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aws	AWS: aws_kms_alias	docs-aws-resource-kms-alias	Provides a display name for a customer master key.

aws_kms_alias

Provides an alias for a KMS customer master key. AWS Console enforces 1-to-1 mapping between aliases & keys, but API (hence Terraform too) allows you to create as many aliases as the account limits allow you.

Example Usage

resource "aws_kms_key" "a" {
}

resource "aws_kms_alias" "a" {
    name = "alias/my-key-alias"
    target_key_id = "${aws_kms_key.a.key_id}"
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

• name - (Required) The display name of the alias. The name must start with the word "alias" followed by a forward slash (alias/)
• target_key_id - (Required) Identifier for the key for which the alias is for, can be either an ARN or key_id.

Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

• arn - The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the key alias.