Labeling keys

Cloud Key Management Service provides the option to add labels to your Cloud KMS keys. Labels are key-value pairs that you can use to group related Cloud KMS keys and store metadata about a Cloud KMS key.

Labels are included in your bill, so you can see the distribution of costs across your labels.

You can add, update, and remove key labels using the Google Cloud CLI and the Cloud KMS REST API.

You can use labels with other Google Cloud resources, such as virtual machine resources and storage buckets. For more information about using labels in Google Cloud, see Creating and Managing Labels.

What are labels?

A label is a key-value pair that you can assign to Google Cloud Cloud KMS keys. They help you organize these resources and manage your costs at scale, with the granularity you need. You can attach a label to each resource, then filter the resources based on their labels. Information about labels is forwarded to the billing system that allows you to break down your billed charges by label. With built-in billing reports, you can filter and group costs by resource labels. You can also use labels to query billing data exports.

Requirements for labels

The labels applied to a resource must meet the following requirements:

Each resource can have up to 64 labels.
Each label must be a key-value pair.
Keys have a minimum length of 1 character and a maximum length of 63 characters, and cannot be empty. Values can be empty, and have a maximum length of 63 characters.
Keys and values can contain only lowercase letters, numeric characters, underscores, and dashes. All characters must use UTF-8 encoding, and international characters are allowed. Keys must start with a lowercase letter or international character.
The key portion of a label must be unique within a single resource. However, you can use the same key with multiple resources.

These limits apply to the key and value for each label, and to the individual Google Cloud resources that have labels. There is no limit on how many labels you can apply across all resources within a project.

Common uses of labels

Here are some common use cases for labels:

Team or cost center labels: Add labels based on team or cost center to distinguish Cloud KMS keys owned by different teams (for example, team:research and team:analytics). You can use this type of label for cost accounting or budgeting.
Component labels: For example, component:redis, component:frontend, component:ingest, and component:dashboard.
Environment or stage labels: For example, environment:production and environment:test.
State labels: For example, state:active, state:readytodelete, and state:archive.
Ownership labels: Used to identify the teams that are responsible for operations, for example: team:shopping-cart.

We do not recommend creating large numbers of unique labels, such as for timestamps or individual values for every API call. The problem with this approach is that when the values change frequently or with keys that clutter the catalog, this makes it difficult to effectively filter and report on resources.

Labels and tags

Labels can be used as queryable annotations for resources, but can't be used to set conditions on policies. Tags provide a way to conditionally allow or deny policies based on whether a resource has a specific tag, by providing fine-grained control over policies. For more information, see the Tags overview.

Creating a key with labels

When creating a key, you can add labels by providing one or more key value pairs as labels when you create your key.

Console

Go to the Key Management page in the Google Cloud console.

Go to the Key Management page
Click the name of the key ring for which you will create a key.
Click Create key.
In the What type of key do you want to create?, choose Generated key.
In the Key name field, enter the name for your key.
Click the Protection level dropdown and select HSM.
Click the Purpose dropdown and select Symmetric encrypt/decrypt.
Accept the default values for Rotation period and Starting on.
Click the Add labels button.
Add a label with the key team and the value alpha.
Click Create.

gcloud

To use Cloud KMS on the command line, first Install or upgrade to the latest version of Google Cloud CLI.

This example shows how to create a new key and assign labels to the key. You can also add labels to an existing key.

gcloud kms keys create key \
    --keyring key-ring \
    --location location \
    --purpose purpose \
    --labels "team=alpha,cost_center=cc1234"

Replace key with a name for the key. Replace key-ring with the name of the key ring where the key will be located. Replace location with the Cloud KMS location for the key ring. Replace purpose with a valid purpose for the key. Supply a quoted, comma-separated list of labels and values. If a label is specified multiple times with different values, each new value overwrites the previous value.

For information on all flags and possible values, run the command with the --help flag.

C#

To run this code, first set up a C# development environment and install the Cloud KMS C# SDK.

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using Google.Cloud.Kms.V1;

public class CreateKeyLabelsSample
{
    public CryptoKey CreateKeyLabels(
      string projectId = "my-project", string locationId = "us-east1", string keyRingId = "my-key-ring",
      string id = "my-asymmetric-encrypt-key")
    {
        // Create the client.
        KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.Create();

        // Build the parent key ring name.
        KeyRingName keyRingName = new KeyRingName(projectId, locationId, keyRingId);

        // Build the key.
        CryptoKey key = new CryptoKey
        {
            Purpose = CryptoKey.Types.CryptoKeyPurpose.EncryptDecrypt,
            VersionTemplate = new CryptoKeyVersionTemplate
            {
                Algorithm = CryptoKeyVersion.Types.CryptoKeyVersionAlgorithm.GoogleSymmetricEncryption,
            }
        };

        key.Labels["team"] = "alpha";
        key.Labels["cost_center"] = "cc1234";

        // Call the API.
        CryptoKey result = client.CreateCryptoKey(keyRingName, id, key);

        // Return the result.
        return result;
    }
}

Go

To run this code, first set up a Go development environment and install the Cloud KMS Go SDK.

