Post x amz targettrentservice.creategrant

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Adds a grant to a KMS key.

A grant is a policy instrument that allows Amazon Web Services principals to use KMS keys in cryptographic operations. It also can allow them to view a KMS key (DescribeKey) and create and manage grants. When authorizing access to a KMS key, grants are considered along with key policies and IAM policies. Grants are often used for temporary permissions because you can create one, use its permissions, and delete it without changing your key policies or IAM policies.

For detailed information about grants, including grant terminology, see Grants in KMS in the Key Management Service Developer Guide . For examples of working with grants in several programming languages, see Programming grants.

The CreateGrant operation returns a GrantToken and a GrantId.

When you create, retire, or revoke a grant, there might be a brief delay, usually less than five minutes, until the grant is available throughout KMS. This state is known as eventual consistency. Once the grant has achieved eventual consistency, the grantee principal can use the permissions in the grant without identifying the grant.

However, to use the permissions in the grant immediately, use the GrantToken that CreateGrant returns. For details, see Using a grant token in the Key Management Service Developer Guide .
The CreateGrant operation also returns a GrantId. You can use the GrantId and a key identifier to identify the grant in the RetireGrant and RevokeGrant operations. To find the grant ID, use the ListGrants or ListRetirableGrants operations.

The KMS key that you use for this operation must be in a compatible key state. For details, see Key states of KMS keys in the Key Management Service Developer Guide.

Cross-account use: Yes. To perform this operation on a KMS key in a different Amazon Web Services account, specify the key ARN in the value of the KeyId parameter.

Required permissions: kms:CreateGrant (key policy)

Related operations:

ListGrants
ListRetirableGrants
RetireGrant
RevokeGrant

post/#X-Amz-Target=TrentService.CreateGrant

Headers

X-Amz-Target'TrentService.CreateGrant' required

Request body

KeyIdstring required

Identifies the KMS key for the grant. The grant gives principals permission to use this KMS key. Specify the key ID or key ARN of the KMS key. To specify a KMS key in a different Amazon Web Services account, you must use the key ARN. For example: <ul> <li> Key ID: <code>1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab</code> </li> <li> Key ARN: <code>arn:aws:kms:us-east-2:111122223333:key/1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab</code> </li> </ul> To get the key ID and key ARN for a KMS key, use <a>ListKeys</a> or <a>DescribeKey</a>.

GranteePrincipalstring required

The identity that gets the permissions specified in the grant. To specify the grantee principal, use the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of an Amazon Web Services principal. Valid principals include Amazon Web Services accounts, IAM users, IAM roles, federated users, and assumed role users. For help with the ARN syntax for a principal, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_identifiers.html#identifiers-arns">IAM ARNs</a> in the Identity and Access Management User Guide .

RetiringPrincipalstring

The principal that has permission to use the <a>RetireGrant</a> operation to retire the grant. To specify the principal, use the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html">Amazon Resource Name (ARN)</a> of an Amazon Web Services principal. Valid principals include Amazon Web Services accounts, IAM users, IAM roles, federated users, and assumed role users. For help with the ARN syntax for a principal, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_identifiers.html#identifiers-arns">IAM ARNs</a> in the Identity and Access Management User Guide . The grant determines the retiring principal. Other principals might have permission to retire the grant or revoke the grant. For details, see <a>RevokeGrant</a> and <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/grant-manage.html#grant-delete">Retiring and revoking grants</a> in the Key Management Service Developer Guide.

OperationsGrantOperation[] required

A list of operations that the grant permits. This list must include only operations that are permitted in a grant. Also, the operation must be supported on the KMS key. For example, you cannot create a grant for a symmetric encryption KMS key that allows the <a>Sign</a> operation, or a grant for an asymmetric KMS key that allows the <a>GenerateDataKey</a> operation. If you try, KMS returns a <code>ValidationError</code> exception. For details, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/grants.html#terms-grant-operations">Grant operations</a> in the Key Management Service Developer Guide.

GrantTokensGrantTokenType[]

A list of grant tokens. Use a grant token when your permission to call this operation comes from a new grant that has not yet achieved eventual consistency. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/grants.html#grant_token">Grant token</a> and <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/grant-manage.html#using-grant-token">Using a grant token</a> in the Key Management Service Developer Guide.

Namestring

A friendly name for the grant. Use this value to prevent the unintended creation of duplicate grants when retrying this request. When this value is absent, all <code>CreateGrant</code> requests result in a new grant with a unique <code>GrantId</code> even if all the supplied parameters are identical. This can result in unintended duplicates when you retry the <code>CreateGrant</code> request. When this value is present, you can retry a <code>CreateGrant</code> request with identical parameters; if the grant already exists, the original <code>GrantId</code> is returned without creating a new grant. Note that the returned grant token is unique with every <code>CreateGrant</code> request, even when a duplicate <code>GrantId</code> is returned. All grant tokens for the same grant ID can be used interchangeably.

Response

Success

GrantTokenstring

The grant token. Use a grant token when your permission to call this operation comes from a new grant that has not yet achieved eventual consistency. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/grants.html#grant_token">Grant token</a> and <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/grant-manage.html#using-grant-token">Using a grant token</a> in the Key Management Service Developer Guide.

GrantIdstring

The unique identifier for the grant. You can use the <code>GrantId</code> in a <a>ListGrants</a>, <a>RetireGrant</a>, or <a>RevokeGrant</a> operation.

Example response

{
  "GrantId": "0c237476b39f8bc44e45212e08498fbe3151305030726c0590dd8d3e9f3d6a60",
  "GrantToken": "AQpAM2RhZTk1MGMyNTk2ZmZmMzEyYWVhOWViN2I1MWM4Mzc0MWFiYjc0ZDE1ODkyNGFlNTIzODZhMzgyZjBlNGY3NiKIAgEBAgB4Pa6VDCWW__MSrqnre1HIN0Grt00ViSSuUjhqOC8OT3YAAADfMIHcBgkqhkiG9w0BBwaggc4wgcsCAQAwgcUGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMmqLyBTAegIn9XlK5AgEQgIGXZQjkBcl1dykDdqZBUQ6L1OfUivQy7JVYO2-ZJP7m6f1g8GzV47HX5phdtONAP7K_HQIflcgpkoCqd_fUnE114mSmiagWkbQ5sqAVV3ov-VeqgrvMe5ZFEWLMSluvBAqdjHEdMIkHMlhlj4ENZbzBfo9Wxk8b8SnwP4kc4gGivedzFXo-dwN8fxjjq_ZZ9JFOj2ijIbj5FyogDCN0drOfi8RORSEuCEmPvjFRMFAwcmwFkN2NPp89amA"
}