sbctl intends to be a user-friendly secure boot key manager capable of setting up secure boot, offer key management capabilities, and keep track of files that needs to be signed in the boot chain.
It is written top-to-bottom in Golang using go-uefi for the API layer and doesn't rely on existing secure boot tooling. It also tries to sport some integration testing towards tianocore utilizing vmtest.
- User-friendly
- Manages secure boot keys
- Live enrollment of keys
- Signing database to help keep track of files to sign
- Verify ESP of files missing signatures
- EFI stub generation
- JSON output
- Key rotation
- TPM support
- Hardware token support
- Configuration Files
- Automatic boot chain signing using the Boot Loader Interface
- util-linux (using
lsblk) - binutils (using
objcopy) - Go >= 1.16
- asciidoc (only for building)
To fetch, build and install sbctl from the Github source:
$ go install github.com/foxboron/sbctl/cmd/sbctl@latest
$ $(go env GOPATH)/bin/sbctl
To install through git:
$ git clone https://github.com/foxboron/sbctl.git
$ cd sbctl
$ make
$ sbctl
For Arch Linux:
# pacman -S sbctl
For Alpine Linux:
# apk add sbctl
For Gentoo Linux:
# emerge --ask app-crypt/sbctl
You can find a updated list of sbctl packages on Repology.
In addition, sbctl is also available for openSUSE (experimental) & Ubuntu
(unofficial).
Follow the Expert Download links to find installation instructions according
to your operating system.
Development discussions and support happens in #sbctl on the libera.chat IRC network.
$ sbctl
Secure Boot Key Manager
Usage:
sbctl [command]
Available Commands:
bundle Bundle the needed files for an EFI stub image
create-keys Create a set of secure boot signing keys
enroll-keys Enroll the current keys to EFI
generate-bundles Generate all EFI stub bundles
help Help about any command
list-bundles List stored bundles
list-files List enrolled files
remove-bundle Remove bundle from database
remove-file Remove file from database
sign Sign a file with secure boot keys
sign-all Sign all enrolled files with secure boot keys
status Show current boot status
verify Find and check if files in the ESP are signed or not
Flags:
-h, --help help for sbctl
--json Output as json
Use "sbctl [command] --help" for more information about a command.
See example enrollment for a workflow with screenshots of real firmware setup menus.
# sbctl status
Installed: ✘ Sbctl is not installed
Setup Mode: ✘ Enabled
Secure Boot: ✘ Disabled
# sbctl create-keys
Created Owner UUID a9fbbdb7-a05f-48d5-b63a-08c5df45ee70
Creating secure boot keys...✔
Secure boot keys created!
# sbctl enroll-keys
Enrolling keys to EFI variables...✔
Enrolled keys to the EFI variables!
# sbctl status
Installed: ✔ Sbctl is installed
Owner GUID: a9fbbdb7-a05f-48d5-b63a-08c5df45ee70
Setup Mode: ✔ Disabled
Secure Boot: ✘ Disabled
// Reboot!
# sbctl status
Installed: ✔ Sbctl is installed
Owner GUID: a9fbbdb7-a05f-48d5-b63a-08c5df45ee70
Setup Mode: ✔ Disabled
Secure Boot: ✔ Enabled
# sbctl verify
Verifying file database and EFI images in /efi...
✘ /boot/vmlinuz-linux is not signed
✘ /efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI is not signed
✘ /efi/EFI/BOOT/KeyTool-signed.efi is not signed
✘ /efi/EFI/Linux/linux-linux.efi is not signed
✘ /efi/EFI/arch/fwupdx64.efi is not signed
✘ /efi/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi is not signed
# sbctl sign -s /efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
✔ Signed /efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI...
# sbctl sign -s /efi/EFI/arch/fwupdx64.efi
✔ Signed /efi/EFI/arch/fwupdx64.efi...
# sbctl sign -s /efi/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi
✔ Signed /efi/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi...
# sbctl sign -s /usr/lib/fwupd/efi/fwupdx64.efi -o /usr/lib/fwupd/efi/fwupdx64.efi.signed
✔ Signed /usr/lib/fwupd/efi/fwupdx64.efi...
# sbctl verify
Verifying file database and EFI images in /efi...
✔ /usr/lib/fwupd/efi/fwupdx64.efi.signed is signed
✔ /efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI is signed
✔ /efi/EFI/arch/fwupdx64.efi is signed
✔ /efi/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi is signed
✘ /boot/vmlinuz-linux is not signed
✘ /efi/EFI/BOOT/KeyTool-signed.efi is not signed
✘ /efi/EFI/Linux/linux-linux.efi is not signed
# sbctl list-files
/boot/vmlinuz-linux
Signed: ✘ Not Signed
/efi/EFI/BOOT/KeyTool-signed.efi
Signed: ✘ Not Signed
/efi/EFI/Linux/linux-linux.efi
Signed: ✘ Not Signed
/efi/EFI/arch/fwupdx64.efi
Signed: ✔ Signed
/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
Signed: ✔ Signed
/usr/lib/fwupd/efi/fwupdx64.efi
Signed: ✔ Signed
Output File: /usr/lib/fwupd/efi/fwupdx64.efi.signed
/efi/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi
Signed: ✔ Signed
Note: It is generally recommended to use the initramfs generator for this.
mkinitcpio and dracut support this through their respective --uki and
--uefi flags, or the ukify tool from systemd.
This feature is considered a second class citizen in sbctl.
# sbctl bundle -s -i /boot/intel-ucode.img \
-l /usr/share/systemd/bootctl/splash-arch.bmp \
-k /boot/vmlinuz-linux \
-f /boot/initramfs-linux.img \
/efi/EFI/Linux/linux-linux.efi
Wrote EFI bundle /efi/EFI/Linux/linux-linux.efi
# sbctl list-bundles
Enrolled bundles:
/efi/EFI/Linux/linux-linux.efi
Signed: ✔ Signed
ESP Location: /efi
Output: └─/EFI/Linux/linux-linux.efi
EFI Stub Image: └─/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/linuxx64.efi.stub
Splash Image: ├─/usr/share/systemd/bootctl/splash-arch.bmp
Cmdline: ├─/etc/kernel/cmdline
OS Release: ├─/usr/lib/os-release
Kernel Image: ├─/boot/vmlinuz-linux
Initramfs Image: └─/boot/initramfs-linux.img
Intel Microcode: └─/boot/intel-ucode.img
# sbctl generate-bundles
Generating EFI bundles....
Wrote EFI bundle /efi/EFI/Linux/linux-linux.efi