NAME

gcloud kms encrypt - encrypt a plaintext file using a key

SYNOPSIS

gcloud kms encrypt --ciphertext-file=CIPHERTEXT_FILE --plaintext-file=PLAINTEXT_FILE [--additional-authenticated-data-file=ADDITIONAL_AUTHENTICATED_DATA_FILE] [--key=KEY] [--keyring=KEYRING] [--location=LOCATION] [--skip-integrity-verification] [--version=VERSION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION

Encrypts the given plaintext file using the given CryptoKey and writes the result to the named ciphertext file. The plaintext file must not be larger than 64KiB.

If an additional authenticated data file is provided, its contents must also be provided during decryption. The file must not be larger than 64KiB.

The flag --version indicates the version of the key to use for encryption. By default, the primary version is used.

If --plaintext-file or --additional-authenticated-data-file is set to '-', that file is read from stdin. Similarly, if --ciphertext-file is set to '-', the ciphertext is written to stdout.

By default, the command performs integrity verification on data sent to and received from Cloud KMS. Use --skip-integrity-verification to disable integrity verification.

EXAMPLES

The following command will read the file 'path/to/plaintext', encrypt it using the CryptoKey frodo with the KeyRing fellowship and Location global, and write the ciphertext to 'path/to/ciphertext'.

$ gcloud kms encrypt --key=frodo --keyring=fellowship \ --location=global --plaintext-file=path/to/input/plaintext \ --ciphertext-file=path/to/output/ciphertext

REQUIRED FLAGS

--ciphertext-file=CIPHERTEXT_FILE

File path of the ciphertext file to output.

--plaintext-file=PLAINTEXT_FILE

File path of the plaintext file to encrypt.

OPTIONAL FLAGS

--additional-authenticated-data-file=ADDITIONAL_AUTHENTICATED_DATA_FILE

File path to the optional file containing the additional authenticated data.

--key=KEY

The key to use for encryption.

--keyring=KEYRING

Key ring of the key.

--location=LOCATION

Location of the keyring.

--skip-integrity-verification

Skip integrity verification on request and response API fields.

--version=VERSION

Version to use for encryption.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

Run $ gcloud help for details.

NOTES

These variants are also available:

$ gcloud alpha kms encrypt

$ gcloud beta kms encrypt