(PowerShell) AWS KMS Import PFX Key

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Imports a certificate's private key from a .pfx file to new key created in AWS KMS.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.96 or later.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

# Note: This example is using a relative file path.  You can also specify a full file path, such as "C:/someDir/myCertAndKey.pfx"
# or a file path the makes sense on non-Windows operating systems..
$cert = New-Object Chilkat.Cert
$success = $cert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/myCertAndKey.pfx","pfx_password")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($cert.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Get the cert's private key.  This is what will be uploaded to AWS KMS.
$privKey = $cert.ExportPrivateKey()
if ($cert.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $("The certificate does not have a private key.")
    exit
}

$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.UpdateString("service","aws-kms")
$json.UpdateString("auth.access_key","AWS_ACCESS_KEY")
$json.UpdateString("auth.secret_key","AWS_SECRET_KEY")
$json.UpdateString("auth.region","us-west-2")
$json.UpdateString("description","Test of uploading existing private key to AWS KMS")

# Let's add some information about the certificate this key belongs to.
# This is for informational purposes only, so that we can examine the tags
# in the AWS KMS console and know the corresponding certificate.
$json.UpdateString("tags[0].key","CertSerial")
$json.UpdateString("tags[0].value",$cert.SerialNumber)
$json.UpdateString("tags[1].key","CertIssuer")
$json.UpdateString("tags[1].value",$cert.IssuerCN)
$json.UpdateString("tags[2].key","CertSubject")
$json.UpdateString("tags[2].value",$cert.SubjectCN)

$json.UpdateString("keyUsage","SIGN_VERIFY")

# The UploadToCloud method was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.96
$jsonOut = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$success = $privKey.UploadToCloud($json,$jsonOut)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($privKey.LastErrorText)

    exit
}

# When successful, the jsonOut contains information about the private key in AWS KMS.
# Most importantly, the KeyId.
$jsonOut.EmitCompact = $false
$($jsonOut.Emit())

# Sample JSON result:

# {
#   "AWSAccountId": "954491834127",
#   "Arn": "arn:aws:kms:us-west-2:954491834127:key/187012e8-008f-4fc7-b100-5efe6146dff2",
#   "KeySpec": "RSA_4096",
#   "Description": "Test of uploading existing private key to AWS KMS",
#   "KeyId": "187012e8-008f-4fc7-b100-5efe6146dff2",
#   "KeyUsage": "SIGN_VERIFY"
# }