gcloud beta kms key-handles create

NAME
gcloud beta kms key-handles create - create a new KeyHandle
SYNOPSIS
gcloud beta kms key-handles create--location=LOCATION--resource-type=RESOURCE_TYPE(--generate-key-handle-id    |--key-handle-id=KEY_HANDLE_ID)[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
(BETA) Creates a new KeyHandle, triggering the provisioning of anew CryptoKey for CMEK use with the given resource type in the configured keyproject and the same location
EXAMPLES
The following command creates a KeyHandle namedmy-key-handlewithin the locationglobal for the resource typecompute.googleapis.com/Disk:
gcloudbetakmskey-handlescreate--key-handle-id=my-key-handle--my-key-handle--location=global--resource-type=compute.googleapis.com/Disk

In case we want to generate a random KeyHandle id, we can use the--generate-key-handle-id flag instead of the--key-handle-id flag.

REQUIRED FLAGS
Location resource - The KMS location resource. This represents a Cloud resource.(NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set inother ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argument--location on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

--location=LOCATION
ID of the location or fully qualified identifier for the location.

To set thelocation attribute:

  • provide the argument--location on the command line.
--resource-type=RESOURCE_TYPE
The resource type selector for KeyHandle resources of the form{SERVICE}.{UNIVERSE_DOMAIN}/{TYPE}.
Exactly one of these must be specified:
--generate-key-handle-id
Generate a KeyHandle id for the new KeyHandle resource.
--key-handle-id=KEY_HANDLE_ID
The KeyHandle id for the new KeyHandle resource.
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands:--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.

Run$gcloud help for details.

NOTES
This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. Thesevariants are also available:
gcloudkmskey-handlescreate
gcloudalphakmskey-handlescreate

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.