AWS AWS KMS CLI Commands

Cancels the deletion of a KMS key. When this operation succeeds, the key state of the KMS key is Disabled. To enable the KMS key, use EnableKey. For more information about scheduling and canceling deletion of a KMS key, see Deleting KMS keys in the Key Management Service Developer Guide. The KMS ke

Connects or reconnects a custom key store to its backing key store. For an CloudHSM key store, ConnectCustomKeyStore connects the key store to its associated CloudHSM cluster. For an external key store, ConnectCustomKeyStore connects the key store to the external key store proxy that communicates wi

Creates a friendly name for a KMS key. Adding, deleting, or updating an alias can allow or deny permission to the KMS key. For details, see ABAC for KMS in the Key Management Service Developer Guide. You can use an alias to identify a KMS key in the KMS console, in the DescribeKey operation and i

Creates a custom key store backed by a key store that you own and manage. When you use a KMS key in a custom key store for a cryptographic operation, the cryptographic operation is actually performed in your key store using your keys. KMS supports CloudHSM key stores backed by an CloudHSM cluster an

Adds a grant to a KMS key. A grant is a policy instrument that allows Amazon Web Services principals to use KMS keys in cryptographic operations. It also can allow them to view a KMS key (DescribeKey) and create and manage grants. When authorizing access to a KMS key, grants are considered along wi

Creates a unique customer managed KMS key in your Amazon Web Services account and Region. You can use a KMS key in cryptographic operations, such as encryption and signing. Some Amazon Web Services services let you use KMS keys that you create and manage to protect your service resources. A KMS key

Decrypts ciphertext that was encrypted by a KMS key using any of the following operations: Encrypt GenerateDataKey GenerateDataKeyPair GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext GenerateDataKeyPairWithoutPlaintext You can use this operation to decrypt ciphertext that was encrypted under a

Deletes the specified alias. Adding, deleting, or updating an alias can allow or deny permission to the KMS key. For details, see ABAC for KMS in the Key Management Service Developer Guide. Because an alias is not a property of a KMS key, you can delete and change the aliases of a KMS key without

Deletes a custom key store. This operation does not affect any backing elements of the custom key store. It does not delete the CloudHSM cluster that is associated with an CloudHSM key store, or affect any users or keys in the cluster. For an external key store, it does not affect the external key s

Deletes key material that was previously imported. This operation makes the specified KMS key temporarily unusable. To restore the usability of the KMS key, reimport the same key material. For more information about importing key material into KMS, see Importing Key Material in the Key Management Se

Derives a shared secret using a key agreement algorithm. You must use an asymmetric NIST-standard elliptic curve (ECC) or SM2 (China Regions only) KMS key pair with a KeyUsage value of KEY_AGREEMENT to call DeriveSharedSecret. DeriveSharedSecret uses the Elliptic Curve Cryptography Cofactor Diffie

Gets information about custom key stores in the account and Region. This operation is part of the custom key stores feature in KMS, which combines the convenience and extensive integration of KMS with the isolation and control of a key store that you own and manage. By default, this operation retur

Provides detailed information about a KMS key. You can run DescribeKey on a customer managed key or an Amazon Web Services managed key. This detailed information includes the key ARN, creation date (and deletion date, if applicable), the key state, and the origin and expiration date (if any) of the

Sets the state of a KMS key to disabled. This change temporarily prevents use of the KMS key for cryptographic operations. The KMS key that you use for this operation must be in a compatible key state. For more information about how key state affects the use of a KMS key, see Key states of KMS keys

Disables automatic rotation of the key material of the specified symmetric encryption KMS key. Automatic key rotation is supported only on symmetric encryption KMS keys. You cannot enable automatic rotation of asymmetric KMS keys, HMAC KMS keys, KMS keys with imported key material, or KMS keys in a

Disconnects the custom key store from its backing key store. This operation disconnects an CloudHSM key store from its associated CloudHSM cluster or disconnects an external key store from the external key store proxy that communicates with your external key manager. This operation is part of the c

Sets the key state of a KMS key to enabled. This allows you to use the KMS key for cryptographic operations. The KMS key that you use for this operation must be in a compatible key state. For details, see Key states of KMS keys in the Key Management Service Developer Guide. Cross-account use: No.

