- What's New
- Function Overview
- Service Overview
- Billing
- Getting Started
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User Guide
- Key Management Service
- Cloud Secret Management Service
- Key Pair Service
- Dedicated HSM
- Tag Management
- Auditing Logs
- Sharing
- Permission Control
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Best Practices
- Key Management Service
- Cloud Secret Management Service
- General
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API Reference
- Before You Start
- Calling APIs
- API Overview
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APIs
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Key Management APIs
- Key Lifecycle Management
- DEK Management
- Small-Size Data Encryption and Decryption
- Signature and Verification
- Key Tag Management
- Key API Version Query
- Querying Key API Versions
- Key Import Management
- Querying Keys
- Key Grant Management
- Key Rotation Management
- Dedicated Keystore Management
- Signature Verification
- Key Pair Management APIs
- Secret Management APIs
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Key Management APIs
- Historical APIs
- Application Examples
- Permissions Policies and Supported Actions
- Appendix
- SDK Reference
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FAQs
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KMS Related
- What Is Key Management Service?
- What Is a Customer Master Key?
- What Is a Default Key?
- What Are the Differences Between a Custom Key and a Default Key?
- What Is a Data Encryption Key?
- Why Cannot I Delete a CMK Immediately?
- Which Cloud Services Can Use KMS for Encryption?
- How Do Huawei Cloud Services Use KMS to Encrypt Data?
- What Are the Benefits of Envelope Encryption?
- Is There a Limit on the Number of Custom Keys That I Can Create on KMS?
- Can I Export a CMK from KMS?
- Can I Decrypt My Data if I Permanently Delete My Custom Key?
- How Do I Use the Online Tool to Encrypt or Decrypt Small Volumes of Data?
- Can I Update CMKs Created by KMS-Generated Key Materials?
- When Should I Use a CMK Created with Imported Key Materials?
- What Should I Do When I Accidentally Delete Key Materials?
- How Are Default Keys Generated?
- What Should I Do If I Do Not Have the Permissions to Perform Operations on KMS?
- Why Can't I Wrap Asymmetric Keys by Using -id-aes256-wrap-pad in OpenSSL?
- Key Algorithms Supported by KMS
- What Should I Do If KMS Failed to Be Requested and Error Code 401 Is Displayed?
- What Is the Relationship Between the Ciphertext and Plaintext Returned by the encrypt-data API?
- How Does KMS Protect My Keys?
- How Do I Use an Asymmetric Key to Verify the Signature Result of a Public Key Pair?
- Does an Imported Key Support Rotation?
- Does KMS Support Offline Data Encryption and Decryption?
- How Do I Convert an Original EC Private Key into a Private Key in PKCS8 Format?
- CSMS Related
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KPS Related
- How Do I Create a Key Pair?
- What Are a Private Key Pair and an Account Key Pair?
- How Do I Handle an Import Failure of a Key Pair Created Using PuTTYgen?
- What Should I Do When I Fail to Import a Key Pair Using Internet Explorer 9?
- How Do I Log In to a Linux ECS with a Private Key?
- How Do I Use a Private Key to Obtain the Password to Log In to a Windows ECS?
- How Do I Handle the Failure in Binding a Key Pair?
- How Do I Handle the Failure in Replacing a Key Pair?
- How Do I Handle the Failure in Resetting a Key Pair?
- How Do I Handle the Failure in Unbinding a Key Pair?
- Do I Need to Restart Servers After Replacing Its Key Pair?
- How Do I Enable the Password Login Mode for an ECS?
- How Do I Handle the Failure in Logging In to ECS After Unbinding the Key Pair?
- What Should I Do If My Private Key Is Lost?
- How Do I Convert the Format of a Private Key File?
- Can I Change the Key Pair of a Server?
- Can a Key Pair Be Shared by Multiple Users?
- How Do I Obtain the Public or Private Key File of a Key Pair?
- What Can I Do If an Error Is Reported When an Account Key Is Created or Upgraded for the First Time?
- Will the Account Key Pair Quota Be Occupied After a Private Key Pair Is Upgraded to an Account Key Pair?
