Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

GetKeyRotationStatus

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. You cannot enable automatic rotation of asymmetric KMS keys, HMAC KMS keys, KMS keys with imported key material, or KMS keys in a custom key store. To enable or disable automatic rotation of a set of related multi-Region keys, set the property on the primary key.

You can enable (EnableKeyRotation) and disable automatic rotation (DisableKeyRotation) of the key material in customer managed KMS keys. Key material rotation of AWS managed KMS keys is not configurable. AWS KMS always rotates the key material in AWS managed KMS keys every year. The key rotation status for AWS managed KMS keys is always true.

You can perform on-demand (RotateKeyOnDemand) rotation of the key material in customer managed KMS keys, regardless of whether or not automatic key rotation is enabled. You can use GetKeyRotationStatus to identify the date and time that an in progress on-demand rotation was initiated. You can use ListKeyRotations to view the details of completed rotations.

Note

In May 2022, AWS KMS changed the rotation schedule for AWS managed keys from every three years to every year. For details, see EnableKeyRotation.

The KMS key that you use for this operation must be in a compatible key state. For details, see Key states of AWS KMS keys in the AWS Key Management Service Developer Guide.

Disabled: The key rotation status does not change when you disable a KMS key. However, while the KMS key is disabled, AWS KMS does not rotate the key material. When you re-enable the KMS key, rotation resumes. If the key material in the re-enabled KMS key hasn't been rotated in one year, AWS KMS rotates it immediately, and every year thereafter. If it's been less than a year since the key material in the re-enabled KMS key was rotated, the KMS key resumes its prior rotation schedule.
Pending deletion: While a KMS key is pending deletion, its key rotation status is false and AWS KMS does not rotate the key material. If you cancel the deletion, the original key rotation status returns to true.

Cross-account use: Yes. To perform this operation on a KMS key in a different AWS account, specify the key ARN in the value of the KeyId parameter.

Required permissions: kms:GetKeyRotationStatus (key policy)

Related operations:

Eventual consistency: The AWS KMS API follows an eventual consistency model. For more information, see AWS KMS eventual consistency.

Request Syntax


{
   "KeyId": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Note

In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

KeyId

Gets the rotation status for the specified KMS key.

Specify the key ID or key ARN of the KMS key. To specify a KMS key in a different AWS account, you must use the key ARN.

For example:

Key ID: 1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab
Key ARN: arn:aws:kms:us-east-2:111122223333:key/1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab

To get the key ID and key ARN for a KMS key, use ListKeys or DescribeKey.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048.

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


{
   "KeyId": "string",
   "KeyRotationEnabled": boolean,
   "NextRotationDate": number,
   "OnDemandRotationStartDate": number,
   "RotationPeriodInDays": number
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

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

KeyId

Identifies the specified symmetric encryption KMS key.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048.

KeyRotationEnabled

A Boolean value that specifies whether key rotation is enabled.

Type: Boolean

NextRotationDate

The next date that AWS KMS will automatically rotate the key material.

Type: Timestamp

OnDemandRotationStartDate

Identifies the date and time that an in progress on-demand rotation was initiated.

The AWS KMS API follows an eventual consistency model due to the distributed nature of the system. As a result, there might be a slight delay between initiating on-demand key rotation and the rotation's completion. Once the on-demand rotation is complete, use ListKeyRotations to view the details of the on-demand rotation.

Type: Timestamp

RotationPeriodInDays

The number of days between each automatic rotation. The default value is 365 days.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 90. Maximum value of 2560.

Errors

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

DependencyTimeoutException

The system timed out while trying to fulfill the request. You can retry the request.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidArnException

The request was rejected because a specified ARN, or an ARN in a key policy, is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

KMSInternalException

The request was rejected because an internal exception occurred. The request can be retried.

HTTP Status Code: 500

KMSInvalidStateException

The request was rejected because the state of the specified resource is not valid for this request.

This exceptions means one of the following:

The key state of the KMS key is not compatible with the operation.

To find the key state, use the DescribeKey operation. For more information about which key states are compatible with each AWS KMS operation, see Key states of AWS KMS keys in the AWS Key Management Service Developer Guide .
For cryptographic operations on KMS keys in custom key stores, this exception represents a general failure with many possible causes. To identify the cause, see the error message that accompanies the exception.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotFoundException

The request was rejected because the specified entity or resource could not be found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnsupportedOperationException

The request was rejected because a specified parameter is not supported or a specified resource is not valid for this operation.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example Request

The following example is formatted for legibility.


POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: kms.us-east-2.amazonaws.com
Content-Length: 49
X-Amz-Target: TrentService.GetKeyRotationStatus
X-Amz-Date: 20161115T005817Z
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256\
 Credential=AKIAI44QH8DHBEXAMPLE/20161115/us-east-2/kms/aws4_request,\
 SignedHeaders=content-type;host;x-amz-date;x-amz-target,\
 Signature=282cb3a4a5d10684ff6c363300c34569a0707c4d503b88778e78cc51ea52f9be

{"KeyId": "1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab"}

Example Response

This example illustrates one usage of GetKeyRotationStatus.


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Server
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:58:18 GMT
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Content-Length: 28
Connection: keep-alive
x-amzn-RequestId: 98b59330-aace-11e6-aff0-8333261e2fbd
        
{
    "KeyId": "1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab",
    "KeyRotationEnabled": true,    
    "NextRotationDate": "2024-02-14T18:14:33.587000+00:00",
    "RotationPeriodInDays": 365
}