Use Cloud KMS keys in Google Cloud

This page explains how to use Cloud KMS customer-managed encryption keys in other Google Cloud services to secure your resources. For more information, see Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK).

When a service supports CMEK, it's said to have a CMEK integration. Some services, such as GKE, have multiple CMEK integrations for protecting different types of data related to the service. For a list of services with CMEK integrations, see Enable CMEK for supported services on this page.

Before you begin

Before you can use Cloud KMS keys in other Google Cloud services, you must have a project resource to contain your Cloud KMS keys. We recommend using a separate project for your Cloud KMS resources that does not contain any other Google Cloud resources.

CMEK integrations

Prepare to enable CMEK integration

For the exact steps to enable CMEK, see the documentation for the relevant Google Cloud service. You can find a link to the CMEK documentation for each service in Enable CMEK for supported services on this page. For each service, you can expect to follow steps similar to the following:

  1. Create a key ring or select an existing key ring. The key ring should be located as geographically near as possible to the resources you want to secure.

  2. In the selected key ring, create a key or select an existing key. Ensure that the protection level, purpose, and algorithm for the key are appropriate for the resources you want to protect. This key is the CMEK key.

  3. Get the resource ID for the CMEK key. You need this resource ID later.

  4. Grant the CryptoKey Encrypter/Decrypter IAM role (roles/cloudkms.cryptoKeyEncrypterDecrypter) on the CMEK key to the service account for the service.

After you have created the key and assigned the required permissions, you can create or configure a service to use your CMEK key.

Use Cloud KMS keys with CMEK-integrated services

The following steps use Secret Manager as an example. For the exact steps to use a Cloud KMS CMEK key in a given service, locate that service in the list of CMEK-integrated services.

In Secret Manager, you can use a CMEK to protect data at rest.

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Secret Manager page.

    Go to Secret Manager

  2. To create a secret, click Create Secret.

  3. In the Encryption section, select Use a customer-managed encryption key (CMEK).

  4. In the Encryption key box do the following:

    1. Optional: To use a key in another project, do the following:

      1. Click Switch project.
      2. Enter all or part of the project name in the search bar, then select the project.
      3. To view available keys for the selected project, click Select.
    2. Optional: To filter available keys by location, key ring, name, or protection level, enter search terms in the filter bar.

    3. Select a key from the list of available keys in the selected project. You can use the displayed location, key ring, and protection level details to be sure you choose the correct key.

    4. If the key you want to use is not shown in the list, then click Enter key manually and enter the resource ID of the key

  5. Finish configuring your secret, and then click Create secret. Secret Manager creates the secret and encrypts it using the specified CMEK key.

Enable CMEK for supported services

To enable CMEK, first locate the desired service in the following table. You can enter search terms in the field to filter the table. All services in this list support software and hardware (HSM) keys. Products that integrate with Cloud KMS when using external Cloud EKM keys are indicated in the EKM supported column.

Follow the instructions for each service you want to enable CMEK keys for.

Service Protected with CMEK EKM supported Topic
Agent Assist Data at rest Yes Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
AI Platform Training Data on VM disks No Using customer-managed encryption keys
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL Data written to databases Yes Using customer-managed encryption keys
Anti Money Laundering AI Data in AML AI instance resources No Encrypt data using customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Apigee Data at rest No Introduction to CMEK
Apigee API hub Data at rest Yes Encryption
Application Integration Data written to databases for application integration No Using customer-managed encryption keys
Artifact Registry Data in repositories Yes Enabling customer-managed encryption keys
Backup for GKE Data in Backup for GKE Yes About Backup for GKE CMEK encryption
BigQuery Data in BigQuery Yes Protecting data with Cloud KMS keys
Bigtable Data at rest Yes Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Cloud Composer Environment data Yes Using customer-managed encryption keys
Cloud Data Fusion Environment data Yes Using customer-managed encryption keys
Cloud Healthcare API Cloud Healthcare API datasets Yes Use customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Cloud Logging Data in the Log Router Yes Manage the keys that protect Log Router data
Cloud Logging Data in Logging storage Yes Manage the keys that protect Logging storage data
Cloud Run Container image Yes Using customer-managed encryption keys with Cloud Run
Cloud Run functions Data in Cloud Run functions Yes Using customer-managed encryption keys
Cloud SQL Data written to databases Yes Using customer-managed encryption keys
Cloud Storage Data in storage buckets Yes Using customer-managed encryption keys
Cloud Tasks Task body and header at rest Yes Use customer-managed encryption keys
Cloud Workstations Data on VM disks Yes Encrypt workstation resources
Colab Enterprise Runtimes and notebook files No Use customer-managed encryption keys
Compute Engine Persistent disks Yes Protecting resources with Cloud KMS keys
Compute Engine Snapshots Yes Protecting resources with Cloud KMS keys
Compute Engine Custom images Yes Protecting resources with Cloud KMS keys
Compute Engine Machine images Yes Protecting resources with Cloud KMS keys
Conversational Insights Data at rest Yes Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Database Migration Service Homogeneous Migrations MySQL migrations - data written to databases Yes Using customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Database Migration Service Homogeneous Migrations PostgreSQL migrations - Data written to databases Yes Using customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Database Migration Service Homogeneous Migrations PostgreSQL to AlloyDB migrations - Data written to databases Yes About CMEK
Database Migration Service Heterogeneous Migrations Oracle to PostgreSQL data at rest Yes Use customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) for continuous migrations
Dataflow Pipeline state data Yes Using customer-managed encryption keys
Dataform Data in repositories Yes Use customer-managed encryption keys
Dataproc Dataproc clusters data on VM disks Yes Customer-managed encryption keys
Dataproc Dataproc serverless data on VM disks Yes Customer-managed encryption keys
Dataproc Metastore Data at rest Yes Using customer-managed encryption keys
Datastream Data in transit No Using customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Dialogflow CX Data at rest Yes Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Document AI Data at rest and data in use Yes Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Eventarc Advanced (Preview) Data at rest No Use customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Eventarc Standard Data at rest Yes Use customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Filestore Data at rest Yes Encrypt data with customer-managed encryption keys
Firestore Data at rest Yes Use customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Google Cloud NetApp Volumes Data at rest No Create a CMEK policy
Google Distributed Cloud Data on Edge nodes Yes Local storage security
Google Kubernetes Engine Data on VM disks Yes Using customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Google Kubernetes Engine Application-layer secrets Yes Application-layer Secrets encryption
Looker (Google Cloud core) Data at rest Yes Enable CMEK for Looker (Google Cloud core)
Memorystore for Redis Data at rest Yes Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Migrate to Virtual Machines Data migrated from VMware, AWS, and Azure sources Yes Use Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) with Migrate to Virtual Machines
Pub/Sub Data associated with topics Yes Configuring message encryption
Secret Manager Secret payloads Yes Enable Customer-Managed Encryption Keys for Secret Manager
Secure Source Manager Instances Yes Encrypt data with customer-managed encryption keys
Spanner Data at rest Yes Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)
Speaker ID (Restricted GA) Data at rest Yes Using customer-managed encryption keys
Speech-to-Text Data at rest Yes Using customer-managed encryption keys
Vertex AI Data associated with resources Yes Using customer-managed encryption keys
Vertex AI Agent Builder Data at rest No Customer-managed encryption keys
Vertex AI Workbench managed notebooks User data at rest No Customer-managed encryption keys
Vertex AI Workbench user-managed notebooks Data on VM disks No Customer-managed encryption keys
Vertex AI Workbench instances Data on VM disks Yes Customer-managed encryption keys
Workflows Data at rest Yes Use customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK)