KMS / Client / create_grant

create_grant#

KMS.Client.create_grant(**kwargs)#

Adds a grant to a KMS key.

A grant is a policy instrument that allows Amazon Web Services principals to use KMS keys in cryptographic operations. It also can allow them to view a KMS key ( DescribeKey) and create and manage grants. When authorizing access to a KMS key, grants are considered along with key policies and IAM policies. Grants are often used for temporary permissions because you can create one, use its permissions, and delete it without changing your key policies or IAM policies.

For detailed information about grants, including grant terminology, see Grants in KMS in the Key Management Service Developer Guide . For examples of working with grants in several programming languages, see Programming grants.

The CreateGrant operation returns a GrantToken and a GrantId.

  • When you create, retire, or revoke a grant, there might be a brief delay, usually less than five minutes, until the grant is available throughout KMS. This state is known as eventual consistency. Once the grant has achieved eventual consistency, the grantee principal can use the permissions in the grant without identifying the grant. However, to use the permissions in the grant immediately, use the GrantToken that CreateGrant returns. For details, see Using a grant token in the Key Management Service Developer Guide .

  • The CreateGrant operation also returns a GrantId. You can use the GrantId and a key identifier to identify the grant in the RetireGrant and RevokeGrant operations. To find the grant ID, use the ListGrants or ListRetirableGrants operations.

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: Yes. To perform this operation on a KMS key in a different Amazon Web Services account, specify the key ARN in the value of the KeyId parameter.

Required permissions: kms:CreateGrant (key policy)

Related operations:

  • ListGrants

  • ListRetirableGrants

  • RetireGrant

  • RevokeGrant

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.create_grant(
    KeyId='string',
    GranteePrincipal='string',
    RetiringPrincipal='string',
    Operations=[
        'Decrypt'|'Encrypt'|'GenerateDataKey'|'GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext'|'ReEncryptFrom'|'ReEncryptTo'|'Sign'|'Verify'|'GetPublicKey'|'CreateGrant'|'RetireGrant'|'DescribeKey'|'GenerateDataKeyPair'|'GenerateDataKeyPairWithoutPlaintext'|'GenerateMac'|'VerifyMac',
    ],
    Constraints={
        'EncryptionContextSubset': {
            'string': 'string'
        },
        'EncryptionContextEquals': {
            'string': 'string'
        }
    },
    GrantTokens=[
        'string',
    ],
    Name='string'
)
Parameters:

  • KeyId (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    Identifies the KMS key for the grant. The grant gives principals permission to use this KMS key.

    Specify the key ID or key ARN of the KMS key. To specify a KMS key in a different Amazon Web Services account, you must use the key ARN.

    For example:

    • Key ID: 1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab

    • Key ARN: arn:aws:kms:us-east-2:111122223333:key/1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab

    To get the key ID and key ARN for a KMS key, use ListKeys or DescribeKey.

  • GranteePrincipal (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The identity that gets the permissions specified in the grant.

    To specify the grantee principal, use the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of an Amazon Web Services principal. Valid principals include Amazon Web Services accounts, IAM users, IAM roles, federated users, and assumed role users. For help with the ARN syntax for a principal, see IAM ARNs in the Identity and Access Management User Guide .

  • RetiringPrincipal (string) –

    The principal that has permission to use the RetireGrant operation to retire the grant.

    To specify the principal, use the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of an Amazon Web Services principal. Valid principals include Amazon Web Services accounts, IAM users, IAM roles, federated users, and assumed role users. For help with the ARN syntax for a principal, see IAM ARNs in the Identity and Access Management User Guide .

    The grant determines the retiring principal. Other principals might have permission to retire the grant or revoke the grant. For details, see RevokeGrant and Retiring and revoking grants in the Key Management Service Developer Guide.

  • Operations (list) –

    [REQUIRED]

    A list of operations that the grant permits.

    This list must include only operations that are permitted in a grant. Also, the operation must be supported on the KMS key. For example, you cannot create a grant for a symmetric encryption KMS key that allows the Sign operation, or a grant for an asymmetric KMS key that allows the GenerateDataKey operation. If you try, KMS returns a ValidationError exception. For details, see Grant operations in the Key Management Service Developer Guide.

    • (string) –

  • Constraints (dict) –

    Specifies a grant constraint.

    KMS supports the EncryptionContextEquals and EncryptionContextSubset grant constraints. Each constraint value can include up to 8 encryption context pairs. The encryption context value in each constraint cannot exceed 384 characters. For information about grant constraints, see Using grant constraints in the Key Management Service Developer Guide. For more information about encryption context, see Encryption context in the Key Management Service Developer Guide .

    The encryption context grant constraints allow the permissions in the grant only when the encryption context in the request matches ( EncryptionContextEquals) or includes ( EncryptionContextSubset) the encryption context specified in this structure.