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import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	kms "cloud.google.com/go/kms/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/kms/apiv1/kmspb"
)

// createKeyLabels creates a new KMS key with labels.
func createKeyLabels(w io.Writer, parent, id string) error {
	// parent := "projects/my-project/locations/us-east1/keyRings/my-key-ring"
	// id := "my-labeled-key"

	// Create the client.
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := kms.NewKeyManagementClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create kms client: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Build the request.
	req := &kmspb.CreateCryptoKeyRequest{
		Parent:      parent,
		CryptoKeyId: id,
		CryptoKey: &kmspb.CryptoKey{
			Purpose: kmspb.CryptoKey_ENCRYPT_DECRYPT,
			VersionTemplate: &kmspb.CryptoKeyVersionTemplate{
				Algorithm: kmspb.CryptoKeyVersion_GOOGLE_SYMMETRIC_ENCRYPTION,
			},

			Labels: map[string]string{
				"team":        "alpha",
				"cost_center": "cc1234",
			},
		},
	}

	// Call the API.
	result, err := client.CreateCryptoKey(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create key: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Created key: %s\n", result.Name)
	return nil
}

Java

To run this code, first set up a Java development environment and install the Cloud KMS Java SDK.

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import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKey;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKey.CryptoKeyPurpose;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKeyVersion.CryptoKeyVersionAlgorithm;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKeyVersionTemplate;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.KeyManagementServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.KeyRingName;
import java.io.IOException;

public class CreateKeyLabels {

  public void createKeyLabels() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String locationId = "us-east1";
    String keyRingId = "my-key-ring";
    String id = "my-key";
    createKeyLabels(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, id);
  }

  // Create a new key with labels.
  public void createKeyLabels(String projectId, String locationId, String keyRingId, String id)
      throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only
    // needs to be created once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After
    // completing all of your requests, call the "close" method on the client to
    // safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.create()) {
      // Build the parent name from the project, location, and key ring.
      KeyRingName keyRingName = KeyRingName.of(projectId, locationId, keyRingId);

      // Build the key to create with labels.
      CryptoKey key =
          CryptoKey.newBuilder()
              .setPurpose(CryptoKeyPurpose.ENCRYPT_DECRYPT)
              .setVersionTemplate(
                  CryptoKeyVersionTemplate.newBuilder()
                      .setAlgorithm(CryptoKeyVersionAlgorithm.GOOGLE_SYMMETRIC_ENCRYPTION))
              .putLabels("team", "alpha")
              .putLabels("cost_center", "cc1234")
              .build();

      // Create the key.
      CryptoKey createdKey = client.createCryptoKey(keyRingName, id, key);
      System.out.printf("Created key with labels %s%n", createdKey.getName());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To run this code, first set up a Node.js development environment and install the Cloud KMS Node.js SDK.

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//
// TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
//
// const projectId = 'my-project';
// const locationId = 'us-east1';
// const keyRingId = 'my-key-ring';
// const id = 'my-labeled-key';

// Imports the Cloud KMS library
const {KeyManagementServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/kms');

// Instantiates a client
const client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

// Build the parent key ring name
const keyRingName = client.keyRingPath(projectId, locationId, keyRingId);

async function createKeyLabels() {
  const [key] = await client.createCryptoKey({
    parent: keyRingName,
    cryptoKeyId: id,
    cryptoKey: {
      purpose: 'ENCRYPT_DECRYPT',
      versionTemplate: {
        algorithm: 'GOOGLE_SYMMETRIC_ENCRYPTION',
      },
      labels: {
        team: 'alpha',
        cost_center: 'cc1234',
      },
    },
  });

  console.log(`Created labeled key: ${key.name}`);
  return key;
}

return createKeyLabels();

PHP

To run this code, first learn about using PHP on Google Cloud and install the Cloud KMS PHP SDK.

