Changes the properties of a custom key store. You can use this operation to change the properties of an CloudHSM key store or an external key store.
Use the required
CustomKeyStoreId parameter to identify the custom key store. Use the remaining optional parameters to change its properties. This operation does not return any property values. To verify the updated property values, use the
DescribeCustomKeyStores operation.
This operation is part of the
custom key stores feature in KMS, which combines the convenience and extensive integration of KMS with the isolation and control of a key store that you own and manage.
When updating the properties of an external key store, verify that the updated settings connect your key store, via the external key store proxy, to the same external key manager as the previous settings, or to a backup or snapshot of the external key manager with the same cryptographic keys. If the updated connection settings fail, you can fix them and retry, although an extended delay might disrupt Amazon Web Services services. However, if KMS permanently loses its access to cryptographic keys, ciphertext encrypted under those keys is unrecoverable. For external key stores:
Some external key managers provide a simpler method for updating an external key store. For details, see your external key manager documentation.
When updating an external key store in the KMS console, you can upload a JSON-based proxy configuration file with the desired values. You cannot upload the proxy configuration file to the
UpdateCustomKeyStore operation. However, you can use the file to help you determine the correct values for the
UpdateCustomKeyStore parameters.
For an CloudHSM key store, you can use this operation to change the custom key store friendly name (
NewCustomKeyStoreName), to tell KMS about a change to the
kmsuser crypto user password (
KeyStorePassword), or to associate the custom key store with a different, but related, CloudHSM cluster (
CloudHsmClusterId). To update any property of an CloudHSM key store, the
ConnectionState of the CloudHSM key store must be
DISCONNECTED.
For an external key store, you can use this operation to change the custom key store friendly name (
NewCustomKeyStoreName), or to tell KMS about a change to the external key store proxy authentication credentials (
XksProxyAuthenticationCredential), connection method (
XksProxyConnectivity), external proxy endpoint (
XksProxyUriEndpoint) and path (
XksProxyUriPath). For external key stores with an
XksProxyConnectivity of
VPC_ENDPOINT_SERVICE, you can also update the Amazon VPC endpoint service name (
XksProxyVpcEndpointServiceName). To update most properties of an external key store, the
ConnectionState of the external key store must be
DISCONNECTED. However, you can update the
CustomKeyStoreName,
XksProxyAuthenticationCredential, and
XksProxyUriPath of an external key store when it is in the CONNECTED or DISCONNECTED state.
If your update requires a
DISCONNECTED state, before using
UpdateCustomKeyStore, use the
DisconnectCustomKeyStore operation to disconnect the custom key store. After the
UpdateCustomKeyStore operation completes, use the
ConnectCustomKeyStore to reconnect the custom key store. To find the
ConnectionState of the custom key store, use the
DescribeCustomKeyStores operation.
Before updating the custom key store, verify that the new values allow KMS to connect the custom key store to its backing key store. For example, before you change the
XksProxyUriPath value, verify that the external key store proxy is reachable at the new path.
If the operation succeeds, it returns a JSON object with no properties.
Cross-account use: No. You cannot perform this operation on a custom key store in a different Amazon Web Services account.
Required permissions:
kms:UpdateCustomKeyStore (IAM policy)
Related operations:Eventual consistency: The KMS API follows an eventual consistency model. For more information, see
KMS eventual consistency.