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pw_software_update: CLI reference

pw_software_update: CLI reference#

pw_software_update: Secure software delivery

Overview#

Use the pw_software_update CLI to quickly learn and prototype a software update system on your development PC before productionizing one. In the future you will be able to use the CLI to update a reference target.

~$ cd pigweed
~/pigweed$ source ./activate.sh
~/pigweed$ pw update [-h] <command>

Command	Description
`generate-key`	generates a local signing key
`create-root-metadata`	creates a TUF root metadata file
`sign-root-metadata`	signs a TUF root metadata
`inspect-root-metadata`	prints a TUF root metadata
`create-empty-bundle`	creates an empty update bundle
`add-root-metadata-to-bundle`	adds a root metadata to an existing bundle
`add-file-to-bundle`	adds a target file to an existing bundle
`sign-bundle`	signs an update bundle
`inspect-bundle`	prints an update bundle
`verify-bundle`	verifies an update bundle

generate-key#

Generates an ECDSA SHA-256 public + private keypair.

$ pw update generate-key [-h] pathname

Argument	Description
`pathname`	output pathname for the new key pair

create-root-metadata#

Creates a root metadata.

$ pw update create-root-metadata [-h]
    [--version VERSION] \
    --append-root-key ROOT_KEY \
    --append-targets-key TARGETS_KEY \
    -o/--out OUT

Option	Description
`--append-root-key`	path to root key (public)
`--append-targets-key`	path to targets key (public)
`--out`	output path of newly created root metadata
`--version`	anti-rollback version number of the root metadata (defaults to 1)

sign-root-metadata#

Signs a given root metadata.

$ pw update sign-root-metadata [-h] \
    --root-metadata ROOT_METADATA \
    --root-key ROOT_KEY

Option	Description
`--root-metadata`	Path of root metadata to be signed
`--root-key`	Path to root signing key (private)

inspect-root-metadata#

Prints the contents of a given root metadata.

$ pw update inspect-root-metadata [-h] pathname

Argument	Description
`pathname`	Path to root metadata

create-empty-bundle#

Creates an empty update bundle.

$ pw update create-empty-bundle [-h] \
    [--target-metadata-version VERSION] \
    pathname

Argument	Description
`pathname`	Path to newly created empty bundle

Option	Description
`--target-metadata-version`	Version number for targets metadata, defaults to 1

add-root-metadata-to-bundle#

Adds a root metadata to a bundle.

$ pw update add-root-metadata-to-bundle [-h] \
    --append-root-metadata ROOT_METADATA \
    --bundle BUNDLE

Option	Description
`--append-root-metadata`	Path to root metadata
`--bundle`	Pathname of the bundle

add-file-to-bundle#

Adds a target file to an existing bundle.

$ pw update add-file-to-bundle [-h] \
    [--new-name NEW_NAME] \
    --bundle BUNDLE \
    --file FILE_PATH

Option	Description
`--file`	Path to a target file
`--bundle`	Pathname of the bundle
`--new-name`	Optional new name for target

sign-bundle#

Signs an existing bundle with a dev key.

$ pw update sign-bundle [-h] --bundle BUNDLE --key KEY

Option	Description
`--key`	The targets signing key (private)
`--bundle`	Pathname of the bundle

inspect-bundle#

Prints the contents of a given bundle.

$ pw update inspect-bundle [-h] pathname

Argument	Description
`pathname`	Pathname of the bundle

verify-bundle#

Performs verification of an existing bundle.

$ pw update verify-bundle [-h] \
    --bundle BUNDLE
    --trusted-root-metadata ROOT_METADATA

Option	Description
`--trusted-root-metadata`	Trusted root metadata(anchor)
`--bundle`	Pathname of the bundle to be verified