React Native Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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. React Native

import { Cert, JsonObject, PrivateKey } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // 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..
  const cert = new Cert();
  try {
    cert.loadPfxFile('qa_data/pfx/myCertAndKey.pfx', 'pfx_password');
  } catch {
    console.log(cert.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Get the cert's private key.  This is what will be uploaded to AWS KMS.
  const privKey = new PrivateKey();
  try {
    cert.getPrivateKey(privKey);
  } catch {
    console.log(cert.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const json = new 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
  const jsonOut = new JsonObject();
  try {
    await privKey.uploadToCloudAsync(json, jsonOut);
  } catch {
    console.log(privKey.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // When successful, the jsonOut contains information about the private key in AWS KMS.
  // Most importantly, the KeyId.
  jsonOut.emitCompact = false;
  console.log(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"
  // }
}