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authorJordan Petridis <16531710+alatiera@users.noreply.github.com>2025-08-22 20:47:22 +0300
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docs: Skip password promot during cosign key generation (#131)
The key in GH secret requires that its not password protected in order to work. Add COSIGN_PASSWORD="" in the example command so everyone that copy pastes it avoids the prompt they have to manually ignore otherwise.
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@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ First, install the [cosign CLI tool](https://edu.chainguard.dev/open-source/sigs
With the cosign tool installed, run inside your repo folder:
```bash
-cosign generate-key-pair
+COSIGN_PASSWORD="" cosign generate-key-pair
```
-Do NOT put in a password when it asks you to, just press enter. The signing key will be used in GitHub Actions and will not work if it is encrypted.
+The signing key will be used in GitHub Actions and will not work if it is password protected.
> [!WARNING]
> Be careful to *never* accidentally commit `cosign.key` into your git repo. If this key goes out to the public, the security of your repository is compromised.