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% podman-image-sign(1)
-# NAME
+## NAME
podman-image-sign - Create a signature for an image
-# SYNOPSIS
-**podman image sign**
-[**--help**|**-h**]
-[**--directory**|**-d**]
-[**--sign-by**]
-[ IMAGE... ]
+## SYNOPSIS
+**podman image sign** [*options*] *image* [*image* ...]
-# DESCRIPTION
-**podmain image sign** will create a local signature for one or more local images that have
+## DESCRIPTION
+**podman image sign** will create a local signature for one or more local images that have
been pulled from a registry. The signature will be written to a directory
derived from the registry configuration files in /etc/containers/registries.d. By default, the signature will be written into /var/lib/containers/sigstore directory.
-# OPTIONS
-**--help** **-h**
+## OPTIONS
+**--help**, **-h**
Print usage statement.
-**--directory** **-d**
+**--directory**, **-d**=*dir*
Store the signatures in the specified directory. Default: /var/lib/containers/sigstore
-**--sign-by**
+**--sign-by**=*identity*
Override the default identity of the signature.
-# EXAMPLES
+## EXAMPLES
Sign the busybox image with the identify of foo@bar.com with a user's keyring and save the signature in /tmp/signatures/.
sudo podman image sign --sign-by foo@bar.com --directory /tmp/signatures docker://privateregistry.example.com/foobar
-# RELATED CONFIGURATION
+## RELATED CONFIGURATION
The write (and read) location for signatures is defined in YAML-based
configuration files in /etc/containers/registries.d/. When you sign
@@ -43,10 +39,10 @@ docker:
privateregistry.example.com:
sigstore: file:///var/lib/containers/sigstore
-When signing an image preceeded with the registry name 'privateregistry.example.com',
-the signature will be written into subdirectories of
+When signing an image preceded with the registry name 'privateregistry.example.com',
+the signature will be written into sub-directories of
/var/lib/containers/sigstore/privateregistry.example.com. The use of 'sigstore' also means
the signature will be 'read' from that same location on a pull-related function.
-# HISTORY
+## HISTORY
November 2018, Originally compiled by Qi Wang (qiwan at redhat dot com)