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Security Modules 0.74.4Last updated in version 0.74.0

AWS KMS Customer Master Keys (CMK)

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This repo contains a Module for creating and managing AWS KMS Customer Master Keys that you can use for encrypting and decrypting data.

Features

  • Create CMKs for multiple regions

  • Fine grained access control with IAM

  • Cross account CMK access

  • Automatic rotation of keys

Learn

Note

This repo is a part of the Gruntwork Infrastructure as Code Library, a collection of reusable, battle-tested, production ready infrastructure code. If you’ve never used the Infrastructure as Code Library before, make sure to read How to use the Gruntwork Infrastructure as Code Library!

Core concepts

Repo organization

  • modules: the main implementation code for this repo, broken down into multiple standalone, orthogonal submodules.

  • examples: This folder contains working examples of how to use the submodules.

  • test: Automated tests for the modules and examples.

Deploy

Non-production deployment (quick start for learning)

If you just want to try this out for experimenting and learning, check out the following resources:

  • examples folder: The examples folder contains sample code optimized for learning, experimenting, and testing (but not production usage).

Manage

Sample Usage

main.tf

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# DEPLOY GRUNTWORK'S KMS-MASTER-KEY-MULTI-REGION MODULE
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

module "kms_master_key_multi_region" {

source = "git::git@github.com:gruntwork-io/terraform-aws-security.git//modules/kms-master-key-multi-region?ref=v0.74.4"

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# REQUIRED VARIABLES
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# The AWS Account ID the template should be operated on. This avoids
# misconfiguration errors caused by environment variables.
aws_account_id = <string>

# You can use this variable to create account-level KMS Customer Master Keys
# (CMKs) for encrypting and decrypting data. This variable should be a map
# where the keys are the names of the CMK and the values are an object that
# defines the configuration for that CMK. See the comment below for the
# configuration options you can set for each key.
customer_master_keys = <any>

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# OPTIONAL VARIABLES
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# The default value to use for spec (specifies whether the key contains a
# symmetric key or an asymmetric key pair and the encryption algorithms or
# signing algorithms that the key supports). Applies to all keys, unless
# overridden in the customer_master_keys map. Valid values: SYMMETRIC_DEFAULT,
# RSA_2048, RSA_3072, RSA_4096, ECC_NIST_P256, ECC_NIST_P384, ECC_NIST_P521,
# or ECC_SECG_P256K1.
default_customer_master_key_spec = null

# The default value to use for deletion_window_in_days (the number of days to
# keep this KMS Master Key around after it has been marked for deletion).
# Applies to all keys, unless overridden on a specific key in the
# customer_master_keys map.
default_deletion_window_in_days = 30

# The default value to use for enable_key_rotation (whether or not to enable
# automatic annual rotation of the KMS key). Applies to all keys, unless
# overridden in the customer_master_keys map.
default_enable_key_rotation = true

# Create a dependency between the resources in this module to the interpolated
# values in this list (and thus the source resources). In other words, the
# resources in this module will now depend on the resources backing the values
# in this list such that those resources need to be created before the
# resources in this module, and the resources in this module need to be
# destroyed before the resources in the list.
dependencies = []

# A map of tags to apply to all KMS Keys to be created. In this map variable,
# the key is the tag name and the value is the tag value.
global_tags = {}

}


Reference

Required

aws_account_idstringrequired

The AWS Account ID the template should be operated on. This avoids misconfiguration errors caused by environment variables.

You can use this variable to create account-level KMS Customer Master Keys (CMKs) for encrypting and decrypting data. This variable should be a map where the keys are the names of the CMK and the values are an object that defines the configuration for that CMK. See the comment below for the configuration options you can set for each key.

Any types represent complex values of variable type. For details, please consult `variables.tf` in the source repo.
Details

Each entry in the map supports the following attributes:

