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Changing the Alias of a CMK

Function

This API enables you to change the alias of a CMK.

Constraints

  • A Default Master Key (the alias suffix of which is /default) does not allow alias changes.

  • A CMK in Scheduled deletion status does not allow alias changes.

URI

POST /v1.0/{project_id}/kms/update-key-alias

Table 1 Path parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token. The token can be obtained by calling the IAM API (value of X-Subject-Token in the response header).
Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key_id

Yes

String

CMK ID. It should be 36 bytes and match the regular expression ^[0-9a-z]{8}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{12}$. Example: 0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f

key_alias

Yes

String

Alias of a non-default CMK. The value is a string of 1 to 255 characters and must match the regular expression ^[a-zA-Z0-9:/_-]{1,255}$. The suffix cannot be /default.

sequence

No

String

36-byte sequence number of a request message. Example: 919c82d4-8046-4722-9094-35c3c6524cff

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

key_info

KeyAliasInfo object

Key alias.
Table 5 KeyAliasInfo

Parameter

Type

Description

key_id

String

CMK ID.

key_alias

String

Key alias.

Status code: 400

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error

Object

Error message.
Table 7 ErrorDetail

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error information.

Status code: 403

Table 8 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error

Object

Error message.
Table 9 ErrorDetail

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error information.

Status code: 404

Table 10 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error

Object

Error message.
Table 11 ErrorDetail

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error information.

Example Requests

{
  "key_id" : "0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f",
  "key_alias" : "test"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Request processing succeeded.

{
  "key_info" : {
    "key_id" : "bb6a3d22-dc93-47ac-b5bd-88df7ad35f1e",
    "key_alias" : "test"
  }
}

Status code: 400

Invalid request parameters.

{
  "error" : {
    "error_code" : "KMS.XXX",
    "error_msg" : "XXX"
  }
}

Status code: 403

Authentication failed.

{
  "error" : {
    "error_code" : "KMS.XXX",
    "error_msg" : "XXX"
  }
}

Status code: 404

The requested resource does not exist or is not found.

{
  "error" : {
    "error_code" : "KMS.XXX",
    "error_msg" : "XXX"
  }
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Request processing succeeded.

400

Invalid request parameters.

403

Authentication failed.

404

The requested resource does not exist or is not found.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Lifecycle Management