dotnet nuget trust

This article applies to: ✔️ .NET 5.0.300 SDK and later versions

Name

dotnet nuget trust - Gets or sets trusted signers to the NuGet configuration.

Synopsis

dotnet nuget trust [command] [Options]

dotnet nuget trust -h|--help

Description

The dotnet nuget trust command manages the trusted signers. By default, NuGet accepts all authors and repositories. These commands allow you to specify only a specific subset of signers whose signatures will be accepted, while rejecting all others. For more information, see Common NuGet configurations. For details on what the nuget.config schema looks like, refer to the NuGet config file reference.

Note

This command requires a certificate root store that is valid for both code signing and timestamping. Also, this command may not be supported on some combinations of operating system and .NET SDK. For more information, see NuGet signed package verification.

Options

  • -?|-h|--help

    Prints out a description of how to use the command.

Commands

If no command is specified, the command will default to list.

list

Lists all the trusted signers in the configuration. This option will include all the certificates (with fingerprint and fingerprint algorithm) each signer has. If a certificate has a preceding [U], it means that certificate entry has allowUntrustedRoot set as true.

Synopsis:

dotnet nuget trust list [--configfile <PATH>] [-h|--help] [-v, --verbosity <LEVEL>]

Options:

  • --configfile <FILE>

    The NuGet configuration file (nuget.config) to use. If specified, only the settings from this file will be used. If not specified, the hierarchy of configuration files from the current directory will be used. For more information, see Common NuGet Configurations.

  • -?|-h|--help

    Prints out a description of how to use the command.

  • -v|--verbosity <LEVEL>

    Sets the verbosity level of the command. Allowed values are q[uiet], m[inimal], n[ormal], d[etailed], and diag[nostic]. The default is minimal. For more information, see LoggerVerbosity.

sync

Deletes the current list of certificates and replaces them with an up-to-date list from the repository.

Synopsis

dotnet nuget trust sync <NAME> [--configfile <PATH>] [-h|--help] [-v, --verbosity <LEVEL>]

Arguments

  • NAME

    The name of the existing trusted signer to sync.

Options:

  • --configfile <FILE>

    The NuGet configuration file (nuget.config) to use. If specified, only the settings from this file will be used. If not specified, the hierarchy of configuration files from the current directory will be used. For more information, see Common NuGet Configurations.

  • -?|-h|--help

    Prints out a description of how to use the command.

  • -v|--verbosity <LEVEL>

    Sets the verbosity level of the command. Allowed values are q[uiet], m[inimal], n[ormal], d[etailed], and diag[nostic]. The default is minimal. For more information, see LoggerVerbosity.

remove

Removes any trusted signers that match the given name.

Synopsis

dotnet nuget trust remove <NAME> [--configfile <PATH>] [-h|--help] [-v, --verbosity <LEVEL>]

Arguments

  • NAME

    The name of the existing trusted signer to remove.

Options:

  • --configfile <FILE>

    The NuGet configuration file (nuget.config) to use. If specified, only the settings from this file will be used. If not specified, the hierarchy of configuration files from the current directory will be used. For more information, see Common NuGet Configurations.

  • -?|-h|--help

    Prints out a description of how to use the command.

  • -v|--verbosity <LEVEL>

    Sets the verbosity level of the command. Allowed values are q[uiet], m[inimal], n[ormal], d[etailed], and diag[nostic]. The default is minimal. For more information, see LoggerVerbosity.

author

Adds a trusted signer with the given name, based on the author signature of the package.

Synopsis

dotnet nuget trust author <NAME> <PACKAGE> [--allow-untrusted-root] [--configfile <PATH>] [-h|--help] [-v, --verbosity <LEVEL>]

Arguments

  • NAME

    The name of the trusted signer to add. If NAME already exists in the configuration, the signature is appended.

  • PACKAGE

    The given PACKAGE should be a local path to the signed .nupkg file.

Options:

  • --allow-untrusted-root

    Specifies if the certificate for the trusted signer should be allowed to chain to an untrusted root. This is not recommended.

  • --configfile <FILE>

    The NuGet configuration file (nuget.config) to use. If specified, only the settings from this file will be used. If not specified, the hierarchy of configuration files from the current directory will be used. For more information, see Common NuGet Configurations.

  • -?|-h|--help

    Prints out a description of how to use the command.

  • -v|--verbosity <LEVEL>

    Sets the verbosity level of the command. Allowed values are q[uiet], m[inimal], n[ormal], d[etailed], and diag[nostic]. The default is minimal. For more information, see LoggerVerbosity.

repository

Adds a trusted signer with the given name, based on the repository signature or countersignature of a signed package.

