Getting Started with AWS Key Management Service

Overview

The best way to understand AWS Key Management Service (KMS) is to review the Developer's Guide, part of our technical documentation.

Resources

Guide

Read the guide

The AWS KMS Developer's Guide will walk you through setting up your first master key and using it with an AWS cloud service.

Read the Developer's Guide

Resources

Try the console

An easy way to start using AWS KMS is the console. Located in the IAM section of the console under Encryption Keys, this interface will walk you through setting up new keys and policies.

Go to the AWS KMS console

SDKs

Get the SDK

AWS KMS is supported in the AWS SDKs so you can easily make AWS calls using KMS as well as integrate KMS managed encryption into your own applications.

Get the AWS SDK