Signature

• 1. Property keyName
• 2. Property sig

Title: Signature

Description: A cryptographic signature along with the name of the key that produced it.

This schema describes the JSON representation of signatures as used in various Nix JSON APIs.

Warning

This JSON format is currently experimental and subject to change.

Version History

• Version 1: Colon-separated string in the format <key-name>:<signature-in-Base64>

• Version 2: Structured object with keyName and sig fields

1. Property keyName

Title: Key Name

Description: The name of the key used to produce this signature

2. Property sig

Title: Signature Data

Description: The raw signature bytes, Base64-encoded

Examples

Simple signature

{
    "keyName": "cache.nixos.org-1",
    "sig": "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
}