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use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\CryptoKey;
use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\CryptoKey\CryptoKeyPurpose;
use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\CryptoKeyVersion\CryptoKeyVersionAlgorithm;
use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\CryptoKeyVersionTemplate;
use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\KeyManagementServiceClient;

function create_key_labels(
    string $projectId = 'my-project',
    string $locationId = 'us-east1',
    string $keyRingId = 'my-key-ring',
    string $id = 'my-key-with-labels'
): CryptoKey {
    // Create the Cloud KMS client.
    $client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

    // Build the parent key ring name.
    $keyRingName = $client->keyRingName($projectId, $locationId, $keyRingId);

    // Build the key.
    $key = (new CryptoKey())
        ->setPurpose(CryptoKeyPurpose::ENCRYPT_DECRYPT)
        ->setVersionTemplate((new CryptoKeyVersionTemplate())
            ->setAlgorithm(CryptoKeyVersionAlgorithm::GOOGLE_SYMMETRIC_ENCRYPTION)
        )
        ->setLabels([
            'team' => 'alpha',
            'cost_center' => 'cc1234',
        ]);

    // Call the API.
    $createdKey = $client->createCryptoKey($keyRingName, $id, $key);
    printf('Created labeled key: %s' . PHP_EOL, $createdKey->getName());

    return $createdKey;
}

Python

To run this code, first set up a Python development environment and install the Cloud KMS Python SDK.

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from google.cloud import kms


def create_key_labels(
    project_id: str, location_id: str, key_ring_id: str, key_id: str
) -> kms.CryptoKey:
    """
    Creates a new key in Cloud KMS with labels.

    Args:
        project_id (string): Google Cloud project ID (e.g. 'my-project').
        location_id (string): Cloud KMS location (e.g. 'us-east1').
        key_ring_id (string): ID of the Cloud KMS key ring (e.g. 'my-key-ring').
        key_id (string): ID of the key to create (e.g. 'my-labeled-key').

    Returns:
        CryptoKey: Cloud KMS key.

    """

    # Create the client.
    client = kms.KeyManagementServiceClient()

    # Build the parent key ring name.
    key_ring_name = client.key_ring_path(project_id, location_id, key_ring_id)

    # Build the key.
    purpose = kms.CryptoKey.CryptoKeyPurpose.ENCRYPT_DECRYPT
    algorithm = (
        kms.CryptoKeyVersion.CryptoKeyVersionAlgorithm.GOOGLE_SYMMETRIC_ENCRYPTION
    )
    key = {
        "purpose": purpose,
        "version_template": {
            "algorithm": algorithm,
        },
        "labels": {"team": "alpha", "cost_center": "cc1234"},
    }

    # Call the API.
    created_key = client.create_crypto_key(
        request={"parent": key_ring_name, "crypto_key_id": key_id, "crypto_key": key}
    )
    print(f"Created labeled key: {created_key.name}")
    return created_key

Ruby

To run this code, first set up a Ruby development environment and install the Cloud KMS Ruby SDK.

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# TODO(developer): uncomment these values before running the sample.
# project_id  = "my-project"
# location_id = "us-east1"
# key_ring_id = "my-key-ring"
# id          = "my-key-with-labels"

# Require the library.
require "google/cloud/kms"

# Create the client.
client = Google::Cloud::Kms.key_management_service

# Build the parent key ring name.
key_ring_name = client.key_ring_path project: project_id, location: location_id, key_ring: key_ring_id

# Build the key.
key = {
  purpose:          :ENCRYPT_DECRYPT,
  version_template: {
    algorithm: :GOOGLE_SYMMETRIC_ENCRYPTION
  },
  labels:           {
    "team"        => "alpha",
    "cost_center" => "cc1234"
  }
}

# Call the API.
created_key = client.create_crypto_key parent: key_ring_name, crypto_key_id: id, crypto_key: key
puts "Created labeled key: #{created_key.name}"

API

Add labels when you create a new key by using the CryptoKeys.create method, and include the labels property in your request body. For example:

{
  "purpose": "ENCRYPT_DECRYPT",
  "labels": [
    {
      "key": "team",
      "value": "alpha"
    },
    {
      "key": "cost_center",
      "value": "cc1234"
    }
  ]
}

If you provide the same label key twice, the last specified value overrides earlier values. In this example team is set to beta.

{
  "labels": [
    {
      "key": "team",
      "value": "alpha"
    },
    {
      "key": "team",
      "value": "beta"
    }
  ]
}

Viewing labels on a key

Console

Go to the Key Management page in the Google Cloud console.

Go to the Key Management page
Click the name of the key ring for the key you want to inspect.
In the header, click Show info panel.
In the panel, choose the Labels tab.

gcloud

To use Cloud KMS on the command line, first Install or upgrade to the latest version of Google Cloud CLI.

gcloud kms keys describe key \
    --keyring key-ring \
    --location location

Replace key with the name of the key. Replace key-ring with the name of the key ring where the key is located. Replace location with the Cloud KMS location for the key ring.

For information on all flags and possible values, run the command with the --help flag.

C#

To run this code, first set up a C# development environment and install the Cloud KMS C# SDK.

