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title: "KMS"
description: "Exoscale Key Management Service is a managed security service that lets you create, control and manage the lifecycle of cryptographic keys."
url: https://community.exoscale.com/reference/api/kms/
section: reference
last_updated: 2026-10-14
---
> For AI agents: the documentation index is at https://community.exoscale.com/llms.txt. Every page is available as markdown at `<page URL>index.md` or with `Accept: text/markdown`.

# KMS

Exoscale Key Management Service is a managed security service that lets you create, control and manage the lifecycle of cryptographic keys.

[Read more](https://community.exoscale.com/product/security/kms/index.md)

- [KMS Key](https://community.exoscale.com/reference/api/kms/kms-key/index.md) - Operations for KMS Key lifecycle management.
- [External Key Store](https://community.exoscale.com/reference/api/kms/external-key-store/index.md) - [BETA] Operations for KMS External Key Store management.
- [Cryptographic Operations](https://community.exoscale.com/reference/api/kms/cryptographic-operations/index.md) - A suite of cryptographic primitives offered by the Exoscale KMS.