- Why Is the Private Key Pair Invisible After It Is Upgraded to an Account Key Pair When Logging in as a Federated User?
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Dedicated HSM Related
- What Is Dedicated HSM?
- How Does Dedicated HSM Ensure the Security for Key Generation?
- Do Equipment Room Personnel Has the Super Administrator Role to Steal Information by Using a Privileged UKey?
- What HSMs Are Used for Dedicated HSM?
- What APIs Does Dedicated HSM Support?
- How Do I Enable Public Access to a Dedicated HSM Instance?
- Pricing
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General
- What Functions Does DEW Provide?
- What Cryptography Algorithms Does DEW Use?
- In Which Regions Are DEW Services Available?
- What Is a Quota?
- What Is the Resource Allocation Mechanism of DEW?
- What Are Regions and AZs?
- Can DEW Be Shared Across Accounts?
- How Do I Access the Functions of DEW?
- Why Do DEW Pemissions Fail to Take Effect Immediately?
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KMS Related
- Videos
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More Documents
- User Guide (ME-Abu Dhabi Region)
- User Guide (Paris and Amsterdam Regions)
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User Guide (Kuala Lumpur Region)
- Service Overview
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User Guide
- Key Management Service
- Cloud Secret Management Service
- Auditing Logs
- Permission Control
-
FAQs
-
KMS Related
- What Is Key Management Service?
- What Is a Customer Master Key?
- What Is a Default Key?
- What Are the Differences Between a Custom Key and a Default Key?
- What Is a Data Encryption Key?
- Why Cannot I Delete a CMK Immediately?
- Which Cloud Services Can Use KMS for Encryption?
- How Do Cloud Services Use KMS to Encrypt Data?
- What Are the Benefits of Envelope Encryption?
- Is There a Limit on the Number of Custom Keys That I Can Create on KMS?
- Can I Export a CMK from KMS?
- Can I Decrypt My Data if I Permanently Delete My Custom Key?
- How Do I Use the Online Tool to Encrypt or Decrypt Small Volumes of Data?
- Can I Update CMKs Created by KMS-Generated Key Materials?
- When Should I Use a CMK Created with Imported Key Materials?
- What Types of Keys Can I Import?
- What Should I Do When I Accidentally Delete Key Materials?
- How Are Default Keys Generated?
- What Should I Do If I Do Not Have the Permissions to Perform Operations on KMS?
- Why Can't I Wrap Asymmetric Keys by Using -id-aes256-wrap-pad in OpenSSL?
- Key Algorithms Supported by KMS
- What Should I Do If KMS Failed to Be Requested and Error Code 401 Is Displayed?
- What Is the Relationship Between the Ciphertext and Plaintext Returned by the encrypt-data API?
- How Does KMS Protect My Keys?
- Credential Related
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KMS Related
- Change History
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API Reference (ME-Abu Dhabi Region)
- Before You Start
- Calling APIs
- API Overview
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APIs
- Creating a CMK
- Enabling a CMK
- Disabling a CMK
- Scheduling the Deletion of a CMK
- Canceling the Scheduled Deletion of a CMK
- Querying the List of CMKs
- Querying the Information About a CMK
- Creating a Random Number
- Creating a DEK
- Creating a Plaintext-Free DEK
- Encrypting a DEK
- Decrypting a DEK
- Querying the Number of Instances
- Querying the Quota of a User
- Changing the Alias of a CMK
- Changing the Description of a CMK
- Encrypting Data
- Decrypting Data
- Obtaining CMK Import Parameters
- Importing CMK Material
- Deleting CMK Material
- Querying CMK Instances
- Querying CMK Tags
- Querying Project Tags
- Adding or Deleting CMK Tags in Batches
- Adding a CMK Tag
- Deleting a CMK Tag
- Permissions Policies and Supported Actions
- Appendix
- Change History
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API Reference (Paris and Amsterdam Regions)
- Before You Start
- Calling APIs
- API Overview
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APIs
- Creating a CMK
- Enabling a CMK
- Disabling a CMK
- Scheduling the Deletion of a CMK
- Canceling the Scheduled Deletion of a CMK
- Querying the List of CMKs
- Querying the Information About a CMK
- Creating a Random Number
- Creating a DEK
- Creating a Plaintext-Free DEK
- Encrypting a DEK
- Decrypting a DEK
- Querying the Number of Instances
- Querying the Quota of a User
