enable_ebs_encryption_by_default

EC2.Client.enable_ebs_encryption_by_default(**kwargs)

Enables EBS encryption by default for your account in the current Region.

After you enable encryption by default, the EBS volumes that you create are always encrypted, either using the default KMS key or the KMS key that you specified when you created each volume. For more information, see Amazon EBS encryption in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

You can specify the default KMS key for encryption by default using ModifyEbsDefaultKmsKeyId or ResetEbsDefaultKmsKeyId.

Enabling encryption by default has no effect on the encryption status of your existing volumes.

After you enable encryption by default, you can no longer launch instances using instance types that do not support encryption. For more information, see Supported instance types.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.enable_ebs_encryption_by_default(
    DryRun=True|False
)
Parameters
DryRun (boolean) -- Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation . Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation .
Return type
dict
Returns
Response Syntax
{
    'EbsEncryptionByDefault': True|False
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --
    • EbsEncryptionByDefault (boolean) --

      The updated status of encryption by default.