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using Google.Cloud.Kms.V1;
using System;

public class GetKeyLabelsSample
{
    public CryptoKey GetKeyLabels(string projectId = "my-project", string locationId = "us-east1", string keyRingId = "my-key-ring", string keyId = "my-key")
    {
        // Create the client.
        KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.Create();

        // Build the key name.
        CryptoKeyName keyName = new CryptoKeyName(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId);

        // Call the API.
        CryptoKey result = client.GetCryptoKey(keyName);

        // Example of iterating over labels.
        foreach (var item in result.Labels)
        {
            String key = item.Key;
            String value = item.Value;
            // ...
        }

        // Return the ciphertext.
        return result;
    }
}

Go

To run this code, first set up a Go development environment and install the Cloud KMS Go SDK.

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import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	kms "cloud.google.com/go/kms/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/kms/apiv1/kmspb"
)

// getKeyLabels fetches the labels on a KMS key.
func getKeyLabels(w io.Writer, name string) error {
	// name := "projects/my-project/locations/us-east1/keyRings/my-key-ring/cryptoKeys/my-key"

	// Create the client.
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := kms.NewKeyManagementClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create kms client: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Build the request.
	req := &kmspb.GetCryptoKeyRequest{
		Name: name,
	}

	// Call the API.
	result, err := client.GetCryptoKey(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get key: %w", err)
	}

	// Extract and print the labels.
	for k, v := range result.Labels {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s=%s\n", k, v)
	}
	return nil
}

Java

To run this code, first set up a Java development environment and install the Cloud KMS Java SDK.

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import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKey;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKeyName;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.KeyManagementServiceClient;
import java.io.IOException;

public class GetKeyLabels {

  public void getKeyLabels() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String locationId = "us-east1";
    String keyRingId = "my-key-ring";
    String keyId = "my-key";
    getKeyLabels(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId);
  }

  // Get the labels associated with a key.
  public void getKeyLabels(String projectId, String locationId, String keyRingId, String keyId)
      throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only
    // needs to be created once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After
    // completing all of your requests, call the "close" method on the client to
    // safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.create()) {
      // Build the name from the project, location, key ring, and keyId.
      CryptoKeyName keyName = CryptoKeyName.of(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId);

      // Get the key.
      CryptoKey key = client.getCryptoKey(keyName);

      // Print out each label.
      key.getLabelsMap().forEach((k, v) -> System.out.printf("%s=%s%n", k, v));
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To run this code, first set up a Node.js development environment and install the Cloud KMS Node.js SDK.

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//
// TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
//
// const projectId = 'my-project';
// const locationId = 'us-east1';
// const keyRingId = 'my-key-ring';
// const keyId = 'my-key';

// Imports the Cloud KMS library
const {KeyManagementServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/kms');

// Instantiates a client
const client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

// Build the key name
const keyName = client.cryptoKeyPath(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId);

async function getKeyLabels() {
  const [key] = await client.getCryptoKey({
    name: keyName,
  });

  for (const k in key.labels) {
    console.log(`${k}: ${key.labels[k]}`);
  }

  return key;
}

return getKeyLabels();

PHP

To run this code, first learn about using PHP on Google Cloud and install the Cloud KMS PHP SDK.

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use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\KeyManagementServiceClient;

function get_key_labels(
    string $projectId = 'my-project',
    string $locationId = 'us-east1',
    string $keyRingId = 'my-key-ring',
    string $keyId = 'my-key'
) {
    // Create the Cloud KMS client.
    $client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

    // Build the key name.
    $keyName = $client->cryptoKeyName($projectId, $locationId, $keyRingId, $keyId);

    // Call the API.
    $key = $client->getCryptoKey($keyName);

    // Example of iterating over labels.
    foreach ($key->getLabels() as $k => $v) {
        printf('%s = %s' . PHP_EOL, $k, $v);
    }

    return $key;
}

Python

To run this code, first set up a Python development environment and install the Cloud KMS Python SDK.

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from google.cloud import kms


def get_key_labels(
    project_id: str, location_id: str, key_ring_id: str, key_id: str
) -> kms.CryptoKey:
    """
    Get a key and its labels.

    Args:
        project_id (string): Google Cloud project ID (e.g. 'my-project').
        location_id (string): Cloud KMS location (e.g. 'us-east1').
        key_ring_id (string): ID of the Cloud KMS key ring (e.g. 'my-key-ring').
        key_id (string): ID of the key to use (e.g. 'my-key').

    Returns:
        CryptoKey: Cloud KMS key.

    """

    # Create the client.
    client = kms.KeyManagementServiceClient()

    # Build the key name.
    key_name = client.crypto_key_path(project_id, location_id, key_ring_id, key_id)

    # Call the API.
    key = client.get_crypto_key(request={"name": key_name})

    # Example of iterating over labels.
    for k, v in key.labels.items():
        print(f"{k} = {v}")

    return key

Ruby

To run this code, first set up a Ruby development environment and install the Cloud KMS Ruby SDK.

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# TODO(developer): uncomment these values before running the sample.
# project_id  = "my-project"
# location_id = "us-east1"
# key_ring_id = "my-key-ring"
# key_id      = "my-key"

# Require the library.
require "google/cloud/kms"

# Create the client.
client = Google::Cloud::Kms.key_management_service

# Build the parent key name.
key_name = client.crypto_key_path project:    project_id,
                                  location:   location_id,
                                  key_ring:   key_ring_id,
                                  crypto_key: key_id

# Call the API.
key = client.get_crypto_key name: key_name

# Example of iterating over labels.
key.labels.each do |k, v|
  puts "#{k} = #{v}"
end

API

These examples use curl as an HTTP client to demonstrate using the API. For more information about access control, see Accessing the Cloud KMS API.

To see the labels applied to the key, use the CryptoKeys.get method:

curl "https://cloudkms.googleapis.com/v1/projects/project-id/locations/location/keyRings/key-ring-name/cryptoKeys/key-name" \
    --request "GET" \
    --header "authorization: Bearer token" \
    --header "content-type: application/json" \
    --header "x-goog-user-project: project-id"

Adding or updating labels

Console

Go to the Key Management page in the Google Cloud console.

Go to the Key Management page
Click the name of the key ring for the key you want to inspect.
In the header, click Show info panel.
In the panel, choose the Labels tab.
Edit the value of a label directly in the corresponding text field.
Edit the key of a label by adding a new label with the desired key name and delete the old label by clicking the Delete next to the label you want to delete.
Click Save.

gcloud

To use Cloud KMS on the command line, first Install or upgrade to the latest version of Google Cloud CLI.

gcloud kms keys update key \
    --keyring key-ring \
    --location location \
    --update-labels "cost_center=cc5678"

Replace key with the name of the key. Replace key-ring with the name of the key ring where the key is located. Replace location with the Cloud KMS location for the key ring. For --update-labels, supply a quoted, comma-separated list of labels and their values to update. If you omit a label's new value, an occurs.

For information on all flags and possible values, run the command with the --help flag.

C#

To run this code, first set up a C# development environment and install the Cloud KMS C# SDK.

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using Google.Cloud.Kms.V1;
using Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes;

public class UpdateKeyUpdateLabelsSample
{
    public CryptoKey UpdateKeyUpdateLabels(string projectId = "my-project", string locationId = "us-east1", string keyRingId = "my-key-ring", string keyId = "my-key")
    {
        // Create the client.
        KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.Create();

        // Build the key name.
        CryptoKeyName keyName = new CryptoKeyName(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId);

        //
        // Step 1 - get the current set of labels on the key
        //

        // Get the current key.
        CryptoKey key = client.GetCryptoKey(keyName);


        //
        // Step 2 - add a label to the list of labels
        //

        // Add a new label
        key.Labels["new_label"] = "new_value";

        // Build the update mask.
        FieldMask fieldMask = new FieldMask
        {
            Paths = { "labels" }
        };

        // Call the API.
        CryptoKey result = client.UpdateCryptoKey(key, fieldMask);

        // Return the updated key.
        return result;
    }
}

Go

To run this code, first set up a Go development environment and install the Cloud KMS Go SDK.

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import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	kms "cloud.google.com/go/kms/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/kms/apiv1/kmspb"
	fieldmask "google.golang.org/genproto/protobuf/field_mask"
)

// updateKeyUpdateLabels updates an existing KMS key, adding a new label.
func updateKeyUpdateLabels(w io.Writer, name string) error {
	// name := "projects/my-project/locations/us-east1/keyRings/my-key-ring/cryptoKeys/my-key"

	// Create the client.
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := kms.NewKeyManagementClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create kms client: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	//
	// Step 1 - get the current set of labels on the key
	//

	// Build the request.
	getReq := &kmspb.GetCryptoKeyRequest{
		Name: name,
	}

	// Call the API.
	result, err := client.GetCryptoKey(ctx, getReq)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get key: %w", err)
	}

	//
	// Step 2 - add a label to the list of labels
	//

	labels := result.Labels
	labels["new_label"] = "new_value"

	// Build the request.
	updateReq := &kmspb.UpdateCryptoKeyRequest{
		CryptoKey: &kmspb.CryptoKey{
			Name:   name,
			Labels: labels,
		},
		UpdateMask: &fieldmask.FieldMask{
			Paths: []string{"labels"},
		},
	}

	// Call the API.
	result, err = client.UpdateCryptoKey(ctx, updateReq)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update key: %w", err)
	}

	// Print the labels.
	for k, v := range result.Labels {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s=%s\n", k, v)
	}
	return nil
}

Java

To run this code, first set up a Java development environment and install the Cloud KMS Java SDK.

