Enabling and disabling key versions

In Cloud KMS, the cryptographic key material that you use to encrypt, decrypt, sign, and verify data is stored in a key version. A key has zero or more key versions. When you rotate a key, you create a new key version.

This topic shows how to disable a key version. During the time that a key is disabled, data that was encrypted with the key can't be accessed. To access the data, you can re-enable the key version.

Disabling a key version is consistent within a range of several seconds up to three hours. Enabling a key version is nearly instant. You can also manage access to a key version using Identity and Access Management (IAM). IAM operations are consistent within seconds. For more information, see Using IAM.

You can also permanently destroy a key version.

Disable a key version

You can disable a key version in the Enabled state.

Web UI

Go to the Cryptographic Keys page in the Cloud Console.

Go to the Cryptographic Keys page
Click the name of the key ring that contains the key whose key version you will disable.
Click the key whose key version you want to disable.
Check the box next to the key version(s) that you want to disable.
Click Disable in the header.
In the confirmation prompt, click Disable.

Command-line

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

gcloud kms keys versions disable key-version \
    --key key \
    --keyring key-ring \
    --location location

Replace key-version with the version of the key to disable. 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 Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes;

public class DisableKeyVersionSample
{
    public CryptoKeyVersion DisableKeyVersion(string projectId = "my-project", string locationId = "us-east1", string keyRingId = "my-key-ring", string keyId = "my-key", string keyVersionId = "123")
    {
        // Create the client.
        KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.Create();

        // Build the key version.
        CryptoKeyVersion keyVersion = new CryptoKeyVersion
        {
            CryptoKeyVersionName = new CryptoKeyVersionName(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId, keyVersionId),
            State = CryptoKeyVersion.Types.CryptoKeyVersionState.Disabled,
        };

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

        // Call the API.
        CryptoKeyVersion result = client.UpdateCryptoKeyVersion(keyVersion, fieldMask);

        // 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"
	kmspb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/kms/v1"
	fieldmask "google.golang.org/genproto/protobuf/field_mask"
)

// disableKeyVersion disables the specified key version on Cloud KMS.
func disableKeyVersion(w io.Writer, name string) error {
	// parent := "projects/my-project/locations/us-east1/keyRings/my-key-ring/cryptoKeys/my-key/cryptoKeyVersions/123"

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

	// Build the request.
	req := &kmspb.UpdateCryptoKeyVersionRequest{
		CryptoKeyVersion: &kmspb.CryptoKeyVersion{
			Name:  name,
			State: kmspb.CryptoKeyVersion_DISABLED,
		},
		UpdateMask: &fieldmask.FieldMask{
			Paths: []string{"state"},
		},
	}

	// Call the API.
	result, err := client.UpdateCryptoKeyVersion(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update key version: %v", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Disabled key version: %s\n", result)
	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.CryptoKeyVersion;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKeyVersion.CryptoKeyVersionState;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKeyVersionName;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.KeyManagementServiceClient;
import com.google.protobuf.FieldMask;
import com.google.protobuf.util.FieldMaskUtil;
import java.io.IOException;

public class DisableKeyVersion {

  public void disableKeyVersion() 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";
    String keyVersionId = "123";
    disableKeyVersion(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId, keyVersionId);
  }

  // Disable a key version from use.
  public void disableKeyVersion(
      String projectId, String locationId, String keyRingId, String keyId, String keyVersionId)
      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 key version name from the project, location, key ring, key,
      // and key version.
      CryptoKeyVersionName keyVersionName =
          CryptoKeyVersionName.of(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId, keyVersionId);

      // Build the updated key version, setting it to disbaled.
      CryptoKeyVersion keyVersion =
          CryptoKeyVersion.newBuilder()
              .setName(keyVersionName.toString())
              .setState(CryptoKeyVersionState.DISABLED)
              .build();

      // Create a field mask of updated values.
      FieldMask fieldMask = FieldMaskUtil.fromString("state");

      // Destroy the key version.
      CryptoKeyVersion response = client.updateCryptoKeyVersion(keyVersion, fieldMask);
      System.out.printf("Disabled key version: %s%n", response.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 version name
const versionName = client.cryptoKeyVersionPath(
  projectId,
  locationId,
  keyRingId,
  keyId,
  versionId
);

async function disableKeyVersion() {
  const [version] = await client.updateCryptoKeyVersion({
    cryptoKeyVersion: {
      name: versionName,
      state: 'DISABLED',
    },
    updateMask: {
      paths: ['state'],
    },
  });

  console.log(`Disabled key version: ${version.name}`);
  return version;
}

return disableKeyVersion();

