kosli attest generic #

Synopsis #

Report a generic attestation to an artifact or a trail in a Kosli flow.

The attestation can be bound to a trail using the trail name.

If the attestation is for an artifact, the attestation can be bound to the artifact using one of two ways:

using the artifact's SHA256 fingerprint which is calculated (based on the --artifact-type flag and the artifact name/path argument) or can be provided directly (with the --fingerprint flag).
using the artifact's name in the flow yaml template and the git commit from which the artifact is/will be created. Useful when reporting an attestation before creating/reporting the artifact.

You can optionally associate the attestation to a git commit using --commit (requires access to a git repo). And you
can optionally redact some of the git commit data sent to Kosli using --redact-commit-info. Note that when the attestation is reported for an artifact that does not yet exist in Kosli, --commit becomes required to facilitate binding the attestation to the right artifact.

kosli attest generic [IMAGE-NAME | FILE-PATH | DIR-PATH] [flags]

Flags #

Flag	Description
--annotate stringToString	[optional] Annotate the attestation with data using key=value.
-t, --artifact-type string	The type of the artifact to calculate its SHA256 fingerprint. One of: [docker, file, dir]. Only required if you want Kosli to calculate the fingerprint for you (i.e. when you don't specify '--fingerprint' on commands that allow it).
--attachments strings	[optional] The comma-separated list of paths of attachments for the reported attestation. Attachments can be files or directories. All attachments are compressed and uploaded to Kosli's evidence vault.
-g, --commit string	[conditional] The git commit for which the attestation is associated to. Becomes required when reporting an attestation for an artifact before reporting it to Kosli. (defaulted in some CIs: https://docs.kosli.com/ci-defaults ).
-C, --compliant	[defaulted] Whether the attestation is compliant or not. A boolean flag https://docs.kosli.com/faq/#boolean-flags (default true)
--description string	[optional] attestation description
-D, --dry-run	[optional] Run in dry-run mode. When enabled, no data is sent to Kosli and the CLI exits with 0 exit code regardless of any errors.
-x, --exclude strings	[optional] The comma separated list of directories and files to exclude from fingerprinting. Can take glob patterns. Only applicable for --artifact-type dir.
--external-fingerprint stringToString	[optional] A SHA256 fingerprint of an external attachment represented by --external-url. The format is label=fingerprint (labels cannot contain '.' or '='). This flag can be set multiple times. There must be an external url with a matching label for each external fingerprint.
--external-url stringToString	[optional] Add labeled reference URL for an external resource. The format is label=url (labels cannot contain '.' or '='). This flag can be set multiple times. If the resource is a file or dir, you can optionally add its fingerprint via --external-fingerprint
-F, --fingerprint string	[conditional] The SHA256 fingerprint of the artifact to attach the attestation to. Only required if the attestation is for an artifact and --artifact-type and artifact name/path are not used.
-f, --flow string	The Kosli flow name.
-h, --help	help for generic
-n, --name string	The name of the attestation as declared in the flow or trail yaml template.
-o, --origin-url string	[optional] The url pointing to where the attestation came from or is related. (defaulted to the CI url in some CIs: https://docs.kosli.com/ci-defaults ).
--redact-commit-info strings	[optional] The list of commit info to be redacted before sending to Kosli. Allowed values are one or more of [author, message, branch].
--registry-password string	[conditional] The docker registry password or access token. Only required if you want to read docker image SHA256 digest from a remote docker registry.
--registry-provider string	[conditional] The docker registry provider or url. Only required if you want to read docker image SHA256 digest from a remote docker registry.
--registry-username string	[conditional] The docker registry username. Only required if you want to read docker image SHA256 digest from a remote docker registry.
--repo-root string	[defaulted] The directory where the source git repository is available. Only used if --commit is used. (default ".")
-T, --trail string	The Kosli trail name.
-u, --user-data string	[optional] The path to a JSON file containing additional data you would like to attach to the attestation.

Flags inherited from parent commands #

Flag	Description
-a, --api-token string	The Kosli API token.
-c, --config-file string	[optional] The Kosli config file path. (default "kosli")
--debug	[optional] Print debug logs to stdout. A boolean flag https://docs.kosli.com/faq/#boolean-flags (default false)
-H, --host string	[defaulted] The Kosli endpoint. (default "https://app.kosli.com")
--http-proxy string	[optional] The HTTP proxy URL including protocol and port number. e.g. 'http://proxy-server-ip:proxy-port'
-r, --max-api-retries int	[defaulted] How many times should API calls be retried when the API host is not reachable. (default 3)
--org string	The Kosli organization.

Live Examples in different CI systems #

GitHub

View an example of the kosli attest generic command in GitHub.

In this YAML file, which created this Kosli Event.

GitLab

View an example of the kosli attest generic command in GitLab.

In this YAML file, which created this Kosli Event.

Examples Use Cases #

report a generic attestation about a pre-built docker artifact (kosli calculates the fingerprint)

kosli attest generic yourDockerImageName \
	--artifact-type docker \
	--name yourAttestationName \
	--flow yourFlowName \
	--trail yourTrailName \
	--api-token yourAPIToken \
	--org yourOrgName

report a generic attestation about a pre-built docker artifact (you provide the fingerprint)

kosli attest generic \
	--fingerprint yourDockerImageFingerprint \
	--name yourAttestationName \
	--flow yourFlowName \
	--trail yourTrailName \
	--api-token yourAPIToken \
	--org yourOrgName

report a generic attestation about a trail

kosli attest generic \
	--name yourAttestationName \
	--flow yourFlowName \
	--trail yourTrailName \
	--api-token yourAPIToken \
	--org yourOrgName

report a generic attestation about an artifact which has not been reported yet in a trail

kosli attest generic \
	--name yourTemplateArtifactName.yourAttestationName \
	--flow yourFlowName \
	--trail yourTrailName \
	--commit yourArtifactGitCommit \
	--api-token yourAPIToken \
	--org yourOrgName

report a generic attestation about a trail with an attachment

kosli attest generic \
	--name yourAttestationName \
	--flow yourFlowName \
	--trail yourTrailName \
	--attachments yourAttachmentPathName \
	--api-token yourAPIToken \
	--org yourOrgName

report a non-compliant generic attestation about a trail

kosli attest generic \
	--name yourAttestationName \
	--flow yourFlowName \
	--trail yourTrailName \
	--compliant=false \
	--api-token yourAPIToken \
	--org yourOrgName