Verify Integrity of mongot Packages

The MongoDB search release team digitally signs all software packages to certify that a particular mongot package is a valid and unaltered mongot release. Before installing mongot, you should validate the container image or the tarball.

Verify Docker Container Image

Install Cosign.

If you don't already have Cosign installed, follow the cosign installation instructions.

On macOS with Homebrew, run the following command:

brew install cosign

Download the PEM file

Run the following command to save the PEM file as mongodb-search-community.pem:

curl -fsSL https://cosign.mongodb.com/mongodb-search-community.pem -o mongodb-search-community.pem

Verify the container image

Replace {VERSION_NUMBER} with the version of the mongot container image from Docker Hub and run the following command to verify the container image:

COSIGN_REPOSITORY=docker.io/mongodb/signatures cosign verify --insecure-ignore-tlog --key=./mongodb-search-community.pem "docker.io/mongodb/mongodb-community-search:{VERSION_NUMBER}"

The output should be similar to the following:

Verification for index.docker.io/mongodb/mongodb-community-search:latest --
The following checks were performed on each of these signatures:
  - The cosign claims were validated
  - The signatures were verified against the specified public key
[{"critical":{"identity":{"docker-reference":"docker.io/mongodb/mongodb-community-search:latest"},
 "image":{"docker-manifest-digest":"sha256:b41f73a33aa62a62596b6aeaf4c177e47dc3a5901701f6d8d46f498a45f7ac53"},
 "type":"cosign container image signature"},"optional":null}]

Verify Tarball

Download the PGP key

Run the following command to save the PGP key as atlas-search.asc:

curl -fsSL https://pgp.mongodb.com/atlas-search.asc -o atlas-search.asc

Add the key to your keyring

gpg --import atlas-search.asc

Download the tarball and its signature

Replace {VERSION_NUMBER} with the version of mongot that you want to verify and run the following commands to download both the tarball and its signature for your system architecture.

curl -fsSL https://downloads.mongodb.org/mongodb-search-community/{VERSION_NUMBER}/mongot_community_{VERSION_NUMBER}_linux_aarch64.tgz -o mongot_community_{VERSION_NUMBER}_linux_aarch64.tgz
curl -fsSL https://downloads.mongodb.org/mongodb-search-community/{VERSION_NUMBER}/mongot_community_{VERSION_NUMBER}_linux_aarch64.tgz.sig -o mongot_community_{VERSION_NUMBER}_linux_aarch64.tgz.sig

curl -fsSL https://downloads.mongodb.org/mongodb-search-community/{VERSION_NUMBER}/mongot_community_{VERSION_NUMBER}_linux_x86_64.tgz -o mongot_community_{VERSION_NUMBER}_linux_x86_64.tgz
curl -fsSL https://downloads.mongodb.org/mongodb-search-community/{VERSION_NUMBER}/mongot_community_{VERSION_NUMBER}_linux_x86_64.tgz.sig -o mongot_community_{VERSION_NUMBER}_linux_x86_64.tgz.sig

To download a different version, replace instances of {VERSION_NUMBER} with the desired version number.

Verify the tarball

Replace {VERSION_NUMBER} with your version of mongot and run the following command to verify the tarball:

gpg --verify mongot_community_{VERSION_NUMBER}_linux_aarch64.tgz.sig mongot_community_{VERSION_NUMBER}_linux_aarch64.tgz

gpg --verify mongot_community_{VERSION_NUMBER}_linux_x86_64.tgz.sig mongot_community_{VERSION_NUMBER}_linux_x86_64.tgz

To verify a different version, replace instances of {VERSION_NUMBER} with the desired version number.

The output should be similar to the following:

gpg: Signature made Fri Sep  5 15:37:47 2025 PDT
gpg:                using RSA key 55C58636FD6CEE2B789B6F49516C2412904B6C26
gpg: Good signature from "MongoDB Atlas Search Release Signing Key <packaging@mongodb.com>" [unknown]
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: 55C5 8636 FD6C EE2B 789B  6F49 516C 2412 904B 6C26

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