CreateKeySigningKey - Amazon Route 53
Request SyntaxURI Request ParametersRequest BodyResponse SyntaxResponse ElementsErrorsExamplesSee Also

CreateKeySigningKey

Creates a new key-signing key (KSK) associated with a hosted zone. You can only have two KSKs per hosted zone.

Request Syntax

POST /2013-04-01/keysigningkey HTTP/1.1
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CreateKeySigningKeyRequest xmlns="https://route53.amazonaws.com/doc/2013-04-01/">
   <CallerReference>string</CallerReference>
   <HostedZoneId>string</HostedZoneId>
   <KeyManagementServiceArn>string</KeyManagementServiceArn>
   <Name>string</Name>
   <Status>string</Status>
</CreateKeySigningKeyRequest>

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in XML format.

CreateKeySigningKeyRequest

Root level tag for the CreateKeySigningKeyRequest parameters.

Required: Yes

CallerReference

A unique string that identifies the request.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Required: Yes

HostedZoneId

The unique string (ID) used to identify a hosted zone.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 32.

Required: Yes

KeyManagementServiceArn

The Amazon resource name (ARN) for a customer managed key in AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS). The KeyManagementServiceArn must be unique for each key-signing key (KSK) in a single hosted zone. To see an example of KeyManagementServiceArn that grants the correct permissions for DNSSEC, scroll down to Example.

You must configure the customer managed customer managed key as follows:

Status

Enabled

Key spec

ECC_NIST_P256

Key usage

Sign and verify

Key policy

The key policy must give permission for the following actions:

  • DescribeKey

  • GetPublicKey

  • Sign

The key policy must also include the Amazon Route 53 service in the principal for your account. Specify the following:

  • "Service": "dnssec-route53.amazonaws.com"

For more information about working with a customer managed key in AWS KMS, see AWS Key Management Service concepts.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Name

A string used to identify a key-signing key (KSK). Name can include numbers, letters, and underscores (_). Name must be unique for each key-signing key in the same hosted zone.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 128.

Required: Yes

Status

A string specifying the initial status of the key-signing key (KSK). You can set the value to ACTIVE or INACTIVE.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 5. Maximum length of 150.

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 201
Location: Location
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CreateKeySigningKeyResponse>
   <ChangeInfo>
      <Comment>string</Comment>
      <Id>string</Id>
      <Status>string</Status>
      <SubmittedAt>timestamp</SubmittedAt>
   </ChangeInfo>
   <KeySigningKey>
      <CreatedDate>timestamp</CreatedDate>
      <DigestAlgorithmMnemonic>string</DigestAlgorithmMnemonic>
      <DigestAlgorithmType>integer</DigestAlgorithmType>
      <DigestValue>string</DigestValue>
      <DNSKEYRecord>string</DNSKEYRecord>
      <DSRecord>string</DSRecord>
      <Flag>integer</Flag>
      <KeyTag>integer</KeyTag>
      <KmsArn>string</KmsArn>
      <LastModifiedDate>timestamp</LastModifiedDate>
      <Name>string</Name>
      <PublicKey>string</PublicKey>
      <SigningAlgorithmMnemonic>string</SigningAlgorithmMnemonic>
      <SigningAlgorithmType>integer</SigningAlgorithmType>
      <Status>string</Status>
      <StatusMessage>string</StatusMessage>
   </KeySigningKey>
</CreateKeySigningKeyResponse>

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 201 response.

The response returns the following HTTP headers.

Location

The unique URL representing the new key-signing key (KSK).

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 1024.

The following data is returned in XML format by the service.

CreateKeySigningKeyResponse

Root level tag for the CreateKeySigningKeyResponse parameters.

Required: Yes

ChangeInfo

A complex type that describes change information about changes made to your hosted zone.

Type: ChangeInfo object

KeySigningKey

The key-signing key (KSK) that the request creates.

Type: KeySigningKey object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

ConcurrentModification

Another user submitted a request to create, update, or delete the object at the same time that you did. Retry the request.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidArgument

Parameter name is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidInput

The input is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidKeySigningKeyName

The key-signing key (KSK) name that you specified isn't a valid name.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidKeySigningKeyStatus

The key-signing key (KSK) status isn't valid or another KSK has the status INTERNAL_FAILURE.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidKMSArn

The KeyManagementServiceArn that you specified isn't valid to use with DNSSEC signing.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidSigningStatus

Your hosted zone status isn't valid for this operation. In the hosted zone, change the status to enable DNSSEC or disable DNSSEC.

HTTP Status Code: 400

KeySigningKeyAlreadyExists

You've already created a key-signing key (KSK) with this name or with the same customer managed key ARN.

HTTP Status Code: 409

NoSuchHostedZone

No hosted zone exists with the ID that you specified.

HTTP Status Code: 404

TooManyKeySigningKeys

You've reached the limit for the number of key-signing keys (KSKs). Remove at least one KSK, and then try again.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

KMSArn key policy example

The following is an example of a KeyManagementServiceArn key policy that grants the correct permissions for DNSSEC.

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Id": "key-consolepolicy-3",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "Allow use of the customer managed key for DNSSEC",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Principal": {
                "Service": "dnssec-route53.amazonaws.com"
            },
            "Action": [
                "kms:DescribeKey",
                "kms:GetPublicKey",
                "kms:Sign",
                "kms:Verify"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "Allow full access for Key Administrators",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Principal": {
                "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::1234567891234:role/admin"
            },
            "Action": "*",
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: