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Updates the description of a KMS key. To see the description of a KMS key, use DescribeKey.

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: No. You cannot perform this operation on a KMS key in a different Amazon Web Services account.

Required permissions: kms:UpdateKeyDescription (key policy)

Related operations

  • CreateKey

  • DescribeKey

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

Headers

X-Amz-Target'TrentService.UpdateKeyDescription' required

Request body

KeyIdstring required
<p>Updates the description of the specified KMS key.</p> <p>Specify the key ID or key ARN of the KMS key.</p> <p>For example:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Key ID: <code>1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab</code> </p> </li> <li> <p>Key ARN: <code>arn:aws:kms:us-east-2:111122223333:key/1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab</code> </p> </li> </ul> <p>To get the key ID and key ARN for a KMS key, use <a>ListKeys</a> or <a>DescribeKey</a>.</p>
Descriptionstring required

New description for the KMS key.

Response

Success