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Creating an Alias for a Custom Key

An alias is an identifier of a key. You can use the alias as the key ID during API calling. The original key alias is not used as the key name.

This section describes how to add and delete an alias for a key.

Constraints

  • An alias can be used for only one key. A key can has multiple aliases.
  • The aliases are unique in a region but can be the same in different regions.
  • The aliases cannot be modified once being created.
  • A maximum of 50 aliases can be created for a key.

Creating an Alias for a Custom Key

  1. Log in to the DEW console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region or project.
  3. Click the target key name. On the key details page, click the Alias tab.
  4. Click Create Alias. Enter the alias in the displayed dialog box and click OK.

    Only digits, letters, underscores (_), hyphens (-), colons (:), and slashes (/) are allowed.

Deleting an Alias

  1. Log in to the DEW console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region or project.
  3. Click the target key name. On the key details page, click the Alias tab.
  4. Locate the target alias and click Delete in the Operation column.
  5. In the displayed dialog box, select Verification Method, perform operations as prompted, and click OK.
Parent Topic: Managing Keys