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KMS Alias

The KMS Alias is a friendly name for a customer master key (CMK) that you can use to simplify key management in AWS Key Management Service (KMS). An alias can be used instead of a key ID in several KMS operations. For more information, refer to the AWS KMS Developer Guide.

Terraform Mappings:

  • aws_kms_alias.arn

Supported Methods​

  • GET: Get an alias by keyID/aliasName
  • LIST: List all aliases
  • SEARCH: Search aliases by keyID

kms-key​

The KMS Alias is directly linked to the KMS Key, as aliases serve as human-readable pointers that reference the customer master keys in KMS. This connection facilitates easier identification and usage of the keys by providing an abstraction over the key identifiers.