/docker-kms-cli

Docker based KMS cli

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docker-kms-cli

Docker container based AWS KMS cli

What is AWS KMS and how to setup an encryption key

Please follow this link: http://aws.amazon.com/kms/

Currently supported features

  1. Encrypt
  2. Decrypt
  3. Describe an encryption key

How to use

Make sure you have docker installed in your system.

Test if docker is installed. Following command should print hello world in your terminal

docker run  --rm busybox /bin/echo hello world
  1. Setup aws credentials for the cli
    • Create a .kms-env file in your home folder
    • Add your access key id and secret in it like:
    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AKIA.....PA
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=mw/..........XspE

curl -o /usr/local/bin/kms-cli https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ddffx/docker-kms-cli/master/kms-cli.sh && chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/kms-cli

$ kms-cli
AWS KMS client

  Usage
    kms-cli <input command> [arguments]
   Or if you are using this as docker conatiner and didn't create alias kms-cli
    ./kms-cli.sh <input command> [arguments]

  Example
    Encrypt:
    kms-cli encrypt --pt "my secret" -k my_kms_encryption_key_id
    Decrypt:
    kms-cli decrypt --ct "my encrypted secret"
    Describe Key:
    kms-cli describe -k my_kms_encryption_key_id

Example

  • Encryption command
kms-cli encrypt --pt "Hello World" -k d36xxxxx-2xxx-xxxf-bxxx-xxx7a7xxxb6
  • Decryption command
kms-cli decrypt --ct "CiAqkzNibdCgWEcqdc/mXw6uBGELNMAQcBMB4GCWCGSAFlAwQBLjARBAzQu5JbewPSeadnSwqVdApEbzLzrXcAw=="