gcloud kms

NAME
gcloud kms - manage cryptographic keys in the cloud
SYNOPSIS
gcloud kmsGROUP |COMMAND[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
The gcloud kms command group lets you generate, use, rotate and destroy GoogleCloud KMS keys.

Cloud KMS is a cloud-hosted key management service that lets you manageencryption for your cloud services the same way you do on-premises. You cangenerate, use, rotate and destroy AES256 encryption keys. Cloud KMS isintegrated with IAM and Cloud Audit Logging so that you can manage permissionson individual keys, and monitor how these are used. Use Cloud KMS to protectsecrets and other sensitive data which you need to store in Google CloudPlatform.

More information on Cloud KMS can be found here:https://cloud.google.com/kms/ anddetailed documentation can be found here:https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands:--help.

Run$gcloud help for details.

GROUPS
GROUP is one of the following:
autokey-config
Update and retrieve the AutokeyConfig.
ekm-config
Update and retrieve the EkmConfig.
ekm-connections
Create and manage ekm connections.
import-jobs
Create and manage import jobs.
inventory
Manages the KMS Inventory and Key Tracking commands.
key-handles
Create and manage KeyHandle resources.
keyrings
Create and manage keyrings.
keys
Create and manage keys.
locations
View locations available for a project.
operations
Commands for managing operations.
single-tenant-hsm
Commands for managing single tenant HSM instances.
COMMANDS
COMMAND is one of the following:
asymmetric-decrypt
Decrypt an input file using an asymmetric-encryption key version.
asymmetric-sign
Sign a user input file using an asymmetric-signing key version.
decapsulate
Decapsulate an input file using a key-encapsulation key version.
decrypt
Decrypt a ciphertext file using a Cloud KMS key.
encrypt
Encrypt a plaintext file using a key.
mac-sign
Sign a user input file using a MAC key version.
mac-verify
Verify a user signature file using a MAC key version.
raw-decrypt
Decrypt a ciphertext file using a raw key.
raw-encrypt
Encrypt a plaintext file using a raw key.
NOTES
These variants are also available:
gcloudalphakms
gcloudbetakms

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Last updated 2025-12-16 UTC.