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Key Management Service:CreateApplicationAccessPoint

Last Updated:Aug 28, 2026

Creates an application access point (AAP) that applications use to access a KMS instance.

Operation description

Self-managed applications use client keys to access a Key Management Service (KMS) instance for cryptographic operations and secret retrieval. To create a client key-based AAP, complete the following steps:

1.Create a network access rule: Configure the private IP addresses or private CIDR blocks allowed to access KMS. For more information, see CreateNetworkRule.

2.Create a permission policy: Configure the keys and secrets that are allowed to access, and bind network access rules to them. For more information, see CreatePolicy.

3.Create an AAP: Configure an authentication method and bind a permission policy to the AAP.

4.Create a client key: Configure the encryption password and validity period of a client key, and bind the client key to an AAP. For more information, see CreateClientKey.

For the access policy required for a RAM user or RAM role to call this operation, see Resource Access Management.

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RAM authorization

No authorization for this operation. If you encounter issues with this operation, contact technical support.

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

Name

string

Yes

The name of the AAP.

aap_test

Description

string

No

The description of the AAP.

aap description

AuthenticationMethod

string

No

The authentication method. Currently, only ClientKey is supported.

ClientKey

Policies

string

Yes

The permission policy.

Note

You can bind up to three permission policies to each AAP.

["kst-hzz62ee817bvyyr5x****.efkd","kst-hzz62ee817bvyyr5x****.eyyp"]

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The request ID.

bcfefe15-46f0-44a3-bd96-3d422474b71a

Description

string

The description of the AAP.

aap description

Policies

string

The permission policy.

["kst-hzz62ee817bvyyr5x****.efkd","kst-hzz62ee817bvyyr5x****.eyyp"]

Name

string

The name of the AAP.

aap_test

Arn

string

The Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) of the AAP.

acs:kms:cn-hangzhou:119285303511****:applicationaccesspoint/aap_test

AuthenticationMethod

string

The authentication method.

ClientKey

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "bcfefe15-46f0-44a3-bd96-3d422474b71a",
  "Description": "aap description",
  "Policies": "[\"kst-hzz62ee817bvyyr5x****.efkd\",\"kst-hzz62ee817bvyyr5x****.eyyp\"]",
  "Name": "aap_test",
  "Arn": "acs:kms:cn-hangzhou:119285303511****:applicationaccesspoint/aap_test",
  "AuthenticationMethod": "ClientKey"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

409 Rejected.ResourceExist The request was rejected because the resource already exists. The resource already exists.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.