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import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKey;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKeyName;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.KeyManagementServiceClient;
import com.google.protobuf.FieldMask;
import com.google.protobuf.util.FieldMaskUtil;
import java.io.IOException;

public class UpdateKeyUpdateLabels {

  public void updateKeyUpdateLabels() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String locationId = "us-east1";
    String keyRingId = "my-key-ring";
    String keyId = "my-key";
    updateKeyUpdateLabels(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId);
  }

  // Create a new key that is used for symmetric encryption and decryption.
  public void updateKeyUpdateLabels(
      String projectId, String locationId, String keyRingId, String keyId) throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only
    // needs to be created once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After
    // completing all of your requests, call the "close" method on the client to
    // safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.create()) {
      // Build the parent name from the project, location, and key ring.
      CryptoKeyName cryptoKeyName = CryptoKeyName.of(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId);

      //
      // Step 1 - get the current set of labels on the key
      //

      // Get the current key.
      CryptoKey key = client.getCryptoKey(cryptoKeyName);

      //
      // Step 2 - add a label to the list of labels
      //

      // Add a new label.
      key = key.toBuilder().putLabels("new_label", "new_value").build();

      // Construct the field mask.
      FieldMask fieldMask = FieldMaskUtil.fromString("labels");

      // Update the key.
      CryptoKey updatedKey = client.updateCryptoKey(key, fieldMask);
      System.out.printf("Updated key %s%n", updatedKey.getName());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To run this code, first set up a Node.js development environment and install the Cloud KMS Node.js SDK.

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//
// TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
//
// const projectId = 'my-project';
// const locationId = 'us-east1';
// const keyRingId = 'my-key-ring';
// const keyId = 'my-key';
// const versionId = '123';

// Imports the Cloud KMS library
const {KeyManagementServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/kms');

// Instantiates a client
const client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

// Build the key name
const keyName = client.cryptoKeyPath(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId);

async function updateKeyUpdateLabels() {
  const [key] = await client.updateCryptoKey({
    cryptoKey: {
      name: keyName,
      labels: {
        new_label: 'new_value',
      },
    },
    updateMask: {
      paths: ['labels'],
    },
  });

  console.log(`Updated labels for: ${key.name}`);
  return key;
}

return updateKeyUpdateLabels();

PHP

To run this code, first learn about using PHP on Google Cloud and install the Cloud KMS PHP SDK.

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use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\CryptoKey;
use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\KeyManagementServiceClient;
use Google\Protobuf\FieldMask;

function update_key_update_labels(
    string $projectId = 'my-project',
    string $locationId = 'us-east1',
    string $keyRingId = 'my-key-ring',
    string $keyId = 'my-key'
): CryptoKey {
    // Create the Cloud KMS client.
    $client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

    // Build the key name.
    $keyName = $client->cryptoKeyName($projectId, $locationId, $keyRingId, $keyId);

    // Build the key.
    $key = (new CryptoKey())
        ->setName($keyName)
        ->setLabels(['new_label' => 'new_value']);

    // Create the field mask.
    $updateMask = (new FieldMask())
        ->setPaths(['labels']);

    // Call the API.
    $updatedKey = $client->updateCryptoKey($key, $updateMask);
    printf('Updated key: %s' . PHP_EOL, $updatedKey->getName());

    return $updatedKey;
}

Ruby

To run this code, first set up a Ruby development environment and install the Cloud KMS Ruby SDK.

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# TODO(developer): uncomment these values before running the sample.
# project_id  = "my-project"
# location_id = "us-east1"
# key_ring_id = "my-key-ring"
# key_id      = "my-key"

# Require the library.
require "google/cloud/kms"

# Create the client.
client = Google::Cloud::Kms.key_management_service

# Build the parent key name.
key_name = client.crypto_key_path project:    project_id,
                                  location:   location_id,
                                  key_ring:   key_ring_id,
                                  crypto_key: key_id

# Build the key.
key = {
  name:   key_name,
  labels: {
    "new_label" => "new_value"
  }
}

# Build the field mask.
update_mask = { paths: ["labels"] }

# Call the API.
updated_key = client.update_crypto_key crypto_key: key, update_mask: update_mask
puts "Updated key: #{updated_key.name}"

Python

To run this code, first set up a Python development environment and install the Cloud KMS Python SDK.

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from google.cloud import kms


def update_key_update_labels(
    project_id: str, location_id: str, key_ring_id: str, key_id: str
) -> kms.CryptoKey:
    """
    Update labels on an existing key.