    The encryption context grant constraints are supported only on grant operations that include an EncryptionContext parameter, such as cryptographic operations on symmetric encryption KMS keys. Grants with grant constraints can include the DescribeKey and RetireGrant operations, but the constraint doesn’t apply to these operations. If a grant with a grant constraint includes the CreateGrant operation, the constraint requires that any grants created with the CreateGrant permission have an equally strict or stricter encryption context constraint.

    You cannot use an encryption context grant constraint for cryptographic operations with asymmetric KMS keys or HMAC KMS keys. These keys don’t support an encryption context.

    • EncryptionContextSubset (dict) –

      A list of key-value pairs that must be included in the encryption context of the cryptographic operation request. The grant allows the cryptographic operation only when the encryption context in the request includes the key-value pairs specified in this constraint, although it can include additional key-value pairs.

      • (string) –

        • (string) –

    • EncryptionContextEquals (dict) –

      A list of key-value pairs that must match the encryption context in the cryptographic operation request. The grant allows the operation only when the encryption context in the request is the same as the encryption context specified in this constraint.

      • (string) –

        • (string) –

  • GrantTokens (list) –

    A list of grant tokens.

    Use a grant token when your permission to call this operation comes from a new grant that has not yet achieved eventual consistency. For more information, see Grant token and Using a grant token in the Key Management Service Developer Guide.

    • (string) –

  • Name (string) –

    A friendly name for the grant. Use this value to prevent the unintended creation of duplicate grants when retrying this request.

    When this value is absent, all CreateGrant requests result in a new grant with a unique GrantId even if all the supplied parameters are identical. This can result in unintended duplicates when you retry the CreateGrant request.

    When this value is present, you can retry a CreateGrant request with identical parameters; if the grant already exists, the original GrantId is returned without creating a new grant. Note that the returned grant token is unique with every CreateGrant request, even when a duplicate GrantId is returned. All grant tokens for the same grant ID can be used interchangeably.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'GrantToken': 'string',
    'GrantId': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) –

    • GrantToken (string) –

      The grant token.

      Use a grant token when your permission to call this operation comes from a new grant that has not yet achieved eventual consistency. For more information, see Grant token and Using a grant token in the Key Management Service Developer Guide.

    • GrantId (string) –

      The unique identifier for the grant.

      You can use the GrantId in a ListGrants, RetireGrant, or RevokeGrant operation.

Exceptions

  • KMS.Client.exceptions.NotFoundException

  • KMS.Client.exceptions.DisabledException

  • KMS.Client.exceptions.DependencyTimeoutException

  • KMS.Client.exceptions.InvalidArnException

  • KMS.Client.exceptions.KMSInternalException

  • KMS.Client.exceptions.InvalidGrantTokenException

  • KMS.Client.exceptions.LimitExceededException

  • KMS.Client.exceptions.KMSInvalidStateException

Examples

The following example creates a grant that allows the specified IAM role to encrypt data with the specified KMS key.

response = client.create_grant(
    # The identity that is given permission to perform the operations specified in the grant.
    GranteePrincipal='arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/ExampleRole',
    # The identifier of the KMS key to which the grant applies. You can use the key ID or the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the KMS key.
    KeyId='arn:aws:kms:us-east-2:444455556666:key/1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab',
    # A list of operations that the grant allows.
    Operations=[
        'Encrypt',
        'Decrypt',
    ],
)

print(response)

Expected Output:

{
    # The unique identifier of the grant.
    'GrantId': '0c237476b39f8bc44e45212e08498fbe3151305030726c0590dd8d3e9f3d6a60',
    # The grant token.
    'GrantToken': 'AQpAM2RhZTk1MGMyNTk2ZmZmMzEyYWVhOWViN2I1MWM4Mzc0MWFiYjc0ZDE1ODkyNGFlNTIzODZhMzgyZjBlNGY3NiKIAgEBAgB4Pa6VDCWW__MSrqnre1HIN0Grt00ViSSuUjhqOC8OT3YAAADfMIHcBgkqhkiG9w0BBwaggc4wgcsCAQAwgcUGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMmqLyBTAegIn9XlK5AgEQgIGXZQjkBcl1dykDdqZBUQ6L1OfUivQy7JVYO2-ZJP7m6f1g8GzV47HX5phdtONAP7K_HQIflcgpkoCqd_fUnE114mSmiagWkbQ5sqAVV3ov-VeqgrvMe5ZFEWLMSluvBAqdjHEdMIkHMlhlj4ENZbzBfo9Wxk8b8SnwP4kc4gGivedzFXo-dwN8fxjjq_ZZ9JFOj2ijIbj5FyogDCN0drOfi8RORSEuCEmPvjFRMFAwcmwFkN2NPp89amA',
    'ResponseMetadata': {
        '...': '...',
    },
}