- HTTP request
- Path parameters
- Query parameters
- Request body
- Response body
- Authorization scopes
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Full name: projects.locations.keyRings.cryptoKeys.create
Create a new CryptoKey
within a KeyRing
.
CryptoKey.purpose
and CryptoKey.version_template.algorithm
are required.
HTTP request
The URLs use gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
parent
string
Required. The name
of the KeyRing associated with the CryptoKeys
.
Authorization requires the following IAM
permission on the specified resource parent
:
-
cloudkms.cryptoKeys.create
Query parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
cryptoKeyId
|
Required. It must be unique within a KeyRing and match the regular expression |
skipInitialVersionCreation
|
If set to true, the request will create a |
Request body
The request body contains an instance of CryptoKey
.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of CryptoKey
.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
-
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloudkms -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
For more information, see the Authentication Overview .