- Changing the Alias of a CMK
- Changing the Description of a CMK
- Creating a Grant
- Revoking a Grant
- Retiring a Grant
- Querying Grants on a CMK
- Querying Grants That Can Be Retired
- Encrypting Data
- Decrypting Data
- Obtaining CMK Import Parameters
- Importing CMK Material
- Deleting CMK Material
- Enabling Rotation for a CMK
- Changing the Rotation Interval for a CMK
- Disabling Rotation for a CMK
- Querying the Rotation Status of a CMK
- Appendix
- Change History
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API Reference (Kuala Lumpur Region)
- Before You Start
- Calling APIs
- API Overview
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APIs
- Creating a CMK
- Enabling a CMK
- Disabling a CMK
- Scheduling the Deletion of a CMK
- Canceling the Scheduled Deletion of a CMK
- Querying the List of CMKs
- Querying the Information About a CMK
- Creating a Random Number
- Creating a DEK
- Creating a Plaintext-Free DEK
- Encrypting a DEK
- Decrypting a DEK
- Querying the Number of Instances
- Querying the Quota of a User
- Changing the Alias of a CMK
- Changing the Description of a CMK
- Creating a Grant
- Revoking a Grant
- Retiring a Grant
- Querying Grants on a CMK
- Querying Grants That Can Be Retired
- Encrypting Data
- Decrypting Data
- Obtaining CMK Import Parameters
- Importing CMK Material
- Deleting CMK Material
- Enabling Rotation for a CMK
- Changing the Rotation Interval for a CMK
- Disabling Rotation for a CMK
- Querying the Rotation Status of a CMK
- Appendix
- Change History
- General Reference
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Overview
KMS is a secure, reliable, and easy-to-use cloud service that helps users create, manage, and protect keys in a centralized manner.
After your cloud services are integrated with KMS, to encrypt data on cloud, you simply need to select a CMK managed by KMS for encryption.
You can select a Default Master Key (DMK) automatically created by a cloud service through KMS, or a key you created or imported to KMS. For details, see Differences Between a CMK and a Default Master Key.
Category |
Service |
Encryption Mode |
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Computing |
Elastic Cloud Server (ECS) |
You can encrypt an image or EVS disk in ECS.
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Image Management Service (IMS) |
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Storage |
Object Storage Service (OBS) |
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Elastic Volume Service (EVS) |
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Volume Backup Service (VBS) |
VBS generally creates online backups for a single EVS disk (system or data disk) of the server. If it is encrypted, its backup data will be stored in encrypted mode. |
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Cloud Server Backup Service (CSBS) |
CSBS mainly creates consistency backups online for all EVS disks of the server. CSBS backups will also be displayed on the VBS page. If it is encrypted, its backup data will be stored in encrypted mode. |
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Database |
RDS for MySQL |
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RDS for PostgreSQL |
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RDS for SQL Server |
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Document Database Service (DDS) |
Encryption Process
HUAWEI CLOUD services use the envelope encryption technology and call KMS APIs to encrypt service resources. Your CMKs are under your own management. With your grant, HUAWEI CLOUD services use a specific CMK of yours to encrypt data.

- Create a CMK on KMS.
- A HUAWEI CLOUD service calls the create-datakey API of the KMS to create a DEK. A plaintext DEK and a ciphertext DEK are generated.
NOTE:
Ciphertext DEKs are generated when you use a CMK to encrypt the plaintext DEKs.
- The HUAWEI CLOUD service uses the plaintext DEK to encrypt a plaintext file, generating a ciphertext file.
- The HUAWEI CLOUD service saves the ciphertext DEK and the ciphertext file together in a permanent storage device or a storage service.
When users download the data from the HUAWEI CLOUD service, the service uses the CMK specified by KMS to decrypt the ciphertext DEK, uses the decrypted DEK to decrypt data, and then provides the decrypted data for users to download.
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