Enables automatic rotation of the key material of the specified symmetric encryption KMS key. By default, when you enable automatic rotation of a customer managed KMS key, KMS rotates the key material of the KMS key one year (approximately 365 days) from the enable date and every year thereafter. Y

Encrypts plaintext of up to 4,096 bytes using a KMS key. You can use a symmetric or asymmetric KMS key with a KeyUsage of ENCRYPT_DECRYPT. You can use this operation to encrypt small amounts of arbitrary data, such as a personal identifier or database password, or other sensitive information. You do

Returns a unique symmetric data key for use outside of KMS. This operation returns a plaintext copy of the data key and a copy that is encrypted under a symmetric encryption KMS key that you specify. The bytes in the plaintext key are random; they are not related to the caller or the KMS key. You ca

Returns a unique asymmetric data key pair for use outside of KMS. This operation returns a plaintext public key, a plaintext private key, and a copy of the private key that is encrypted under the symmetric encryption KMS key you specify. You can use the data key pair to perform asymmetric cryptograp

Returns a unique asymmetric data key pair for use outside of KMS. This operation returns a plaintext public key and a copy of the private key that is encrypted under the symmetric encryption KMS key you specify. Unlike GenerateDataKeyPair, this operation does not return a plaintext private key. The

Returns a unique symmetric data key for use outside of KMS. This operation returns a data key that is encrypted under a symmetric encryption KMS key that you specify. The bytes in the key are random; they are not related to the caller or to the KMS key. GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext is identical

Generates a hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) for a message using an HMAC KMS key and a MAC algorithm that the key supports. HMAC KMS keys and the HMAC algorithms that KMS uses conform to industry standards defined in RFC 2104. You can use value that GenerateMac returns in the VerifyMac

Returns a random byte string that is cryptographically secure. You must use the NumberOfBytes parameter to specify the length of the random byte string. There is no default value for string length. By default, the random byte string is generated in KMS. To generate the byte string in the CloudHSM cl

Gets a key policy attached to the specified KMS key. Cross-account use: No. You cannot perform this operation on a KMS key in a different Amazon Web Services account. Required permissions: kms:GetKeyPolicy (key policy) Related operations: PutKeyPolicy Eventual consistency: The KMS API follows a

Provides detailed information about the rotation status for a KMS key, including whether automatic rotation of the key material is enabled for the specified KMS key, the rotation period, and the next scheduled rotation date. Automatic key rotation is supported only on symmetric encryption KMS keys.

Returns the public key and an import token you need to import or reimport key material for a KMS key. By default, KMS keys are created with key material that KMS generates. This operation supports Importing key material, an advanced feature that lets you generate and import the cryptographic key ma

Returns the public key of an asymmetric KMS key. Unlike the private key of a asymmetric KMS key, which never leaves KMS unencrypted, callers with kms:GetPublicKey permission can download the public key of an asymmetric KMS key. You can share the public key to allow others to encrypt messages and ver

Imports or reimports key material into an existing KMS key that was created without key material. You can also use this operation to set or update the expiration model and expiration date of the imported key material. By default, KMS creates KMS keys with key material that it generates. You can also

Gets a list of aliases in the caller's Amazon Web Services account and region. For more information about aliases, see CreateAlias. By default, the ListAliases operation returns all aliases in the account and region. To get only the aliases associated with a particular KMS key, use the KeyId paramet

Gets a list of all grants for the specified KMS key. You must specify the KMS key in all requests. You can filter the grant list by grant ID or grantee principal. For detailed information about grants, including grant terminology, see Grants in KMS in the Key Management Service Developer Guide . F

Gets the names of the key policies that are attached to a KMS key. This operation is designed to get policy names that you can use in a GetKeyPolicy operation. However, the only valid policy name is default. Cross-account use: No. You cannot perform this operation on a KMS key in a different Amazo

Returns information about the key materials associated with the specified KMS key. You can use the optional IncludeKeyMaterial parameter to control which key materials are included in the response. You must specify the KMS key in all requests. You can refine the key rotations list by limiting the nu

Gets a list of all KMS keys in the caller's Amazon Web Services account and Region. Cross-account use: No. You cannot perform this operation on a KMS key in a different Amazon Web Services account. Required permissions: kms:ListKeys (IAM policy) Related operations: CreateKey DescribeKey

