sbsign(1)

sbsign1

Uefi secure boot signing tool

Usage

sbsign [options] --key <keyfile> --cert <certfile> <efi-boot-image>

Overview

Sign an EFI boot image for use with secure boot.

Options

--engine <eng>

use the specified engine to load the key

--key <keyfile>

signing key (PEM-encoded RSA private key)

--cert <certfile>

certificate (x509 certificate)

--addcert <addcertfile> additional intermediate certificates in a file

--detached

write a detached signature, instead of a signed binary

--output <file>

write signed data to <file> (default <efi-boot-image>.signed, or <efi-boot-image>.pk7 for detached signatures)

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 9
  2. 10–11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. Arch

--engine since Debian 10 (Buster).

From sbsigntools 0.9.5-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.