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Querying the Information About a CMK

Function

This API allows you to query the details about a CMK.

URI

  • URI format

    POST /v1.0/{project_id}/kms/describe-key

  • Parameter description
    Table 1 Parameters

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    project_id

    Yes

    String

    Project ID

Requests

Table 2 Request parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key_id

Yes

String

36-byte ID of a CMK that matches 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

sequence

No

String

36-byte serial number of a request message

Example: 919c82d4-8046-4722-9094-35c3c6524cff

Responses

Table 3 Response parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key_info

Yes

Array of objects

Information about keys. For details, see Table 4.
Table 4 key_info field description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key_id

Yes

String

CMK ID

domain_id

Yes

String

User domain ID

key_alias

Yes

String

Alias of a CMK

realm

Yes

String

Region where a CMK resides

key_description

Yes

String

Description of a CMK

creation_date

Yes

String

Time when a key is created. The value is a timestamp expressed in the number of seconds since 00:00:00 UTC on January 1, 1970.

scheduled_deletion_date

Yes

String

Time when a key will be deleted as scheduled. The value is a timestamp expressed in the number of seconds since 00:00:00 UTC on January 1, 1970.

key_state

Yes

String
State of a CMK:
  • 1 indicates that the CMK is waiting to be activated.
  • 2 indicates that the CMK is enabled.
  • 3 indicates that the CMK is disabled.
  • 4 indicates that the CMK is scheduled for deletion.
  • 5 indicates that the CMK is waiting to be imported.

default_key_flag

Yes

String

Identification of a Master Key. The value 1 indicates a Default Master Key, and the value 0 indicates a CMK.

key_type

Yes

String

Type of a CMK

origin

Yes

String

Origin of a CMK. The default value is kms. The following values are enumerated:

sys_enterprise_project_id

Yes

String

Enterprise project ID. Its default value is 0.

For users who have enabled the enterprise project function, this value indicates that resources are in the default enterprise project.

For users who have not enabled the enterprise project function, this value indicates that resources are not in the default enterprise project.

Examples

The following example describes how to query the information of a CMK whose ID is 0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f.

  • Example request
    {
    "key_id": "0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f"
}
  • Example response
    {
    "key_info": {
        "key_id": "0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f",
        "domain_id": "b168fe00ff56492495a7d22974df2d0b",
        "key_alias": "kms_test",
        "realm": "aaa",
        "key_description": "",
        "creation_date": "1472442386000",
        "scheduled_deletion_date": "",
        "key_state": "2",
        "default_key_flag": "0",
        "key_type": "1",
        "expiration_time":"1501578672000",
        "origin":"kms"
        ,
        "sys_enterprise_project_id ": "0",
    }
}

    or

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

Status Codes

Table 5 lists the normal status code returned by the response.
Table 5 Status codes

Status Code

Status

Description

200

OK

Request processed successfully.

Exception status code. For details, see Status Codes.

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