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disable_key

Operation

disable_key async

disable_key(input: DisableKeyInput, plugins: list[Plugin] | None = None) -> DisableKeyOutput

Sets the state of a KMS key to disabled. This change temporarily prevents use of the KMS key for cryptographic operations.

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

Cross-account use: No. You cannot perform this operation on a KMS key in a different Amazon Web Services account.

Required permissions: kms:DisableKey (key policy)

Related operations: EnableKey

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

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
input DisableKeyInput

An instance of DisableKeyInput.

required
plugins list[Plugin] | None

A list of callables that modify the configuration dynamically. Changes made by these plugins only apply for the duration of the operation execution and will not affect any other operation invocations.

None

Returns:

Type Description
DisableKeyOutput

An instance of DisableKeyOutput.

Input

DisableKeyInput dataclass

Bases: _SerdeShape

Dataclass for DisableKeyInput structure.

Attributes

key_id class-attribute instance-attribute
key_id: str | None = ...

Identifies the KMS key to disable.

Specify the key ID or key ARN of the KMS key.

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.

Output

DisableKeyOutput dataclass

Bases: _SerdeShape

Dataclass for DisableKeyOutput structure.

Attributes

response_metadata class-attribute instance-attribute
response_metadata: ResponseMetadata = ...

Metadata about the response that produced this output. Use this to recover the request identifiers a service's support team needs in order to investigate a call. Members of the metadata are individually optional.