Returns all tags on the specified KMS key. For general information about tags, including the format and syntax, see Tagging Amazon Web Services resources in the Amazon Web Services General Reference. For information about using tags in KMS, see Tags in KMS. Cross-account use: No. You cannot perform

Returns information about all grants in the Amazon Web Services account and Region that have the specified retiring principal. You can specify any principal in your Amazon Web Services account. The grants that are returned include grants for KMS keys in your Amazon Web Services account and other Am

Attaches a key policy to the specified KMS key. For more information about key policies, see Key Policies in the Key Management Service Developer Guide. For help writing and formatting a JSON policy document, see the IAM JSON Policy Reference in the Identity and Access Management User Guide . For

Decrypts ciphertext and then reencrypts it entirely within KMS. You can use this operation to change the KMS key under which data is encrypted, such as when you manually rotate a KMS key or change the KMS key that protects a ciphertext. You can also use it to reencrypt ciphertext under the same KMS

Replicates a multi-Region key into the specified Region. This operation creates a multi-Region replica key based on a multi-Region primary key in a different Region of the same Amazon Web Services partition. You can create multiple replicas of a primary key, but each must be in a different Region. T

Deletes a grant. Typically, you retire a grant when you no longer need its permissions. To identify the grant to retire, use a grant token, or both the grant ID and a key identifier (key ID or key ARN) of the KMS key. The CreateGrant operation returns both values. This operation can be called by the

Deletes the specified grant. You revoke a grant to terminate the permissions that the grant allows. For more information, see Retiring and revoking grants in the Key Management Service Developer Guide . When you create, retire, or revoke a grant, there might be a brief delay, usually less than five

Immediately initiates rotation of the key material of the specified symmetric encryption KMS key. You can perform on-demand rotation of the key material in customer managed KMS keys, regardless of whether or not automatic key rotation is enabled. On-demand rotations do not change existing automatic

Schedules the deletion of a KMS key. By default, KMS applies a waiting period of 30 days, but you can specify a waiting period of 7-30 days. When this operation is successful, the key state of the KMS key changes to PendingDeletion and the key can't be used in any cryptographic operations. It remain

Creates a digital signature for a message or message digest by using the private key in an asymmetric signing KMS key. To verify the signature, use the Verify operation, or use the public key in the same asymmetric KMS key outside of KMS. For information about asymmetric KMS keys, see Asymmetric KMS

Adds or edits tags on a customer managed key. Tagging or untagging a KMS key can allow or deny permission to the KMS key. For details, see ABAC for KMS in the Key Management Service Developer Guide. Each tag consists of a tag key and a tag value, both of which are case-sensitive strings. The tag v

Deletes tags from a customer managed key. To delete a tag, specify the tag key and the KMS key. Tagging or untagging a KMS key can allow or deny permission to the KMS key. For details, see ABAC for KMS in the Key Management Service Developer Guide. When it succeeds, the UntagResource operation doe

Associates an existing KMS alias with a different KMS key. Each alias is associated with only one KMS key at a time, although a KMS key can have multiple aliases. The alias and the KMS key must be in the same Amazon Web Services account and Region. Adding, deleting, or updating an alias can allow o

Changes the properties of a custom key store. You can use this operation to change the properties of an CloudHSM key store or an external key store. Use the required CustomKeyStoreId parameter to identify the custom key store. Use the remaining optional parameters to change its properties. This oper

Updates the description of a KMS key. To see the description of a KMS key, use DescribeKey. The KMS key that you use for this operation must be in a compatible key state. For details, see Key states of KMS keys in the Key Management Service Developer Guide. Cross-account use: No. You cannot perfor

Changes the primary key of a multi-Region key. This operation changes the replica key in the specified Region to a primary key and changes the former primary key to a replica key. For example, suppose you have a primary key in us-east-1 and a replica key in eu-west-2. If you run UpdatePrimaryRegion

Verifies a digital signature that was generated by the Sign operation. Verification confirms that an authorized user signed the message with the specified KMS key and signing algorithm, and the message hasn't changed since it was signed. If the signature is verified, the value of the SignatureVali

Verifies the hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) for a specified message, HMAC KMS key, and MAC algorithm. To verify the HMAC, VerifyMac computes an HMAC using the message, HMAC KMS key, and MAC algorithm that you specify, and compares the computed HMAC to the HMAC that you specify. If the