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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.

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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

#  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 = chilkat.CkCert()
success = cert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/myCertAndKey.pfx","pfx_password")
if (success == False):
    print(cert.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  Get the cert's private key.  This is what will be uploaded to AWS KMS.
privKey = chilkat.CkPrivateKey()
success = cert.GetPrivateKey(privKey)
if (success == False):
    print(cert.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

json = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
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 = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
success = privKey.UploadToCloud(json,jsonOut)
if (success == False):
    print(privKey.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  When successful, the jsonOut contains information about the private key in AWS KMS.
#  Most importantly, the KeyId.
jsonOut.put_EmitCompact(False)
print(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"
#  }