Intel® Trust Authority Attestation Client CLI

· 09/18/2026

Intel® Trust Authority includes an Attestation Client CLI that provides a command line interface for attesting various platforms. The CLI can be used manually, in scripts, and called by from application code when you don't want to (or can't) import the Intel Trust Authority Client packages into your project. The Attestation Client CLI exposes all the major functions in the client API. The CLI can be used by either the attester or a relying party.

Besides remote attestation, an important use case for the Attestation Client CLI is to collect reference measurements from a known-good environment. For example, you can build the confidential computing VM, install the CLI, and then use the CLI to collect evidence or request an attestation token from Intel Trust Authority. Then you would use evidence or token claims values as reference information for your own appraisal policies.

The client CLI is built using the Go language and is available in the Intel Trust Authority Client for Go repository. The client CLI is used to collect evidence from the underlying host and request attestation tokens from Intel Trust Authority. The client CLI can also be used to verify Intel Trust Authority attestation tokens.

Installation and usage

Installation, configuration, and the complete Attestation Client CLI command reference are available with the source code in the Intel Trust Authority Client for Go GitHub repository.