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Creates an HSM configuration that contains the information required by an Amazon Redshift cluster to store and use database encryption keys in a Hardware Security Module (HSM). After creating the HSM configuration, you can specify it as a parameter when creating a cluster. The cluster will then store its encryption keys in the HSM.

In addition to creating an HSM configuration, you must also create an HSM client certificate. For more information, go to Hardware Security Modules in the Amazon Redshift Cluster Management Guide.

get/#Action=CreateHsmConfiguration

Query parameters

HsmConfigurationIdentifierstring required

The identifier to be assigned to the new Amazon Redshift HSM configuration.

Descriptionstring required

A text description of the HSM configuration to be created.

HsmIpAddressstring required

The IP address that the Amazon Redshift cluster must use to access the HSM.

HsmPartitionNamestring required

The name of the partition in the HSM where the Amazon Redshift clusters will store their database encryption keys.

HsmPartitionPasswordstring required

The password required to access the HSM partition.

HsmServerPublicCertificatestring required

The HSMs public certificate file. When using Cloud HSM, the file name is server.pem.

Keystring

The key, or name, for the resource tag.

Valuestring

The value for the resource tag.

A list of tag instances.

Action'CreateHsmConfiguration' required
Version'2012-12-01' required

Response

Success