igvm-update(1)

💖 igvm-update(1) — General Commands Manual 💖

okay bestie, so this is igvm-update, section 1 of the General Commands Manual, and it's the lil tool that adds a kernel to an igvm file. that's it. that's the whole job. and it slays at it. ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

igvm-update — add kernel to igvm file 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

igvm-update [-s|--shim] [-k|--kernel] [--add-hash-sha256]
[--add-cert-ms] [--profile] [--arch] [--inspect] [-o|--output]
[-h|--help] [-V|--version] <-i|--input>

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

add kernel to igvm file. no cap, that's literally what it does — you hand it an igvm image and a kernel, and it does the thing. 💅

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -i, --input <FILE> — the input igvm image. this one's the main character fr, you can't skip it. 👑
• -s, --shim <SHIM> — input shim image (optional, so she's lowkey just here if you want her).
• -k, --kernel <KERNEL> — input kernel image, and bestie it can be any efi image. any of them. go off. 🔥
• --add-hash-sha256 — adds authenticode sha256 hashes for shim and kernel to 'db'. hash it, hash it. ✨
• --add-cert-ms — adds microsoft certificates to 'db'. the microsoft certificates, specifically. 😌
• --profile <NAME> — select the 'db' profile. here's the whole lineup, and no, we're not skipping any of them:

Possible values:

• none: no certificates
• win11: Windows CA certificates, 2011 + 2023
• win23: Windows CA certificate, 2023 only
• win+rom23: Windows CA + Option ROM certificates, 2023 only
• uefi11: UEFI CA certificates, 2011 + 2023
• uefi23: UEFI CA certificate, 2023
• uefi+rom23: UEFI CA + Option ROM certificates, 2023
• redhat: Red Hat UEFI CA certificate
• redhat+rom: Red Hat UEFI CA + Option ROM certificates
• all: Both Windows and UEFI CA certificates, 2011 + 2023

pick your fighter. 🎀

• --arch <ARCH> — select the efi architecture for 'dbx'. the choices are giving:

Possible values:

• aa64
• x64

• --inspect — inspect the updated igvm. vibe check your work, you deserve it. 🔍
• -o, --output <FILE> — the output igvm image.
• -h, --help — Print help (see a summary with '-h'). 🫶
• -V, --version — Print version.

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✨ VERSION ✨

v0.2.6

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✨ AUTHORS ✨

Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> — iconic behavior honestly 💜

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and that's the whole page bestie!! 💅 this was igvm-update version 0.2.6, page igvm-update(1) from the General Commands Manual — go forth and add that kernel, you've got this 🦋✨🌸