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Updates properties on a ledger.

patch/ledgers/{name}

Path parameters

namestring required

The name of the ledger.

Request body

DeletionProtectionboolean
<p>The flag that prevents a ledger from being deleted by any user. If not provided on ledger creation, this feature is enabled (<code>true</code>) by default.</p> <p>If deletion protection is enabled, you must first disable it before you can delete the ledger. You can disable it by calling the <code>UpdateLedger</code> operation to set the flag to <code>false</code>.</p>
KmsKeystring
<p>The key in Key Management Service (KMS) to use for encryption of data at rest in the ledger. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/qldb/latest/developerguide/encryption-at-rest.html">Encryption at rest</a> in the <i>Amazon QLDB Developer Guide</i>.</p> <p>Use one of the following options to specify this parameter:</p> <ul> <li> <p> <code>AWS_OWNED_KMS_KEY</code>: Use an KMS key that is owned and managed by Amazon Web Services on your behalf.</p> </li> <li> <p> <b>Undefined</b>: Make no changes to the KMS key of the ledger.</p> </li> <li> <p> <b>A valid symmetric customer managed KMS key</b>: Use the specified KMS key in your account that you create, own, and manage.</p> <p>Amazon QLDB does not support asymmetric keys. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/symmetric-asymmetric.html">Using symmetric and asymmetric keys</a> in the <i>Key Management Service Developer Guide</i>.</p> </li> </ul> <p>To specify a customer managed KMS key, you can use its key ID, Amazon Resource Name (ARN), alias name, or alias ARN. When using an alias name, prefix it with <code>"alias/"</code>. To specify a key in a different Amazon Web Services account, you must use the key ARN or alias ARN.</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> <li> <p>Alias name: <code>alias/ExampleAlias</code> </p> </li> <li> <p>Alias ARN: <code>arn:aws:kms:us-east-2:111122223333:alias/ExampleAlias</code> </p> </li> </ul> <p>For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/concepts.html#key-id">Key identifiers (KeyId)</a> in the <i>Key Management Service Developer Guide</i>.</p>

Response

Success

Namestring

The name of the ledger.

Arnstring

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the ledger.

State'CREATING' | 'ACTIVE' | 'DELETING' | 'DELETED'

The current status of the ledger.

CreationDateTimestring date-time

The date and time, in epoch time format, when the ledger was created. (Epoch time format is the number of seconds elapsed since 12:00:00 AM January 1, 1970 UTC.)

DeletionProtectionboolean
<p>The flag that prevents a ledger from being deleted by any user. If not provided on ledger creation, this feature is enabled (<code>true</code>) by default.</p> <p>If deletion protection is enabled, you must first disable it before you can delete the ledger. You can disable it by calling the <code>UpdateLedger</code> operation to set the flag to <code>false</code>.</p>