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\CryptoKeyVersion;
use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\CryptoKeyVersion\CryptoKeyVersionState;
use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\KeyManagementServiceClient;
use Google\Protobuf\FieldMask;

function disable_key_version_sample(
    string $projectId = 'my-project',
    string $locationId = 'us-east1',
    string $keyRingId = 'my-key-ring',
    string $keyId = 'my-key',
    string $versionId = '123'
) {
    // Create the Cloud KMS client.
    $client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

    // Build the key version name.
    $keyVersionName = $client->cryptoKeyVersionName($projectId, $locationId, $keyRingId, $keyId, $versionId);

    // Create the updated version.
    $keyVersion = (new CryptoKeyVersion())
        ->setName($keyVersionName)
        ->setState(CryptoKeyVersionState::DISABLED);

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

    // Call the API.
    $disabledVersion = $client->updateCryptoKeyVersion($keyVersion, $updateMask);
    printf('Disabled key version: %s' . PHP_EOL, $disabledVersion->getName());
    return $disabledVersion;
}

Python

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

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def disable_key_version(project_id, location_id, key_ring_id, key_id, version_id):
    """
    Disable a 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').
        version_id (string): ID of the key version to disable (e.g. '1').

    Returns:
        CryptoKeyVersion: The version.

    """

    # Import the client library.
    from google.cloud import kms

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

    # Build the key version name.
    key_version_name = client.crypto_key_version_path(project_id, location_id, key_ring_id, key_id, version_id)

    key_version = {
        'name': key_version_name,
        'state': kms.CryptoKeyVersion.CryptoKeyVersionState.DISABLED
    }

    # Build the update mask.
    update_mask = {'paths': ['state']}

    # Call the API.
    disabled_version = client.update_crypto_key_version(request={'crypto_key_version': key_version, 'update_mask': update_mask})
    print('Disabled key version: {}'.format(disabled_version.name))
    return disabled_version

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"
# version_id  = "123"

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

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

# Build the key version name.
key_version_name = client.crypto_key_version_path project:            project_id,
                                                  location:           location_id,
                                                  key_ring:           key_ring_id,
                                                  crypto_key:         key_id,
                                                  crypto_key_version: version_id

# Create the updated version.
version = {
  name:  key_version_name,
  state: :DISABLED
}

# Create the field mask.
update_mask = { paths: ["state"] }

# Call the API.
disabled_version = client.update_crypto_key_version crypto_key_version: version, update_mask: update_mask
puts "Disabled key version: #{disabled_version.name}"

After you submit the request, the key version's state changes to Disabled.

Disabled key versions are billed resources.

Enable a key version

You can enable a key version in the Disabled state.

Web UI

Go to the Cryptographic Keys page in the Cloud Console.

Go to the Cryptographic Keys page
Click the name of the key ring that contains the key whose key version you will enable.
Click the key whose key version you want to enable.
Check the box next to the key version(s) that you want to enable.
Click Enable in the header.
In the confirmation prompt, click Enable.

Command-line

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

gcloud kms keys versions enable key-version \
    --key key \
    --keyring key-ring \
    --location location

Replace key-version with the version of the key to enable. Replace key with the key name. 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 Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes;

public class EnableKeyVersionSample
{
    public CryptoKeyVersion EnableKeyVersion(string projectId = "my-project", string locationId = "us-east1", string keyRingId = "my-key-ring", string keyId = "my-key", string keyVersionId = "123")
    {
        // Create the client.
        KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.Create();

        // Build the key version.
        CryptoKeyVersion keyVersion = new CryptoKeyVersion
        {
            CryptoKeyVersionName = new CryptoKeyVersionName(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId, keyVersionId),
            State = CryptoKeyVersion.Types.CryptoKeyVersionState.Enabled,
        };

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

        // Call the API.
        CryptoKeyVersion result = client.UpdateCryptoKeyVersion(keyVersion, fieldMask);

        // 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"
	kmspb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/kms/v1"
	fieldmask "google.golang.org/genproto/protobuf/field_mask"
)

// enableKeyVersion disables the specified key version on Cloud KMS.
func enableKeyVersion(w io.Writer, name string) error {
	// parent := "projects/my-project/locations/us-east1/keyRings/my-key-ring/cryptoKeys/my-key/cryptoKeyVersions/123"

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

	// Build the request.
	req := &kmspb.UpdateCryptoKeyVersionRequest{
		CryptoKeyVersion: &kmspb.CryptoKeyVersion{
			Name:  name,
			State: kmspb.CryptoKeyVersion_ENABLED,
		},
		UpdateMask: &fieldmask.FieldMask{
			Paths: []string{"state"},
		},
	}

