Ruby Gems: Using High Security Trust Policy

To use Ruby gems with the high security trust policy, you need three things:

The page will show you how to do this using our example site, sixarm.com.

To add the gem source:

  $ gem sources --add http://sixarm.com

To download the secure digital certificate:

  $ wget http://sixarm.com/sixarm.pem

To add the certificate to your system:

  $ gem cert --add sixarm.com

To install a gem named "ramp" using high security:

  $ gem install ramp --source='http://sixarm.com' --trust-policy HighSecurity

For the best security, you may want to also run the automatic tests, omit the documentation, and omit the user's own directory:

  $ gem install ramp --source='http://sixarm.com' --test --no-ri --no-rdoc --no-user-install --trust-policy HighSecurity