OPTIONAL (defaults to value of corresponding module input):
- region string : The region (e.g., us-west-2) where the key should be created. If null or
omitted, the key will be created in all enabled regions. Any keys
targeting an opted out region or invalid region string will show up in the
invalid_cmk_inputs output.
- replica_regions list(string) : The regions (e.g., us-west-2) where the key should be replicated using the
multi-region KMS key feature of AWS
(https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/multi-region-keys-overview.html).
When the special region "*" is included (e.g., replica_regions = ["*"]),
the key will be replicated in all enabled regions. This is different from
creating the key in every region using region = null - when creating
the key in every region, a new different key is provisioned for each region.
With replica_regions, the same key is replicated in every region such that
it can decrypt the same encrypted data in each region.
- cmk_administrator_iam_arns list(string) : A list of IAM ARNs for users who should be given
administrator access to this CMK (e.g.
arn:aws:iam::<aws-account-id>:user/<iam-user-arn>).
- cmk_user_iam_arns list(object[CMKUser]) : A list of IAM ARNs for users who should be given
permissions to use this CMK (e.g.
arn:aws:iam::<aws-account-id>:user/<iam-user-arn>).
- cmk_read_only_user_iam_arns list(object[CMKUser]) : A list of IAM ARNs for users who should be given
read-only (decrypt-only) permissions to use this CMK (e.g.
arn:aws:iam::<aws-account-id>:user/<iam-user-arn>).
- cmk_describe_only_user_iam_arns list(object[CMKUser]) : A list of IAM ARNs for users who should be given
describe-only (kms:DescribeKey) permissions to use this CMK (e.g.
arn:aws:iam::<aws-account-id>:user/<iam-user-arn>). This is
useful for deploying services that depend on the
key (e.g., Cloudtrail) in other accounts, to trade
key aliases for CMK ARNs.
- cmk_external_user_iam_arns list(string) : A list of IAM ARNs for users from external AWS accounts
who should be given permissions to use this CMK (e.g.
arn:aws:iam::<aws-account-id>:root).
- allow_manage_key_permissions_with_iam bool : If true, both the CMK's Key Policy and IAM Policies
(permissions) can be used to grant permissions on the CMK.
If false, only the CMK's Key Policy can be used to grant
permissions on the CMK. False is more secure (and
generally preferred), but true is more flexible and
convenient.
- deletion_window_in_days number : The number of days to keep this KMS Master Key around after it has been
marked for deletion.
- tags map(string) : A map of tags to apply to the KMS Key to be created. In this map
variable, the key is the tag name and the value is the tag value. Note
that this map is merged with var.global_tags, and can be used to override
tags specified in that variable.
- enable_key_rotation bool : Whether or not to enable automatic annual rotation of the KMS key.
- spec string : Specifies whether the key contains a symmetric key or an asymmetric key
pair and the encryption algorithms or signing algorithms that the key
supports. Valid values: SYMMETRIC_DEFAULT, RSA_2048, RSA_3072, RSA_4096,
ECC_NIST_P256, ECC_NIST_P384, ECC_NIST_P521, or ECC_SECG_P256K1.
- cmk_service_principals list(object[ServicePrincipal]) : A list of Service Principals that should be given
permissions to use this CMK (e.g. s3.amazonaws.com). See
below for the structure of the object that should be passed
in.

Structure of ServicePrincipal object:
- name string : The name of the service principal (e.g.: s3.amazonaws.com).
- actions list(string) : The list of actions that the given service principal is allowed to
perform (e.g. ["kms:DescribeKey", "kms:GenerateDataKey"]).
- conditions list(object[Condition]) : (Optional) List of conditions to apply to the permissions for the service
principal. Use this to apply conditions on the permissions for
accessing the KMS key (e.g., only allow access for certain encryption
contexts). The condition object accepts the same fields as the condition
block on the IAM policy document (See
https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/d/iam_policy_document.htmlcondition).
Structure of CMKUser object:
- name list(string) : The list of names of the AWS principal (e.g.: arn:aws:iam::0000000000:user/dev).
- conditions list(object[Condition]) : (Optional) List of conditions to apply to the permissions for the CMK User
Use this to apply conditions on the permissions for accessing the KMS key
(e.g., only allow access for certain encryption contexts).
The condition object accepts the same fields as the condition
block on the IAM policy document (See
https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/d/iam_policy_document.htmlcondition).
Example:
customer_master_keys = {
cmk-stage = {
region = "us-west-1"
cmk_administrator_iam_arns = ["arn:aws:iam::0000000000:user/admin"]
cmk_user_iam_arns = [
{
name = ["arn:aws:iam::0000000000:user/dev"]
conditions = []
}
]
cmk_read_only_user_iam_arns = [
{
name = ["arn:aws:iam::0000000000:user/qa"]
conditions = []
}
]
cmk_describe_only_user_iam_arns = [
{
name = ["arn:aws:iam::0000000000:user/qa"]
conditions = []
}
]
cmk_external_user_iam_arns = ["arn:aws:iam::1111111111:user/root"]
cmk_service_principals = [
{
name = "s3.amazonaws.com"
actions = ["kms:Encrypt"]
conditions = []
}
]
}
cmk-prod = {
region = "us-east-1"
cmk_administrator_iam_arns = ["arn:aws:iam::0000000000:user/admin"]
cmk_user_iam_arns = [
{
name = ["arn:aws:iam::0000000000:user/prod"]
conditions = []
}
]
allow_manage_key_permissions_with_iam = true
Override the default value for all keys configured with var.default_deletion_window_in_days
deletion_window_in_days = 7

Set extra tags on the CMK for prod
tags = {
Environment = "prod"
}
}
}

Optional

The default value to use for spec (specifies whether the key contains a symmetric key or an asymmetric key pair and the encryption algorithms or signing algorithms that the key supports). Applies to all keys, unless overridden in the customer_master_keys map. Valid values: SYMMETRIC_DEFAULT, RSA_2048, RSA_3072, RSA_4096, ECC_NIST_P256, ECC_NIST_P384, ECC_NIST_P521, or ECC_SECG_P256K1.

null

The default value to use for deletion_window_in_days (the number of days to keep this KMS Master Key around after it has been marked for deletion). Applies to all keys, unless overridden on a specific key in the customer_master_keys map.

30

The default value to use for enable_key_rotation (whether or not to enable automatic annual rotation of the KMS key). Applies to all keys, unless overridden in the customer_master_keys map.

true
dependencieslist(string)optional

Create a dependency between the resources in this module to the interpolated values in this list (and thus the source resources). In other words, the resources in this module will now depend on the resources backing the values in this list such that those resources need to be created before the resources in this module, and the resources in this module need to be destroyed before the resources in the list.

[]
global_tagsmap(string)optional

A map of tags to apply to all KMS Keys to be created. In this map variable, the key is the tag name and the value is the tag value.

{}