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<refentry id="vboxmanage-signova" lang="en">
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date: 2023-01-17 15:15:46 +0100 (Tue, 17 Jan 2023) $</pubdate>
<title>VBoxManage signova</title>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>VBoxManage-signova</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>VBoxManage-signova</refname>
<refpurpose>Digitally sign an OVA</refpurpose>
<refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-signova">
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<command>VBoxManage signova</command>
<arg choice="req"><replaceable>ova</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="req">--certificate=<replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="req">--private-key=<replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
<group>
<arg choice="plain">--private-key-password-file=<replaceable>password-file</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain">--private-key-password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
</group>
<arg>--digest-type=<replaceable>type</replaceable></arg>
<group>
<arg choice="plain">--pkcs7</arg>
<arg choice="plain">--no-pkcs7</arg>
</group>
<arg>--intermediate-cert=<replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--force</arg>
<arg>--verbose</arg>
<arg>--quiet</arg>
<arg>--dry-run</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage signova</command> command adds a digital
signature to an OVA file.
</para>
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<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>ova</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>The OVA file to sign.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--certificate=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>File containing the certificate that the OVA should be
signed with. This can either be in PEM format (base64) or DER (binary),
the command will detect which.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--private-key=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>The file containing the private key. This can either be
in PEM (base64) or DER (binary) format, the command will detect
which.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--private-key-password-file=<replaceable>password-file</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>File containing the private key password.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--private-key-password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>The private key password. <!-- add warning about visibility --> </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--digest-type=<replaceable>type</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Select the cryptographic digest algorithm to use in the
signing. Possible values: SHA-256 (default), SHA-512 and SHA-1.</para>
<para>Some older versions of OVFTool and other VMware produces may
require <option>--digest-type=sha-1</option> to accept the OVA.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--pkcs7</option>, <option>--no-pkcs7</option></term>
<listitem><para>Enables or disables the creation of an additional
PKCS#7/CMS signature. This is enabled by default.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--intermediate-cert=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>File containing an intermediary certificate that should be
included in the optional PKCS#7/CMS signature. Like the others, the file can
either be in PEM or DER format. This option can be repeated to add
multiple intermediate certificates. This option implies the
<option>--pkcs7</option> option.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--force</option></term>
<listitem><para>Overwrite existing signature if present. The default
behaviour is to fail if the OVA is already signed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--dry-run</option></term>
<listitem><para>Do not actually modify the OVA, just test-run the signing operation.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-v</option>, <option>--verbose</option>, <option>-q</option>, <option>--quiet</option></term>
<listitem><para>Controls the verbositity of the command execution. The
<option>--verbose</option> option can be used multiple times to get more output.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>