AWS CLI Command Reference

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update-object-encryption

Description

Note

This operation is not supported for directory buckets or Amazon S3 on Outposts buckets.

Updates the server-side encryption type of an existing encrypted object in a general purpose bucket. You can use the UpdateObjectEncryption operation to change encrypted objects from server-side encryption with Amazon S3 managed keys (SSE-S3) to server-side encryption with Key Management Service (KMS) keys (SSE-KMS), or to apply S3 Bucket Keys. You can also use the UpdateObjectEncryption operation to change the customer-managed KMS key used to encrypt your data so that you can comply with custom key-rotation standards.

Using the UpdateObjectEncryption operation, you can atomically update the server-side encryption type of an existing object in a general purpose bucket without any data movement. The UpdateObjectEncryption operation uses envelope encryption to re-encrypt the data key used to encrypt and decrypt your object with your newly specified server-side encryption type. In other words, when you use the UpdateObjectEncryption operation, your data isn’t copied, archived objects in the S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval and S3 Glacier Deep Archive storage classes aren’t restored, and objects in the S3 Intelligent-Tiering storage class aren’t moved between tiers. Additionally, the UpdateObjectEncryption operation preserves all object metadata properties, including the storage class, creation date, last modified date, ETag, and checksum properties. For more information, see Updating server-side encryption for existing objects in the Amazon S3 User Guide .

By default, all UpdateObjectEncryption requests that specify a customer-managed KMS key are restricted to KMS keys that are owned by the bucket owner’s Amazon Web Services account. If you’re using Organizations, you can request the ability to use KMS keys owned by other member accounts within your organization by contacting Amazon Web Services Support.

Note

Source objects that are unencrypted, or encrypted with either dual-layer server-side encryption with KMS keys (DSSE-KMS) or server-side encryption with customer-provided keys (SSE-C) aren’t supported by this operation. Additionally, you cannot specify SSE-S3 encryption as the requested new encryption type UpdateObjectEncryption request.

Permissions

  • To use the UpdateObjectEncryption operation, you must have the following permissions:

    • s3:PutObject
    • s3:UpdateObjectEncryption
    • kms:Encrypt
    • kms:Decrypt
    • kms:GenerateDataKey
    • kms:ReEncrypt*

  • If you’re using Organizations, to use this operation with customer-managed KMS keys from other Amazon Web Services accounts within your organization, you must have the organizations:DescribeAccount permission.

    Errors

  • You might receive an InvalidRequest error for several reasons. Depending on the reason for the error, you might receive one of the following messages:

    • The UpdateObjectEncryption operation doesn’t supported unencrypted source objects. Only source objects encrypted with SSE-S3 or SSE-KMS are supported.
    • The UpdateObjectEncryption operation doesn’t support source objects with the encryption type DSSE-KMS or SSE-C. Only source objects encrypted with SSE-S3 or SSE-KMS are supported.
    • The UpdateObjectEncryption operation doesn’t support updating the encryption type to DSSE-KMS or SSE-C. Modify the request to specify SSE-KMS for the updated encryption type, and then try again.
    • Requests that modify an object encryption configuration require Amazon Web Services Signature Version 4. Modify the request to use Amazon Web Services Signature Version 4, and then try again.
    • Requests that modify an object encryption configuration require a valid new encryption type. Valid values are SSEKMS . Modify the request to specify SSE-KMS for the updated encryption type, and then try again.
    • Requests that modify an object’s encryption type to SSE-KMS require an Amazon Web Services KMS key Amazon Resource Name (ARN). Modify the request to specify a KMS key ARN, and then try again.
    • Requests that modify an object’s encryption type to SSE-KMS require a valid Amazon Web Services KMS key Amazon Resource Name (ARN). Confirm that you have a correctly formatted KMS key ARN in your request, and then try again.
    • The BucketKeyEnabled value isn’t valid. Valid values are true or false . Modify the request to specify a valid value, and then try again.

  • You might receive an AccessDenied error for several reasons. Depending on the reason for the error, you might receive one of the following messages:

    • The Amazon Web Services KMS key in the request must be owned by the same account as the bucket. Modify the request to specify a KMS key from the same account, and then try again.
    • The bucket owner’s account was approved to make UpdateObjectEncryption requests that use any Amazon Web Services KMS key in their organization, but the bucket owner’s account isn’t part of an organization in Organizations. Make sure that the bucket owner’s account and the specified KMS key belong to the same organization, and then try again.
    • The specified Amazon Web Services KMS key must be from the same organization in Organizations as the bucket. Specify a KMS key that belongs to the same organization as the bucket, and then try again.
    • The encryption type for the specified object can’t be updated because that object is protected by S3 Object Lock. If the object has a governance-mode retention period or a legal hold, you must first remove the Object Lock status on the object before you issue your UpdateObjectEncryption request. You can’t use the UpdateObjectEncryption operation with objects that have an Object Lock compliance mode retention period applied to them.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  update-object-encryption
--bucket <value>
--key <value>
[--version-id <value>]
--object-encryption <value>
[--request-payer <value>]
[--expected-bucket-owner <value>]
[--content-md5 <value>]
[--checksum-algorithm <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]

Options

--bucket (string) [required]

The name of the general purpose bucket that contains the specified object key name.

