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AWS KMS Reference

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AWS KMS Reference - AWS Key Management Service

The following reference material provide useful information about using and managing KMS keys.

  • Key type reference. Lists the type of KMS key that supports each AWS KMS API operation.

    To find: Can I enable and disable an RSA signing KMS key?

  • Key state table. Shows how the key state of a KMS key affects its use in AWS KMS API operations.

    To find: Can I change the alias of a KMS key that is pending deletion?

  • AWS KMSAPI permissions reference. Provides information about the permissions required for each AWS KMS API operation.

    To find: Can I run GetKeyPolicy on a key in a different AWS account? Can I allow kms:Decrypt permission in an IAM policy?

    • ViaService reference. Lists the AWS services that support the kms:ViaService condition key.

      To find: Can I use the kms:ViaService condition key to allow a permission only when it comes from Amazon ElastiCache? What about Amazon Neptune?

  • AWS KMS pricing. Lists and explains the price of KMS keys.

    To find: How much does it cost to use my asymmetric keys?

  • AWS KMS request quotas. Lists the per-second quotas for AWS KMS API requests in each account and Region.

    To find: How many Decrypt requests can I run in each second? How many Decrypt requests can I run on KMS keys in my custom key store?

  • AWS KMS resource quotas. Lists the quotas on AWS KMS resources.

    To find: How many KMS key can I have in each Region of my account? How many aliases can I have on each KMS key?

  • AWS services integrated with AWS KMS. Lists the AWS services that use KMS keys to protect the resources that they create, store, and manage.

    To find: Does Amazon Connect use KMS keys to protect my Connect resources?

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