(VB.NET) 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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' 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..
Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert
Dim success As Boolean = cert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/myCertAndKey.pfx","pfx_password")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Get the cert's private key.  This is what will be uploaded to AWS KMS.
Dim privKey As Chilkat.PrivateKey = cert.ExportPrivateKey()
If (cert.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("The certificate does not have a private key.")
    Exit Sub
End If



Dim json As New 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
Dim jsonOut As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = privKey.UploadToCloud(json,jsonOut)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(privKey.LastErrorText)

    Exit Sub
End If



' When successful, the jsonOut contains information about the private key in AWS KMS.
' Most importantly, the KeyId.
jsonOut.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine(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"
' }