Creating a Key Alias

Function

Associate a new alias for the specified key.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v1.0/{project_id}/kms/aliases

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Key ID

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	No	String	User token. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
key_id	Yes	String	Key ID
alias	Yes	String	Alias. The alias of an account in the same region must be unique.

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

**Table 4** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
domain_id	String	Account ID
key_id	String	Key ID
alias	String	Alias
alias_urn	String	Alias resource locator
create_time	String	Creation time
update_time	String	Update time

Example Requests

Associate a new alias kms-1234 with the bb6a3d22-dc93-47ac-b5bd-88df7ad35f1e key.

{
  "key_id" : "bb6a3d22-dc93-47ac-b5bd-88df7ad35f1e",
  "alias" : "kms-1234"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 201

The alias is created.

{
  "domain_id" : "3bab8e245e854f68af5967c00dd43127",
  "key_id" : "bb6a3d22-dc93-47ac-b5bd-88df7ad35f1e",
  "alias" : "kms-1234",
  "alias_urn" : "kms:cn-north-7:3bab8e245e854f68af5967c00dd43127:alias:kms-1234",
  "create_time" : "2024-04-01T00:00:00Z",
  "update_time" : "2024-04-01T00:00:00Z"
}