).  Some registries may have specific requirements or limitations regarding artifact signing.  Please refer to your registry's documentation for more information.

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