gcloud kms keys describe - get metadata for a given key
gcloud kms keys describe (KEY : --keyring=KEYRING --location=LOCATION) [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]
Returns metadata for the given key.
The following command returns metadata for the key frodo within the keyring fellowship in the location us-east1:
$ gcloud kms keys describe frodo --keyring=fellowship \ --location=us-east1
- Key resource - The KMS key resource. The arguments in this group can be used to
specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways. To set the project attribute:
- —
provide the argument key on the command line with a fully specified name;
- —
set the property core/project.
This must be specified.
- KEY
ID of the key or fully qualified identifier for the key. To set the key attribute:
provide the argument key on the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
- --keyring=KEYRING
The KMS keyring of the key. To set the keyring attribute:
provide the argument key on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --keyring on the command line.
- --location=LOCATION
The Cloud location for the key. To set the location attribute:
provide the argument key on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --location on the command line.
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.
These variants are also available:
$ gcloud alpha kms keys describe
$ gcloud beta kms keys describe