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GenerateDataKeyPairWithoutPlaintextCommand
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 bytes in the keys are random; they are not related to the caller or to the KMS key that is used to encrypt the private key.
You can use the public key that GenerateDataKeyPairWithoutPlaintext
returns to encrypt data or verify a signature outside of KMS. Then, store the encrypted private key with the data. When you are ready to decrypt data or sign a message, you can use the Decrypt operation to decrypt the encrypted private key.
To generate a data key pair, you must specify a symmetric encryption KMS key to encrypt the private key in a data key pair. You cannot use an asymmetric KMS key or a KMS key in a custom key store. To get the type and origin of your KMS key, use the DescribeKey operation.
Use the KeyPairSpec
parameter to choose an RSA or Elliptic Curve (ECC) data key pair. In China Regions, you can also choose an SM2 data key pair. KMS recommends that you use ECC key pairs for signing, and use RSA and SM2 key pairs for either encryption or signing, but not both. However, KMS cannot enforce any restrictions on the use of data key pairs outside of KMS.
GenerateDataKeyPairWithoutPlaintext
returns a unique data key pair for each request. The bytes in the key are not related to the caller or KMS key that is used to encrypt the private key. The public key is a DER-encoded X.509 SubjectPublicKeyInfo, as specified in RFC 5280 .
You can use an optional encryption context to add additional security to the encryption operation. If you specify an EncryptionContext
, you must specify the same encryption context (a case-sensitive exact match) when decrypting the encrypted data key. Otherwise, the request to decrypt fails with an InvalidCiphertextException
. For more information, see Encryption Context in the Key Management Service Developer Guide.
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: Yes. To perform this operation with a KMS key in a different Amazon Web Services account, specify the key ARN or alias ARN in the value of the KeyId
parameter.
Required permissions: kms:GenerateDataKeyPairWithoutPlaintext (key policy)
Related operations:
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Decrypt
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Encrypt
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GenerateDataKey
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GenerateDataKeyPair
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GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext
Eventual consistency: The KMS API follows an eventual consistency model. For more information, see KMS eventual consistency .
Example Syntax
Use a bare-bones client and the command you need to make an API call.
import { KMSClient, GenerateDataKeyPairWithoutPlaintextCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-kms"; // ES Modules import
// const { KMSClient, GenerateDataKeyPairWithoutPlaintextCommand } = require("@aws-sdk/client-kms"); // CommonJS import
const client = new KMSClient(config);
const input = { // GenerateDataKeyPairWithoutPlaintextRequest
EncryptionContext: { // EncryptionContextType
"<keys>": "STRING_VALUE",
},
KeyId: "STRING_VALUE", // required
KeyPairSpec: "RSA_2048" || "RSA_3072" || "RSA_4096" || "ECC_NIST_P256" || "ECC_NIST_P384" || "ECC_NIST_P521" || "ECC_SECG_P256K1" || "SM2", // required
GrantTokens: [ // GrantTokenList
"STRING_VALUE",
],
DryRun: true || false,
};
const command = new GenerateDataKeyPairWithoutPlaintextCommand(input);
const response = await client.send(command);
// { // GenerateDataKeyPairWithoutPlaintextResponse
// PrivateKeyCiphertextBlob: new Uint8Array(),
// PublicKey: new Uint8Array(),
// KeyId: "STRING_VALUE",
// KeyPairSpec: "RSA_2048" || "RSA_3072" || "RSA_4096" || "ECC_NIST_P256" || "ECC_NIST_P384" || "ECC_NIST_P521" || "ECC_SECG_P256K1" || "SM2",
// };
Example Usage
GenerateDataKeyPairWithoutPlaintextCommand Input
Parameter | Type | Description |
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Parameter | Type | Description |
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KeyId Required | string | undefined | Specifies the symmetric encryption KMS key that encrypts the private key in the data key pair. You cannot specify an asymmetric KMS key or a KMS key in a custom key store. To get the type and origin of your KMS key, use the DescribeKey operation. To specify a KMS key, use its key ID, key ARN, alias name, or alias ARN. When using an alias name, prefix it with For example:
To get the key ID and key ARN for a KMS key, use ListKeys or DescribeKey. To get the alias name and alias ARN, use ListAliases. |
KeyPairSpec Required | DataKeyPairSpec | undefined | Determines the type of data key pair that is generated. The KMS rule that restricts the use of asymmetric RSA and SM2 KMS keys to encrypt and decrypt or to sign and verify (but not both), and the rule that permits you to use ECC KMS keys only to sign and verify, are not effective on data key pairs, which are used outside of KMS. The SM2 key spec is only available in China Regions. |
DryRun | boolean | undefined | Checks if your request will succeed. To learn more about how to use this parameter, see Testing your KMS API calls in the Key Management Service Developer Guide. |
EncryptionContext | Record<string, string> | undefined | Specifies the encryption context that will be used when encrypting the private key in the data key pair. Do not include confidential or sensitive information in this field. This field may be displayed in plaintext in CloudTrail logs and other output. An encryption context is a collection of non-secret key-value pairs that represent additional authenticated data. When you use an encryption context to encrypt data, you must specify the same (an exact case-sensitive match) encryption context to decrypt the data. An encryption context is supported only on operations with symmetric encryption KMS keys. On operations with symmetric encryption KMS keys, an encryption context is optional, but it is strongly recommended. For more information, see Encryption context in the Key Management Service Developer Guide. |
GrantTokens | string[] | undefined | A list of grant tokens. Use a grant token when your permission to call this operation comes from a new grant that has not yet achieved eventual consistency. For more information, see Grant token and Using a grant token in the Key Management Service Developer Guide. |
GenerateDataKeyPairWithoutPlaintextCommand Output
Parameter | Type | Description |
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Parameter | Type | Description |
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$metadata Required | ResponseMetadata | Metadata pertaining to this request. |
KeyId | string | undefined | The Amazon Resource Name (key ARN ) of the KMS key that encrypted the private key. |
KeyPairSpec | DataKeyPairSpec | undefined | The type of data key pair that was generated. |
PrivateKeyCiphertextBlob | Uint8Array | undefined | The encrypted copy of the private key. When you use the HTTP API or the Amazon Web Services CLI, the value is Base64-encoded. Otherwise, it is not Base64-encoded. |
PublicKey | Uint8Array | undefined | The public key (in plaintext). When you use the HTTP API or the Amazon Web Services CLI, the value is Base64-encoded. Otherwise, it is not Base64-encoded. |
Throws
Name | Fault | Details |
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Name | Fault | Details |
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DependencyTimeoutException | server | The system timed out while trying to fulfill the request. You can retry the request. |
DisabledException | client | The request was rejected because the specified KMS key is not enabled. |
DryRunOperationException | client | The request was rejected because the DryRun parameter was specified. |
InvalidGrantTokenException | client | The request was rejected because the specified grant token is not valid. |
InvalidKeyUsageException | client | The request was rejected for one of the following reasons:
For encrypting, decrypting, re-encrypting, and generating data keys, the To find the encryption or signing algorithms supported for a particular KMS key, use the DescribeKey operation. |
KeyUnavailableException | server | The request was rejected because the specified KMS key was not available. You can retry the request. |
KMSInternalException | server | The request was rejected because an internal exception occurred. The request can be retried. |
KMSInvalidStateException | client | The request was rejected because the state of the specified resource is not valid for this request. This exceptions means one of the following:
|
NotFoundException | client | The request was rejected because the specified entity or resource could not be found. |
UnsupportedOperationException | client | The request was rejected because a specified parameter is not supported or a specified resource is not valid for this operation. |
KMSServiceException | Base exception class for all service exceptions from KMS service. |