Synopsis

dotnet nuget trust repository <NAME> <PACKAGE> [--allow-untrusted-root] [--configfile <PATH>] [-h|--help] [--owners <LIST>] [-v, --verbosity <LEVEL>]

Arguments

  • NAME

    The name of the trusted signer to add. If NAME already exists in the configuration, the signature is appended.

  • PACKAGE

    The given PACKAGE should be a local path to the signed .nupkg file.

Options:

  • --allow-untrusted-root

    Specifies if the certificate for the trusted signer should be allowed to chain to an untrusted root. This is not recommended.

  • --configfile <FILE>

    The NuGet configuration file (nuget.config) to use. If specified, only the settings from this file will be used. If not specified, the hierarchy of configuration files from the current directory will be used. For more information, see Common NuGet Configurations.

  • -?|-h|--help

    Prints out a description of how to use the command.

  • --owners <LIST>

    Semicolon-separated list of trusted owners to further restrict the trust of a repository.

  • -v|--verbosity <LEVEL>

    Sets the verbosity level of the command. Allowed values are q[uiet], m[inimal], n[ormal], d[etailed], and diag[nostic]. The default is minimal. For more information, see LoggerVerbosity.

certificate

Adds a trusted signer with the given name, based on a certificate fingerprint.

Synopsis

dotnet nuget trust certificate <NAME> <FINGERPRINT> [--algorithm <ALGORITHM>] [--allow-untrusted-root] [--configfile <PATH>] [-h|--help] [-v, --verbosity <LEVEL>]

Arguments

  • NAME

    The name of the trusted signer to add. If a trusted signer with the given name already exists, the certificate item is added to that signer. Otherwise a trusted author is created with a certificate item from the given certificate information.

  • FINGERPRINT

    The fingerprint of the certificate.

Options:

  • --algorithm <ALGORITHM>

    Specifies the hash algorithm used to calculate the certificate fingerprint. Defaults to SHA256. Values supported are SHA256, SHA384 and SHA512.

  • --allow-untrusted-root

    Specifies if the certificate for the trusted signer should be allowed to chain to an untrusted root. This is not recommended.

  • --configfile <FILE>

    The NuGet configuration file (nuget.config) to use. If specified, only the settings from this file will be used. If not specified, the hierarchy of configuration files from the current directory will be used. For more information, see Common NuGet Configurations.

  • -?|-h|--help

    Prints out a description of how to use the command.

  • -v|--verbosity <LEVEL>

    Sets the verbosity level of the command. Allowed values are q[uiet], m[inimal], n[ormal], d[etailed], and diag[nostic]. The default is minimal. For more information, see LoggerVerbosity.

source

Adds a trusted signer based on a given package source.

Synopsis

dotnet nuget trust source <NAME> [--configfile <PATH>] [-h|--help] [--owners <LIST>] [--source-url] [-v, --verbosity <LEVEL>]

Arguments

  • NAME

    The name of the trusted signer to add. If only <NAME> is provided without --<source-url>, the package source from your NuGet configuration files with the same name is added to the trusted list. If <NAME> already exists in the configuration, the package source is appended to it.

Options:

  • --configfile <FILE>

    The NuGet configuration file (nuget.config) to use. If specified, only the settings from this file will be used. If not specified, the hierarchy of configuration files from the current directory will be used. For more information, see Common NuGet Configurations.

  • -?|-h|--help

    Prints out a description of how to use the command.

  • --owners <LIST>

    Semicolon-separated list of trusted owners to further restrict the trust of a repository.

  • --source-url

    If a source-url is provided, it must be a v3 package source URL (like https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json). Other package source types are not supported.

  • -v|--verbosity <LEVEL>

    Sets the verbosity level of the command. Allowed values are q[uiet], m[inimal], n[ormal], d[etailed], and diag[nostic]. The default is minimal. For more information, see LoggerVerbosity.

Examples

  • List trusted signers:

    dotnet nuget trust list
    
  • Trust source NuGet in specified nuget.config file:

    dotnet nuget trust source NuGet --configfile ..\nuget.config
    
  • Trust an author from signed nupkg package file foo.nupkg:

    dotnet nuget trust author PackageAuthor .\foo.nupkg
    
  • Trust a repository from signed nupkg package file foo.nupkg:

    dotnet nuget trust repository PackageRepository .\foo.nupkg
    
  • Trust a package signing certificate using its SHA256 fingerprint:

      dotnet nuget trust certificate MyCert  F99EC8CDCE5642B380296A19E22FA8EB3AEF1C70079541A2B3D6E4A93F5E1AFD --algorithm SHA256
    
  • Trust owners Nuget and Microsoft from the repository https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json:

      dotnet nuget trust source NuGetTrust --source-url https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json --owners "Nuget;Microsoft"
    
  • Remove trusted signer named NuGet from specified nuget.config file:

      dotnet nuget trust remove NuGet --configfile ..\nuget.config