2. Configure the <<signing_plugin.adoc#sec:signatory_credentials,signatory credentials>> — follow the link to see how
3. Specify the publications you want signed

Here's an example that configures the plugin to sign the `mavenJava` publication:

.Signing a publication
====
include::sample[dir="snippets/signing/maven-publish/kotlin",files="build.gradle.kts[tags=sign-publication]"]

            create<MavenPublication>("mavenJava") {
                from(components["java"])
                artifactId = tasks.jar.get().archiveBaseName.get()
            }
        }
    }
}
----
=====
[.multi-language-sample]
=====
.build.gradle
[source,groovy]
----
subprojects {
    publishing {
        publications {
            mavenJava(MavenPublication) {

                version = '1.0'

                dependencies {
                    compile gradleApi()
                }

                publishing {
                    publications {
                        mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
                            from components.java
                        }
                    }
                    repositories {
                        maven {

                    implementation 'org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$JANSI_VERSION'
                }

                publishing {
                   publications {
                        mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
                            from components.java
                        }
                    }

                    repositories {
                        maven {

                apply plugin: 'maven-publish'

                group = '$group'
                version = '$version'

                publishing {
                   publications {
                        mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
                            from components.java
                        }
                    }

                    repositories {
                        maven {

+
[source,kotlin]
----
// Publish the plugin
plugins {
    `maven-publish`
}

publishing {
    publications {
        create<MavenPublication>("mavenJava") {
            from(components["java"])
        }
    }
    repositories {
        mavenLocal()
    }
}
----

     *
     * <p>The created tasks will be named "sign<i>&lt;publication name capitalized&gt;</i>Publication".
     * That is, given a publication with the name "mavenJava" the created task will be named "signMavenJavaPublication".
     *
     * The signature artifacts for the created tasks are added to the publishable artifacts of the given publications.
     *

    repositories {
        maven { url "${mavenRepo.uri}" }
    }
    publishing {
        repositories {
            maven { url "${mavenRepo.uri}" }
        }
        publications {
            mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
                from components.java
            }
        }
    }
}
"""
        file("main", "build.gradle") << """
    dependencies {
        api project(':util')
    }

            version = "1.0"

            dependencies {
                implementation "org:foo:2.+:cls"
            }

            publishing {
                publications {
                    mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
                        from components.java
                        versionMapping {
                            usage('java-api') {
                                fromResolutionOf('runtimeClasspath')

        publications {
            mavenJava {
                from components.java
                artifactId = jar.archiveBaseName
            }
        }
    }
}
----
=====
[.multi-language-sample]
=====
.build.gradle.kts
[source,kotlin]
----
subprojects {
    publishing {
        publications {
            named<MavenPublication>("mavenJava") {
                from(components["java"])