Create Key and Describe
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Recipe · 2 steps
Create Key and Describe
with Amazon KMS · Cybersecurity Management
Create a KMS key then describe it to confirm its state.
- Create a new customer managed KMS key in the caller's account and Region using the supplied description and key usage.
- Describe the newly created KMS key to confirm its state, ARN, and usage before downstream automation depends on it.
What you'll need to have ready
- Description: A friendly description for the new KMS key.
- KeyUsage: The cryptographic operations the key supports (e.g. ENCRYPT_DECRYPT).
- KeySpec: The type of key material to create (e.g. SYMMETRIC_DEFAULT).
For your developer
Arazzo workflow amazon-kms:create-key-and-describe, 2 operations: CreateKey → DescribeKey. Specs on APIs.io.