SSE-KMS Encryption

This section describes how to connect an AWS S3 Bucket with SSE-KMS Encryptionarrow-up-right enabled. General instructions for configuring your AWS account to allow ICA to connect to an S3 bucket are found on this pagearrow-up-right.

Connect an AWS S3 Bucket with SSE-KMS Encryption Enabled

Create an S3 bucket with SSE-KMS

Follow the AWS instructionsarrow-up-right for how to create S3 bucket with SSE-KMS key.

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In the "Default encryption" section, enable Server-side encryption and choose AWS Key Management Service key (SSE-KMS). Then select Choose your AWS KMS key.

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If you do not have an existing customer managed key, click Create a KMS key and follow these stepsarrow-up-right from AWS.

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Connect the S3-SSE-KMS to ICA

Follow the general instructions for connecting an S3 bucket to ICA.

In the step Create AWS IAM policy:

  • Add permission to use KMS key by adding kms:Decrypt, kms:Encrypt, and kms:GenerateDataKey

  • Add the ARN KMS key arn:aws:kms:xxx on the first "Resource"

  • Depending on the bucket type (Unversioned, Versioned or Suspended) the permissions must match the following.

At the end of the policy setting, there should be 3 permissions listed in the "Summary".

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Create the S3-SSE-KMS configuration in ICA

Follow the general instructions for how to create a storage configuration in ICA.

On step 3 in process above, continue with the [Optional] Server Side Encryption to enter the algorithm and key name for server-side encryption processes.

  • On "Algorithm", input aws:kms

  • On "Key Name", input the ARN KMS key: arn:aws:kms:xxx

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Cross-Account Copy Setup for S3 buckets with SSE-KMS encryption

KMS Policy

In addition to following the instructions to Enable Cross Account Copy, the KMS policy must include the following statement for AWS S3 Bucket with SSE-KMS Encryption (refer to the Role ARN table from the linked page for the ASSUME_ROLE_ARN value):

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