add signature verification to install.sh (#2941)

Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 #v4.1.6
 
+      - name: Check if running on main
+        if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main'
+        # we are using the following flag when running `cosign blob-verify` for checksum signature verification:
+        #   --certificate-identity-regexp "https://github.com/anchore/.github/workflows/release.yaml@refs/heads/main"
+        # if we are not on the main branch, the signature will not be verifiable since the suffix requires the main branch
+        # at the time of when the OIDC token was issued on the Github Actions runner.
+        run: echo "This can only be run on the main branch otherwise releases produced will not be verifiable with cosign" && exit 1
+
       - name: Check if tag already exists
         # note: this will fail if the tag already exists
         run: |

.github/workflows/validations.yaml

@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ jobs:
     needs: [Build-Snapshot-Artifacts]
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Install Cosign
+        uses: sigstore/[email protected]
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 #v4.1.6
 
       - name: Bootstrap environment

README.md

@@ -40,11 +40,10 @@ Syft binaries are provided for Linux, macOS and Windows.
 > curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anchore/syft/main/install.sh | sh -s -- -b /usr/local/bin
 > ```
 
-... or, you can specify a release version and destination directory for the installation:
-
-> ```bash
-> curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anchore/syft/main/install.sh | sh -s -- -b <DESTINATION_DIR> <RELEASE_VERSION>
-> ```
+Install script options:
+-	`-b`: Specify a custom installation directory (defaults to `./bin`)
+-	`-d`: More verbose logging levels (`-d` for debug, `-dd` for trace)
+-	`-v`: Verify the signature of the downloaded artifact before installation (requires [`cosign`](https://github.com/sigstore/cosign) to be installed)
 
 ### Homebrew
 ```bash