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= Preparing AWS KMS

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To prepare {aws}/kms/latest/developerguide/overview.html[AWS Key Management Service] for use with the Record Encryption filter, use the following setup:

* Establish an AWS KMS aliasing convention for keys
* Create AWS KMS keys

You'll need a privileged AWS user that is capable of creating users and policies to perform the set-up.

include::../modules/record-encryption/aws-kms/con-aws-kms-setup.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
include::../modules/record-encryption/aws-kms/con-aws-kms-key-creation.adoc[leveloffset=+1]