Signs an existing enclave image file (.eif
). You must specify a
private key and a signing certificate. For the private key, you can use a KMS key
ARN or a local private key file.
The signature is added to the enclave image file (.eif
). The
signature is updated if it already exists in the enclave image file.
The command returns a set of measurements (SHA384 hashes) that are unique to the enclave image file. These measurements are provided in the form of platform configuration registers (PCRs). The PCRs are used during the enclave's attestation process. For more information, see Nitro Enclaves concepts.
For example, when using Nitro Enclaves with AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS), you can specify these PCRs in condition keys for customer managed keys policies. When an application in the enclave performs an AWS KMS operation, AWS KMS compares the PCRs in the enclave's signed attestation document with the PCRs specified in the condition keys of the KMS key policy before allowing the operation.
Syntax
nitro-cli sign-eif
--eif-path /path/to/eif
--private-key key
--signing-certificate certificate.pem
Options
--eif-path
-
The path to the enclave image file.
Type: String
Required: Yes
--private-key
-
The private key to use to sign the enclave image file. This can be a KMS key ARN, or a path to a local private key file. Only ECDSA keys are supported for signing.
Type: String
Required: Yes
--signing-certificate
-
The signing key to use to sign the enclave image file.
Type: String
Required: Yes
Important
Ensure that the specified certificate is valid. If you start an enclave
with an invalid certificate, then the nitro-cli run-enclave
command fails with errors E36
, E39
, and
E11
. For more information, see Nitro Enclaves CLI error
codes.
Output
Measurements
-
The cryptographic measurements (SHA384 hashes) that are unique to the enclave image file. The command output includes an additional PCR,
PCR8
that can be used in condition keys for KMS key policies. For more information, see Where to get an enclave's measurements.Type: String
Example
The following example signs the enclave image file sample.eif
with the given KMS key.
Command
nitro-cli sign-eif --eif-path
sample.eif
--private-key arn:aws:kms:eu-west-1:123456789321:key/abcdef12-3456-789a-bcde-111122223333
--signing-certificate certificate.pem
Output
Enclave Image successfully signed.{
"Measurements": {
"HashAlgorithm": "Sha384 { ... }",
"PCR0": "EXAMPLE59044e337c00068c2c033546641e37aa466b853ca486dd149f641f15071961db2a0827beccea9cade3EXAMPLE",
"PCR1": "EXAMPLE7783d0c23167299fbe5a69622490a9bdf82e94a0a1a48b0e7c56130c0c1e6555de7c0aa3d7901fbc58EXAMPLE",
"PCR2": "EXAMPLE4b51589e8374b7f695b4649d1f1e9b528b05ab75a49f9a0a4a1ec36be81280caab0486f660b9207ac0EXAMPLE",
"PCR8": "EXAMPLEdcca7f74398ae152d6ee245d8ac2cd430fb63644b46bf47b7d36b53b91c7597edda2d5df772cc81b72EXAMPLE"
}
}