    Args:
        project_id (string): Google Cloud project ID (e.g. 'my-project').
        location_id (string): Cloud KMS location (e.g. 'us-east1').
        key_ring_id (string): ID of the Cloud KMS key ring (e.g. 'my-key-ring').
        key_id (string): ID of the key to use (e.g. 'my-key').

    Returns:
        CryptoKey: Updated Cloud KMS key.

    """

    # Create the client.
    client = kms.KeyManagementServiceClient()

    # Build the key name.
    key_name = client.crypto_key_path(project_id, location_id, key_ring_id, key_id)

    key = {"name": key_name, "labels": {"new_label": "new_value"}}

    # Build the update mask.
    update_mask = {"paths": ["labels"]}

    # Call the API.
    updated_key = client.update_crypto_key(
        request={"crypto_key": key, "update_mask": update_mask}
    )
    print(f"Updated key: {updated_key.name}")
    return updated_key

API

These examples use curl as an HTTP client to demonstrate using the API. For more information about access control, see Accessing the Cloud KMS API.

Add or update labels to an existing key by using the CryptoKeys.patch method, and include the labels property in your request body. For example:

{
  "labels": [
    {
      "key": "team",
      "value": "alpha"
    },
    {
      "key": "cost_center",
      "value": "cc5678"
    }
  ]
}

Removing labels

Console

Go to the Key Management page in the Google Cloud console.

Go to the Key Management page
Click the name of the key ring for the key you want to inspect.
In the header, click Show info panel.
In the panel, choose the Labels tab.
Click the Delete icon next to the labels you want to delete.
Click Save.

gcloud

To use Cloud KMS on the command line, first Install or upgrade to the latest version of Google Cloud CLI.

gcloud kms keys update key \
    --keyring key-ring \
    --location location \
    --remove-labels "team,cost_center"

Replace key with the name of the key. Replace key-ring with the name of the key ring where the key is located. Replace location with the Cloud KMS location for the key ring. For --remove-labels, supply a quoted, comma-separated list of labels to remove. Do not supply values for the labels.

For information on all flags and possible values, run the command with the --help flag.

C#

To run this code, first set up a C# development environment and install the Cloud KMS C# SDK.

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using Google.Cloud.Kms.V1;
using Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes;

public class UpdateKeyRemoveLabelsSample
{
    public CryptoKey UpdateKeyRemoveLabels(string projectId = "my-project", string locationId = "us-east1", string keyRingId = "my-key-ring", string keyId = "my-key")
    {
        // Create the client.
        KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.Create();

        // Build the key.
        CryptoKey key = new CryptoKey
        {
            CryptoKeyName = new CryptoKeyName(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId),
        };

        // Build the update mask.
        FieldMask fieldMask = new FieldMask
        {
            Paths = { "labels" },
        };

        // Call the API.
        CryptoKey result = client.UpdateCryptoKey(key, fieldMask);

        // Return the updated key.
        return result;
    }
}

Go

To run this code, first set up a Go development environment and install the Cloud KMS Go SDK.

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import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	kms "cloud.google.com/go/kms/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/kms/apiv1/kmspb"
	fieldmask "google.golang.org/genproto/protobuf/field_mask"
)

// updateKeyRemoveLabels removes all labels from an existing Cloud KMS key.
func updateKeyRemoveLabels(w io.Writer, name string) error {
	// name := "projects/my-project/locations/us-east1/keyRings/my-key-ring/cryptoKeys/my-key"

	// Create the client.
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := kms.NewKeyManagementClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create kms client: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Build the request.
	req := &kmspb.UpdateCryptoKeyRequest{
		CryptoKey: &kmspb.CryptoKey{
			Name:   name,
			Labels: nil,
		},
		UpdateMask: &fieldmask.FieldMask{
			Paths: []string{"labels"},
		},
	}

	// Call the API.
	result, err := client.UpdateCryptoKey(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update key: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Updated key: %s\n", result.Name)
	return nil
}

Java

To run this code, first set up a Java development environment and install the Cloud KMS Java SDK.

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import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKey;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKeyName;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.KeyManagementServiceClient;
import com.google.protobuf.FieldMask;
import com.google.protobuf.util.FieldMaskUtil;
import java.io.IOException;

public class UpdateKeyRemoveLabels {

  public void updateKeyRemoveLabels() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String locationId = "us-east1";
    String keyRingId = "my-key-ring";
    String keyId = "my-key";
    updateKeyRemoveLabels(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId);
  }

  // Update a key to remove all labels.
  public void updateKeyRemoveLabels(
      String projectId, String locationId, String keyRingId, String keyId) throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only
    // needs to be created once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After
    // completing all of your requests, call the "close" method on the client to
    // safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.create()) {
      // Build the name from the project, location, key ring, and keyId.
      CryptoKeyName cryptoKeyName = CryptoKeyName.of(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId);

      // Build an empty key with no labels.
      CryptoKey key = CryptoKey.newBuilder().setName(cryptoKeyName.toString()).build();

      // Construct the field mask.
      FieldMask fieldMask = FieldMaskUtil.fromString("labels");

      // Create the key.
      CryptoKey createdKey = client.updateCryptoKey(key, fieldMask);
      System.out.printf("Updated key %s%n", createdKey.getName());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To run this code, first set up a Node.js development environment and install the Cloud KMS Node.js SDK.