	// Call the API.
	result, err := client.UpdateCryptoKeyVersion(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update key version: %v", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Enabled key version: %s\n", result)
	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.CryptoKeyVersion;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKeyVersion.CryptoKeyVersionState;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKeyVersionName;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.KeyManagementServiceClient;
import com.google.protobuf.FieldMask;
import com.google.protobuf.util.FieldMaskUtil;
import java.io.IOException;

public class EnableKeyVersion {

  public void enableKeyVersion() 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";
    String keyVersionId = "123";
    enableKeyVersion(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId, keyVersionId);
  }

  // Enable a disabled key version to be used again.
  public void enableKeyVersion(
      String projectId, String locationId, String keyRingId, String keyId, String keyVersionId)
      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 key version name from the project, location, key ring, key,
      // and key version.
      CryptoKeyVersionName keyVersionName =
          CryptoKeyVersionName.of(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId, keyVersionId);

      // Build the updated key version, setting it to enabled.
      CryptoKeyVersion keyVersion =
          CryptoKeyVersion.newBuilder()
              .setName(keyVersionName.toString())
              .setState(CryptoKeyVersionState.ENABLED)
              .build();

      // Create a field mask of updated values.
      FieldMask fieldMask = FieldMaskUtil.fromString("state");

      // Destroy the key version.
      CryptoKeyVersion response = client.updateCryptoKeyVersion(keyVersion, fieldMask);
      System.out.printf("Enabled key version: %s%n", response.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 version name
const versionName = client.cryptoKeyVersionPath(
  projectId,
  locationId,
  keyRingId,
  keyId,
  versionId
);

async function enableKeyVersion() {
  const [version] = await client.updateCryptoKeyVersion({
    cryptoKeyVersion: {
      name: versionName,
      state: 'ENABLED',
    },
    updateMask: {
      paths: ['state'],
    },
  });

  console.log(`Enabled key version: ${version.name}`);
  return version;
}

return enableKeyVersion();

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\CryptoKeyVersion;
use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\CryptoKeyVersion\CryptoKeyVersionState;
use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\KeyManagementServiceClient;
use Google\Protobuf\FieldMask;

function enable_key_version_sample(
    string $projectId = 'my-project',
    string $locationId = 'us-east1',
    string $keyRingId = 'my-key-ring',
    string $keyId = 'my-key',
    string $versionId = '123'
) {
    // Create the Cloud KMS client.
    $client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

    // Build the key version name.
    $keyVersionName = $client->cryptoKeyVersionName($projectId, $locationId, $keyRingId, $keyId, $versionId);

    // Create the updated version.
    $keyVersion = (new CryptoKeyVersion())
        ->setName($keyVersionName)
        ->setState(CryptoKeyVersionState::ENABLED);

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

    // Call the API.
    $enabledVersion = $client->updateCryptoKeyVersion($keyVersion, $updateMask);
    printf('Enabled key version: %s' . PHP_EOL, $enabledVersion->getName());
    return $enabledVersion;
}

Python

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

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def enable_key_version(project_id, location_id, key_ring_id, key_id, version_id):
    """
    Enable a 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').
        version_id (string): ID of the key version to enable (e.g. '1').

    Returns:
        CryptoKeyVersion: The version.

    """

    # Import the client library.
    from google.cloud import kms

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

    # Build the key version name.
    key_version_name = client.crypto_key_version_path(project_id, location_id, key_ring_id, key_id, version_id)

    key_version = {
        'name': key_version_name,
        'state': kms.CryptoKeyVersion.CryptoKeyVersionState.ENABLED
    }

    # Build the update mask.
    update_mask = {'paths': ['state']}

    # Call the API.
    enabled_version = client.update_crypto_key_version(request={'crypto_key_version': key_version, 'update_mask': update_mask})
    print('Enabled key version: {}'.format(enabled_version.name))
    return enabled_version

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"
# version_id  = "123"

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

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

# Build the key version name.
key_version_name = client.crypto_key_version_path project:            project_id,
                                                  location:           location_id,
                                                  key_ring:           key_ring_id,
                                                  crypto_key:         key_id,
                                                  crypto_key_version: version_id

# Create the updated version.
version = {
  name:  key_version_name,
  state: :ENABLED
}

# Create the field mask.
update_mask = { paths: ["state"] }

# Call the API.
enabled_version = client.update_crypto_key_version crypto_key_version: version, update_mask: update_mask
puts "Enabled key version: #{enabled_version.name}"

After you submit the request, the key version's state changes to Enabled.

Required IAM permissions

To enable or disable a key version, the caller needs the cloudkms.cryptoKeyVersions.update IAM permission on the key, the key ring, or the project, folder, or organization.

This permission is granted to the Cloud KMS Admin role (roles/cloudkms.admin).