Updated on 2025-12-29 GMT+08:00

Enabling a CMK

Function

This API allows you to enable a CMK. Only an enabled CMK can be used.

Only a disabled CMK can be enabled.

URI

  • URI format

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

  • Parameter description
    Table 1 URI parameter

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    project_id

    Yes

    String

    Project ID

Request Message

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token.

It can be obtained by calling the IAM API (value of X-Subject-Token in the response header).

Content-Type

Yes

String

application/json

Table 3 Request parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key_id

Yes

String

36-byte key ID 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}$.

For example, 0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f

sequence

No

String

A 36-byte serial number of a request message.

For example, 919c82d4-8046-4722-9094-35c3c6524cff

Response Message

Table 4 Response parameter

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key_info

Yes

Array of objects

Information about keys. For details, see Table 5.

Table 5 key_info field description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key_id

Yes

String

CMK ID

key_state

Yes

String

CMK status:

  • 2 indicates that the CMK is enabled.
  • 3 indicates that the CMK is disabled.
  • 4 indicates that the CMK is scheduled for deletion.

Example

The following example describes how to enable 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",
            "key_state": "2"
        }
    }
    or
    {
        "error": {
            "error_code": "KMS.XXXX",
            "error_msg": "XXX"
        }
    }

Status Codes

Table 6 lists the normal status code returned by the response.
Table 6 Status codes

Status Code

Status

Description

200

OK

Request processed successfully.

Exception status code. For details, see Status Codes.