Automating image signing on CI systems Create a delegation key for the CI system. Expose an encrypted passphrase in the CI environment that imports the key via the local notary client: ❯ export NOTARY_DELEGATION_PASSPHRASE=foobar ❯ notary -D -v -s https://127.0.0.1:4443 -d ~/.docker/trust key import ./delegation.key --role user Use the encrypted passphrase to sign and push the image: ❯ export DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST_REPOSITORY_PASSPHRASE=$NOTARY_DELEGATION_PASSPHRASE ❯ DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST_SERVER=https://notary.docker.io docker build -t <aws_account_id>.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/app:latest . ❯ docker push <aws_account_id>.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/app:latest