Coordinator Signing Identity

Coordinator identity and signing keys support mesh trust and replay-resistant verification paths.

Identity objectives

• Give coordinators durable identity across restarts.
• Support signed internal requests where configured.
• Improve trust decisions for peer and security workflows.

Key variables

Variable	Purpose
COORDINATOR_PEER_ID	durable logical peer identity
COORDINATOR_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM	signing key material
COORDINATOR_PUBLIC_KEY_PEM	public verification key
INFERENCE_REQUIRE_SIGNED_COORDINATOR_REQUESTS	enforce signed coordinator-to-inference requests

Signed request model (conceptual)

Operational practices

• Persist key material outside ephemeral runtime.
• Rotate keys with planned coordinator maintenance windows.
• Keep trusted key sets synchronized across verification boundaries.

Related pages

• Trust and Security
• Threat Model