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# KMS Guide [![Slack](https://slack.min.io/slack?type=svg)](https://slack.min.io)
MinIO uses a key-management-system (KMS) to support SSE-S3. If a client requests SSE-S3, or auto-encryption is enabled, the MinIO server encrypts each object with an unique object key which is protected by a master key managed by the KMS.
## Quick Start
MinIO supports multiple KMS implementations via our [KES](https://github.com/minio/kes#kes) project. We run a KES instance at `https://play.min.io:7373` for you to experiment and quickly get started. To run MinIO with a KMS just fetch the root identity, set the following environment variables and then start your MinIO server. If you haven't installed MinIO, yet, then follow the MinIO [install instructions](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/index.html#quickstart-for-linux) first.
### 1. Fetch the root identity
As the initial step, fetch the private key and certificate of the root identity:
```sh
curl -sSL --tlsv1.2 \
-O 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minio/kes/master/root.key' \
-O 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minio/kes/master/root.cert'
```
### 2. Set the MinIO-KES configuration
```sh
export MINIO_KMS_KES_ENDPOINT=https://play.min.io:7373
export MINIO_KMS_KES_KEY_FILE=root.key
export MINIO_KMS_KES_CERT_FILE=root.cert
export MINIO_KMS_KES_KEY_NAME=my-minio-key
```
### 3. Start the MinIO Server
```sh
export MINIO_ROOT_USER=minio
export MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=minio123
minio server ~/export
```
> The KES instance at `https://play.min.io:7373` is meant to experiment and provides a way to get started quickly.
> Note that anyone can access or delete master keys at `https://play.min.io:7373`. You should run your own KES
> instance in production.
## Configuration Guides
A typical MinIO deployment that uses a KMS for SSE-S3 looks like this:
```
┌────────────┐
│ ┌──────────┴─┬─────╮ ┌────────────┐
└─┤ ┌──────────┴─┬───┴──────────┤ ┌──────────┴─┬─────────────────╮
└─┤ ┌──────────┴─┬─────┬──────┴─┤ KES Server ├─────────────────┤
└─┤ MinIO ├─────╯ └────────────┘ ┌────┴────┐
└────────────┘ │ KMS │
└─────────┘
```
In a given setup, there are `n` MinIO instances talking to `m` KES servers but only `1` central KMS. The most simple setup consists of `1` MinIO server or cluster talking to `1` KMS via `1` KES server.
The main difference between various MinIO-KMS deployments is the KMS implementation. The following table helps you select the right option for your use case:
| KMS | Purpose |
|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [Hashicorp Vault](https://github.com/minio/kes/wiki/Hashicorp-Vault-Keystore) | Local KMS. MinIO and KMS on-prem (**Recommended**) |
| [AWS-KMS + SecretsManager](https://github.com/minio/kes/wiki/AWS-SecretsManager) | Cloud KMS. MinIO in combination with a managed KMS installation |
| [Gemalto KeySecure /Thales CipherTrust](https://github.com/minio/kes/wiki/Gemalto-KeySecure) | Local KMS. MinIO and KMS On-Premises. |
| [Google Cloud Platform SecretManager](https://github.com/minio/kes/wiki/GCP-SecretManager) | Cloud KMS. MinIO in combination with a managed KMS installation |
| [FS](https://github.com/minio/kes/wiki/Filesystem-Keystore) | Local testing or development (**Not recommended for production**) |
The MinIO-KES configuration is always the same - regardless of the underlying KMS implementation. Checkout the MinIO-KES [configuration example](https://github.com/minio/kes/wiki/MinIO-Object-Storage).
### Further references
- [Run MinIO with TLS / HTTPS](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/operations/network-encryption.html)
- [Tweak the KES server configuration](https://github.com/minio/kes/wiki/Configuration)
- [Run a load balancer infront of KES](https://github.com/minio/kes/wiki/TLS-Proxy)
- [Understand the KES server concepts](https://github.com/minio/kes/wiki/Concepts)
## Auto Encryption
Auto-Encryption is useful when MinIO administrator wants to ensure that all data stored on MinIO is encrypted at rest.
### Using `mc encrypt` (recommended)
MinIO automatically encrypts all objects on buckets if KMS is successfully configured and bucket encryption configuration is enabled for each bucket as shown below:
```
mc encrypt set sse-s3 myminio/bucket/
```
Verify if MinIO has `sse-s3` enabled
```
mc encrypt info myminio/bucket/
Auto encryption 'sse-s3' is enabled
```
### Using environment (not-recommended)
MinIO automatically encrypts all objects on buckets if KMS is successfully configured and following ENV is enabled:
```
export MINIO_KMS_AUTO_ENCRYPTION=on
```
### Verify auto-encryption
> Note that auto-encryption only affects requests without S3 encryption headers. So, if a S3 client sends
> e.g. SSE-C headers, MinIO will encrypt the object with the key sent by the client and won't reach out to
> the configured KMS.
To verify auto-encryption, use the following `mc` command:
```
mc cp test.file myminio/bucket/
test.file: 5 B / 5 B ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 100.00% 337 B/s 0s
```
```
mc stat myminio/bucket/test.file
Name : test.file
...
Encrypted :
X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption: AES256
```
## Encrypted Private Key
MinIO supports encrypted KES client private keys. Therefore, you can use
an password-protected private keys for `MINIO_KMS_KES_KEY_FILE`.
When using password-protected private keys for accessing KES you need to
provide the password via:
```
export MINIO_KMS_KES_KEY_PASSWORD=<your-password>
```
Note that MinIO only supports encrypted private keys - not encrypted certificates.
Certificates are no secrets and sent in plaintext as part of the TLS handshake.
## Explore Further
- [Use `mc` with MinIO Server](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc.html)
- [Use `aws-cli` with MinIO Server](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/integrations/aws-cli-with-minio.html)
- [Use `minio-go` SDK with MinIO Server](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/developers/go/minio-go.html)
- [The MinIO documentation website](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/index.html)