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Code signing with Software Trust Manager

Code Signing with Software Trust Manager GitHub action is a streamlined keypair-based signing workflow that improves software security and seamlessly integrates with DevOps processes to sign binaries on Windows and Linux.

This GitHub action automates the installation and configuration of Software Trust Manager client tools, enabling developers to quickly become signing-ready for GitHub action workflows.

Software Trust Manager

DigiCert® Software Trust Manager provides a solution to manage and automate your code signing workflows in a secure way.

Software Trust Manager will:

  • Require multi-factor authentication (MFA) for signing.
  • Prevent unauthorized access or misuse of keys and certificates.
  • Enforce consistency and compliance of security policies.
  • Guard against insertion of malware during software releases.
  • Expedite remediation by giving you an audit history of all actions taken within your account.

You can use Software Trust Manager to securely:

  • Generate and manage your credentials.
  • Create, edit, import, export, or delete keypairs.
  • Generate certificates using a keypair in your account.
  • View your audit and signature logs.
  • Create releases.
  • Sign code.

DigiCert ONE account

Software Trust Manager is part of the DigiCert ONE platform, which also includes DigiCert® Trust Lifecycle Manager, DigiCert® Document Trust Manager, and DigiCert® IoT Trust Manager, enabling organizations to manage their diverse PKI workflows from a single pane of glass.

You require a DigiCert ONE account to access Software Trust Manager. If you do not currently have a DigiCert ONE account, you can request a 30-day free trial account from DigiCert Sales.

Which client tools will be installed and configured?

  • Signing Manager Controller (SMCTL) SMCTL provides a Command Line Interface (CLI) that facilitates manual or automated private key, certificate management, and signing with or without the need for human intervention.

  • PKCS11 library The PKCS11 library handles secure key generation, application hash signing, and associated certificate-related requirements when the signing request does not require the transportation of files and intellectual property.

  • KSP library DigiCert​​®​​ Software Trust Manager KSP is a Microsoft CNG (Cryptographic: Next Generation) library-based client-side tool

  • JCE library The JCE library is used for signing with Jarsigner and integrates with any operating system that supports Java.

Use cases

This is a list of popular use cases supported by Software Trust Manager. This is not a comprehensive list.

  • APK signing
  • ClickOnce signing
  • Container signing
  • Docker signing
  • HLK and HCK signing
  • JWT signing
  • KSP signing
  • OVA and OVF signing
  • PKCS11 signing
  • Strong name signing
  • Visual Studio signing
  • XML detached signing
  • XML signing

Signing tools

This is a list of popular signing tools supported by Software Trust Manager. This is not a comprehensive list.

  • Jarsigner
  • jSign
  • jwt.io (for JWT signing)
  • Keytool
  • Mage
  • NuGet
  • OpenSSL
  • Osslsigncode
  • p11tool
  • Podman (for container signing)
  • Sign4j
  • SignTool (for Microsoft authenticode signing)
  • Xmlsectool

Documentation & Guides

For comprehensive documentation, refer to: GitHub custom action for keypair signing

Feedback and issues

Contact DigiCert

Learn more

To learn more about centralizing and automating your code signing workflows with Software Trust Manager, reach out to Sales/Enquiry or visit: http://www.digicert.com/signing/software-trust-manager.