install: Add a config knob for container sigpolicy

Surface the `--enforce-container-sigpolicy` flag as a config file option.

Fixes #2112

Assisted-by: OpenCode.ai <Opus 4.6>

Author: jbtrystram

crates/lib/src/install.rs

@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ async fn verify_target_fetch(
 async fn prepare_install(
     mut config_opts: InstallConfigOpts,
     source_opts: InstallSourceOpts,
-    target_opts: InstallTargetOpts,
+    mut target_opts: InstallTargetOpts,
     mut composefs_options: InstallComposefsOpts,
     target_fs: Option<FilesystemEnum>,
 ) -> Result<Arc<State>> {
@@ -1543,6 +1543,34 @@ async fn prepare_install(
         }
     };
 
+    // Load install configuration from TOML drop-in files early, so that
+    // config values are available when constructing the target image reference.
+    let install_config = config::load_config()?;
+    if let Some(ref config) = install_config {
+        tracing::debug!("Loaded install configuration");
+        // Merge config file values into config_opts (CLI takes precedence)
+        // Only apply config file value if CLI didn't explicitly set it
+        if !config_opts.bootupd_skip_boot_uuid {
+            config_opts.bootupd_skip_boot_uuid = config
+                .bootupd
+                .as_ref()
+                .and_then(|b| b.skip_boot_uuid)
+                .unwrap_or(false);
+        }
+
+        if config_opts.bootloader.is_none() {
+            config_opts.bootloader = config.bootloader.clone();
+        }
+
+        if !target_opts.enforce_container_sigpolicy {
+            target_opts.enforce_container_sigpolicy = config
+                .enforce_container_sigpolicy
+                .unwrap_or(false);
+        }
+    } else {
+        tracing::debug!("No install configuration found");
+    }
+
     // Parse the target CLI image reference options and create the *target* image
     // reference, which defaults to pulling from a registry.
     if target_opts.target_no_signature_verification {
@@ -1630,26 +1658,6 @@ async fn prepare_install(
         println!("Digest: {digest}");
     }
 
-    let install_config = config::load_config()?;
-    if let Some(ref config) = install_config {
-        tracing::debug!("Loaded install configuration");
-        // Merge config file values into config_opts (CLI takes precedence)
-        // Only apply config file value if CLI didn't explicitly set it
-        if !config_opts.bootupd_skip_boot_uuid {
-            config_opts.bootupd_skip_boot_uuid = config
-                .bootupd
-                .as_ref()
-                .and_then(|b| b.skip_boot_uuid)
-                .unwrap_or(false);
-        }
-
-        if config_opts.bootloader.is_none() {
-            config_opts.bootloader = config.bootloader.clone();
-        }
-    } else {
-        tracing::debug!("No install configuration found");
-    }
-
     let root_filesystem = target_fs
         .or(install_config
             .as_ref()

crates/lib/src/install/config.rs

@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ pub(crate) struct InstallConfiguration {
     pub(crate) bootupd: Option<Bootupd>,
     /// Bootloader to use (grub, systemd, none)
     pub(crate) bootloader: Option<Bootloader>,
+    /// Enforce that the containers-storage stack has a non-default
+    /// (i.e. not `insecureAcceptAnything`) container image signature policy.
+    pub(crate) enforce_container_sigpolicy: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 fn merge_basic<T>(s: &mut Option<T>, o: Option<T>, _env: &EnvProperties) {
@@ -203,6 +206,11 @@ impl Mergeable for InstallConfiguration {
             merge_basic(&mut self.boot_mount_spec, other.boot_mount_spec, env);
             self.bootupd.merge(other.bootupd, env);
             merge_basic(&mut self.bootloader, other.bootloader, env);
+            merge_basic(
+                &mut self.enforce_container_sigpolicy,
+                other.enforce_container_sigpolicy,
+                env,
+            );
             if let Some(other_kargs) = other.kargs {
                 self.kargs
                     .get_or_insert_with(Default::default)
@@ -876,3 +884,46 @@ bootloader = "grub"
     install.merge(other, &env);
     assert_eq!(install.bootloader, Some(Bootloader::None));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_parse_enforce_container_sigpolicy() {
+    let env = EnvProperties {
+        sys_arch: "x86_64".to_string(),
+    };
+
+    // Test parsing true and false
+    for (input, expected) in [("true", true), ("false", false)] {
+        let toml_str = format!(
+            r#"[install]
+enforce-container-sigpolicy = {input}
+"#
+        );
+        let c: InstallConfigurationToplevel = toml::from_str(&toml_str).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            c.install.unwrap().enforce_container_sigpolicy.unwrap(),
+            expected
+        );
+    }
+
+    // Default (not specified) is None
+    let c: InstallConfigurationToplevel = toml::from_str(
+        r#"[install]
+root-fs-type = "xfs"
+"#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    assert!(c.install.unwrap().enforce_container_sigpolicy.is_none());
+
+    // Test merging: last write wins
+    let mut install: InstallConfiguration = toml::from_str(
+        r#"enforce-container-sigpolicy = false
+"#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let other = InstallConfiguration {
+        enforce_container_sigpolicy: Some(true),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    install.merge(other, &env);
+    assert_eq!(install.enforce_container_sigpolicy.unwrap(), true);
+}

docs/src/man/bootc-install-config.5.md

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ The `install` section supports these subfields:
 - `boot-mount-spec`: A string specifying the /boot filesystem mount specification.
    If not provided and /boot is a separate mount, its UUID will be used.
    An empty string signals to omit boot mount kargs entirely.
+- `enforce-container-sigpolicy`: A boolean that controls whether to enforce that
+   `/etc/containers/policy.json` includes a default policy which requires signatures.
+   When `true`, image pulls will be rejected if the policy file specifies
+   `insecureAcceptAnything` as the default. Defaults to `false`.
+   This is equivalent to the `--enforce-container-sigpolicy` CLI flag.
 
 # filesystem
 
@@ -73,6 +78,7 @@ kargs = ["nosmt", "console=tty0"]
 stateroot = "myos"
 root-mount-spec = "LABEL=rootfs"
 boot-mount-spec = "UUID=abcd-1234"
+enforce-container-sigpolicy = true
 
 [install.ostree]
 bls-append-except-default = 'grub_users=""'