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//
// TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
//
// const projectId = 'my-project';
// const locationId = 'us-east1';
// const keyRingId = 'my-key-ring';
// const keyId = 'my-key';
// const versionId = '123';

// Imports the Cloud KMS library
const {KeyManagementServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/kms');

// Instantiates a client
const client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

// Build the key name
const keyName = client.cryptoKeyPath(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId);

async function updateKeyRemoveLabels() {
  const [key] = await client.updateCryptoKey({
    cryptoKey: {
      name: keyName,
      labels: null,
    },
    updateMask: {
      paths: ['labels'],
    },
  });

  console.log(`Removed labels from: ${key.name}`);
  return key;
}

return updateKeyRemoveLabels();

PHP

To run this code, first learn about using PHP on Google Cloud and install the Cloud KMS PHP SDK.

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use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\CryptoKey;
use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\KeyManagementServiceClient;
use Google\Protobuf\FieldMask;

function update_key_remove_labels(
    string $projectId = 'my-project',
    string $locationId = 'us-east1',
    string $keyRingId = 'my-key-ring',
    string $keyId = 'my-key'
): CryptoKey {
    // Create the Cloud KMS client.
    $client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

    // Build the key name.
    $keyName = $client->cryptoKeyName($projectId, $locationId, $keyRingId, $keyId);

    // Build the key.
    $key = (new CryptoKey())
        ->setName($keyName)
        ->setLabels([]);

    // Create the field mask.
    $updateMask = (new FieldMask())
        ->setPaths(['labels']);

    // Call the API.
    $updatedKey = $client->updateCryptoKey($key, $updateMask);
    printf('Updated key: %s' . PHP_EOL, $updatedKey->getName());

    return $updatedKey;
}

Python

To run this code, first set up a Python development environment and install the Cloud KMS Python SDK.

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from google.cloud import kms


def update_key_remove_labels(
    project_id: str, location_id: str, key_ring_id: str, key_id: str
) -> kms.CryptoKey:
    """
    Remove labels from an existing key.

    Args:
        project_id (string): Google Cloud project ID (e.g. 'my-project').
        location_id (string): Cloud KMS location (e.g. 'us-east1').
        key_ring_id (string): ID of the Cloud KMS key ring (e.g. 'my-key-ring').
        key_id (string): ID of the key to use (e.g. 'my-key').

    Returns:
        CryptoKey: Updated Cloud KMS key.

    """

    # Create the client.
    client = kms.KeyManagementServiceClient()

    # Build the key name.
    key_name = client.crypto_key_path(project_id, location_id, key_ring_id, key_id)

    key = {
        "name": key_name,
        "labels": [],
    }

    # Build the update mask.
    update_mask = {"paths": ["labels"]}

    # Call the API.
    updated_key = client.update_crypto_key(
        request={"crypto_key": key, "update_mask": update_mask}
    )
    print(f"Updated key: {updated_key.name}")
    return updated_key

Ruby

To run this code, first set up a Ruby development environment and install the Cloud KMS Ruby SDK.

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# TODO(developer): uncomment these values before running the sample.
# project_id  = "my-project"
# location_id = "us-east1"
# key_ring_id = "my-key-ring"
# key_id      = "my-key"

# Require the library.
require "google/cloud/kms"

# Create the client.
client = Google::Cloud::Kms.key_management_service

# Build the parent key name.
key_name = client.crypto_key_path project:    project_id,
                                  location:   location_id,
                                  key_ring:   key_ring_id,
                                  crypto_key: key_id

# Build the key.
key = {
  name:   key_name,
  labels: {}
}

# Build the field mask.
update_mask = { paths: ["labels"] }

# Call the API.
updated_key = client.update_crypto_key crypto_key: key, update_mask: update_mask
puts "Updated key: #{updated_key.name}"

API

These examples use curl as an HTTP client to demonstrate using the API. For more information about access control, see Accessing the Cloud KMS API.

Remove labels from an existing key by using the CryptoKeys.patch method, and include the labels property as an empty array in your request body. For example:

{
  "labels": []
}

Audit logging

Cloud Audit Logs for Cloud KMS can be used to log label information when keys are created or updated. Key creation and updates are both admin activities, and changes to labels are noted in the admin activity log.