When you use this operation with an access point attached to a general purpose bucket, you must either provide the alias of the access point in place of the bucket name or you must specify the access point Amazon Resource Name (ARN). When using the access point ARN, you must direct requests to the access point hostname. The access point hostname takes the form `` AccessPointName -AccountId .s3-accesspoint.*Region* .amazonaws.com`` . When using this operation with an access point through the Amazon Web Services SDKs, you provide the access point ARN in place of the bucket name. For more information about access point ARNs, see Referencing access points in the Amazon S3 User Guide .

--key (string) [required]

The key name of the object that you want to update the server-side encryption type for.

Constraints:

  • min: 1

--version-id (string)

The version ID of the object that you want to update the server-side encryption type for.

--object-encryption (tagged union structure) [required]

The updated server-side encryption type for this object. The UpdateObjectEncryption operation supports the SSE-S3 and SSE-KMS encryption types.

Valid Values: SSES3 | SSEKMS

Note

This is a Tagged Union structure. Only one of the following top level keys can be set: SSEKMS.

SSEKMS -> (structure)

Specifies to update the object encryption type to server-side encryption with Key Management Service (KMS) keys (SSE-KMS).

KMSKeyArn -> (string) [required]

Specifies the Amazon Web Services KMS key Amazon Resource Name (ARN) to use for the updated server-side encryption type. Required if ObjectEncryption specifies SSEKMS .

Note

You must specify the full Amazon Web Services KMS key ARN. The KMS key ID and KMS key alias aren’t supported.

Pattern: (arn:aws[-a-z0-9]*:kms:[-a-z0-9]*:[0-9]{12}:key/.+ )

Constraints:

  • min: 20
  • max: 2048
  • pattern: arn:aws[a-zA-Z0-9-]*:kms:[a-z0-9-]+:[0-9]{12}:key/[a-zA-Z0-9-]+

BucketKeyEnabled -> (boolean)

Specifies whether Amazon S3 should use an S3 Bucket Key for object encryption with server-side encryption using Key Management Service (KMS) keys (SSE-KMS). If this value isn’t specified, it defaults to false . Setting this value to true causes Amazon S3 to use an S3 Bucket Key for object encryption with SSE-KMS. For more information, see Using Amazon S3 Bucket Keys in the Amazon S3 User Guide .

Valid Values: true | false

Shorthand Syntax:

SSEKMS={KMSKeyArn=string,BucketKeyEnabled=boolean}

JSON Syntax:

{
  "SSEKMS": {
    "KMSKeyArn": "string",
    "BucketKeyEnabled": true|false
  }
}

--request-payer (string)

Confirms that the requester knows that they will be charged for the request. Bucket owners need not specify this parameter in their requests. If either the source or destination S3 bucket has Requester Pays enabled, the requester will pay for the corresponding charges. For information about downloading objects from Requester Pays buckets, see Downloading Objects in Requester Pays Buckets in the Amazon S3 User Guide .

Note

This functionality is not supported for directory buckets.

Possible values:

  • requester

--expected-bucket-owner (string)

The account ID of the expected bucket owner. If the account ID that you provide doesn’t match the actual owner of the bucket, the request fails with the HTTP status code 403 Forbidden (access denied).

--content-md5 (string)

The MD5 hash for the request body. For requests made using the Amazon Web Services Command Line Interface (CLI) or Amazon Web Services SDKs, this field is calculated automatically.

--checksum-algorithm (string)

Indicates the algorithm used to create the checksum for the object when you use an Amazon Web Services SDK. This header doesn’t provide any additional functionality if you don’t use the SDK. When you send this header, there must be a corresponding x-amz-checksum or x-amz-trailer header sent. Otherwise, Amazon S3 fails the request with the HTTP status code 400 Bad Request . For more information, see Checking object integrity in the Amazon S3 User Guide .

If you provide an individual checksum, Amazon S3 ignores any provided ChecksumAlgorithm parameter.

Possible values:

  • CRC32
  • CRC32C
  • SHA1
  • SHA256
  • CRC64NVME

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command’s default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table
  • yaml
  • yaml-stream

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-binary-format (string)

The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.

  • base64
  • raw-in-base64-out

--no-cli-pager (boolean)

Disable cli pager for output.

--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

Output

RequestCharged -> (string)

If present, indicates that the requester was successfully charged for the request. For more information, see Using Requester Pays buckets for storage transfers and usage in the Amazon Simple Storage Service user guide .

Note

This functionality is not supported for directory buckets.

Possible values:

  • requester
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