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AWS KMS

3 CloudFormation resource types available for KMS.

Alias

AWS::KMS::Alias

The AWS::KMS::Alias resource specifies a display name for a [KMS key](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/concepts.html#kms_keys). You can use an alias to identify a KMS key in t

Key

AWS::KMS::Key

The AWS::KMS::Key resource specifies an [KMS key](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/concepts.html#kms_keys) in KMSlong. You can use this resource to create symmetric encryption

ReplicaKey

AWS::KMS::ReplicaKey

The AWS::KMS::ReplicaKey resource specifies a multi-region replica AWS KMS key in AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS).

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