Verifying dops Releases

All dops release artifacts are signed using Sigstore cosign with keyless signing. This means every release is cryptographically tied to the GitHub Actions workflow that built it — no private keys involved.

Prerequisites

Install cosign (single static binary, works on Linux, macOS, and Windows):

# Homebrew
brew install cosign

# Go
go install github.com/sigstore/cosign/v2/cmd/cosign@latest

# Windows (scoop)
scoop install cosign

See cosign installation docs for all options.

Verifying Binary Releases

Each GitHub Release includes:

• checksums.txt — SHA-256 hashes for every archive
• checksums.txt.sig — cosign signature
• checksums.txt.pem — signing certificate

Step 1: Verify the checksum signature

cosign verify-blob \
  --certificate checksums.txt.pem \
  --signature checksums.txt.sig \
  --certificate-identity-regexp "https://github.com/rundops/dops" \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer "https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com" \
  checksums.txt

A successful result prints Verified OK.

Step 2: Verify the archive checksum

Linux / macOS:

sha256sum -c checksums.txt

Windows (PowerShell):

# Check a specific archive
$expected = (Select-String -Path checksums.txt -Pattern "dops_.*windows.*").ToString().Split(" ")[0]
$actual = (Get-FileHash dops_*_windows_amd64.zip -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower()
if ($expected -eq $actual) { "OK" } else { "MISMATCH" }

Verifying Docker Images

cosign verify \
  --certificate-identity-regexp "https://github.com/rundops/dops" \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer "https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com" \
  ghcr.io/rundops/dops:v0.1.0

Replace v0.1.0 with the version you pulled.

What Gets Signed

Artifact	Method
Binary archives (tar.gz)	Transitively via checksums.txt signature
checksums.txt	Direct cosign keyless signature
Docker images (GHCR)	Direct cosign keyless signature by digest

SBOMs

Each release also includes SPDX JSON SBOMs (one per archive) generated by Syft. These are covered by the checksum signature.