Azure Key Vault Key client library for Java

Azure Key Vault allows you to create and store keys in the Key Vault. Azure Key Vault client supports RSA keys and elliptic curve keys, each with corresponding support in hardware security modules (HSM).

Multiple keys, and multiple versions of the same key, can be kept in the Key Vault. Cryptographic keys in Key Vault are represented as JSON Web Key [JWK] objects. This library offers operations to create, retrieve, update, delete, purge, backup, restore and list the keys and its versions.

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Getting started

Adding the package to your project

Maven dependency for Azure Key Client library. Add it to your project's pom file.

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-keyvault-keys</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0-preview.1</version>
</dependency>

Prerequisites

Java Development Kit (JDK) with version 8 or above
Azure Subscription
An existing Azure Key Vault. If you need to create a Key Vault, you can use the Azure Cloud Shell to create one with this Azure CLI command. Replace <your-resource-group-name> and <your-key-vault-name> with your own, unique names:
```
az keyvault create --resource-group <your-resource-group-name> --name <your-key-vault-name>
```

Authenticate the client

In order to interact with the Key Vault service, you'll need to create an instance of the KeyClient class. You would need a vault url and client secret credentials (client id, client key, tenant id) to instantiate a client object using the default AzureCredential examples shown in this document.

The DefaultAzureCredential way of authentication by providing client secret credentials is being used in this getting started section but you can find more ways to authenticate with azure-identity.

Create/Get credentials

To create/get client key credentials you can use the Azure Portal, Azure CLI or Azure Cloud Shell

Here is Azure Cloud Shell snippet below to

Create a service principal and configure its access to Azure resources:

az ad sp create-for-rbac -n <your-application-name> --skip-assignment

Output:

{
    "appId": "generated-app-ID",
    "displayName": "dummy-app-name",
    "name": "http://dummy-app-name",
    "password": "random-password",
    "tenant": "tenant-ID"
}

Use the above returned credentials information to set AZURE_CLIENT_ID(appId), AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET(password) and AZURE_TENANT_ID(tenant) environment variables. The following example shows a way to do this in Bash:
```
  export AZURE_CLIENT_ID="generated-app-ID"
  export AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET="random-password"
  export AZURE_TENANT_ID="tenant-ID"
```
Grant the above mentioned application authorization to perform key operations on the keyvault:
```
az keyvault set-policy --name <your-key-vault-name> --spn $AZURE_CLIENT_ID --key-permissions backup delete get list set
```
--key-permissions: Accepted values: backup, delete, get, list, purge, recover, restore, set
Use the above mentioned Key Vault name to retreive details of your Vault which also contains your Key Vault URL:
```
az keyvault show --name <your-key-vault-name>
```

Create Key client

Once you've populated the AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET and AZURE_TENANT_ID environment variables and replaced your-vault-url with the above returned URI, you can create the KeyClient:

import com.azure.identity.credential.DefaultAzureCredential;
import com.azure.security.keyvault.keys.KeyClient;

KeyClient client = new KeyClientBuilder()
        .endpoint(<your-vault-url>)
        .credential(new DefaultAzureCredential())
        .buildClient);

NOTE: For using Asynchronous client use KeyAsyncClient instead of KeyClient

Key concepts

Key

Azure Key Vault supports multiple key types(RSA & EC) and algorithms, and enables the use of Hardware Security Modules (HSM) for high value keys. In addition to the key material, the following attributes may be specified:

enabled: Specifies whether the key is enabled and useable for cryptographic operations.
not_before: Identifies the time before which the key must not be used for cryptographic operations.
expires: Identifies the expiration time on or after which the key MUST NOT be used for cryptographic operation.
created: Indicates when this version of the key was created.
updated: Indicates when this version of the key was updated.

Key Client:

The Key client performs the interactions with the Azure Key Vault service for getting, setting, updating, deleting, and listing keys and its versions. An asynchronous and synchronous, KeyClient, client exists in the SDK allowing for selection of a client based on an application's use case. Once you've initialized a Key, you can interact with the primary resource types in Key Vault.

Examples

Sync API

The following sections provide several code snippets covering some of the most common Azure Key Vault Key Service tasks, including:

Create a Key
Retrieve a Key
Update an existing Key
Delete a Key
List Keys

Create a Key

Create a Key to be stored in the Azure Key Vault.

setKey creates a new key in the key vault. if the key with name already exists then a new version of the key is created.

import com.azure.identity.credential.DefaultAzureCredential;
import com.azure.security.keyvault.keys.models.Key;
import com.azure.security.keyvault.keys.KeyClient;

KeyClient keyClient = new KeyClientBuilder()
        .endpoint(<your-vault-url>)
        .credential(new DefaultAzureCredential())
        .buildClient();

Key rsaKey = keyClient.createRsaKey(new RsaKeyCreateOptions("CloudRsaKey")
                .expires(OffsetDateTime.now().plusYears(1))
                .keySize(2048))
                .value();
System.out.printf("Key is created with name %s and id %s \n", rsaKey.name(), rsaKey.id());

Key ecKey = keyClient.createEcKey(new EcKeyCreateOptions("CloudEcKey")
                .curve(KeyCurveName.P_256)
                .expires(OffsetDateTime.now().plusYears(1)))
                .value();
System.out.printf("Key is created with name %s and id %s \n", ecKey.name(), ecKey.id());

Retrieve a Key

Retrieve a previously stored Key by calling getKey.

Key key = keyClient.getKey("key_name").value();
System.out.printf("Key is returned with name %s and id %s \n", key.name(), key.id());

Update an existing Key

Update an existing Key by calling updateKey.

// Get the key to update.
Key key = keyClient.getKey("key_name").value();
// Update the expiry time of the key.
key.expires(OffsetDateTime.now().plusDays(30));
Key updatedKey = keyClient.updateKey(key).value();
System.out.printf("Key's updated expiry time %s \n", updatedKey.expires().toString());

Delete a Key

Delete an existing Key by calling deleteKey.

DeletedKey deletedKey = client.deleteKey("key_name").value();
System.out.printf("Deleted Key's deletion date %s", deletedKey.deletedDate().toString());

List Keys

List the keys in the key vault by calling listKeys.

// List operations don't return the keys with key material information. So, for each returned key we call getKey to get the key with its key material information.
for (KeyBase key : keyClient.listKeys()) {
    Key keyWithMaterial = keyClient.getKey(key).value();
    System.out.printf("Received key with name %s and type %s", keyWithMaterial.name(), keyWithMaterial.keyMaterial().kty());
}

Async API

The following sections provide several code snippets covering some of the most common asynchronous Azure Key Vault Key Service tasks, including:

Create a Key Asynchronously
Retrieve a Key Asynchronously
Update an existing Key Asynchronously
Delete a Key Asynchronously
List Keys Asynchronously

Create a Key Asynchronously

Create a Key to be stored in the Azure Key Vault.

setKey creates a new key in the key vault. if the key with name already exists then a new version of the key is created.

import com.azure.identity.credential.DefaultAzureCredential;
import com.azure.security.keyvault.keys.models.Key;
import com.azure.security.keyvault.keys.KeyAsyncClient;

KeyAsyncClient keyAsyncClient = new KeyClientBuilder()
        .endpoint(<your-vault-url>)
        .credential(new DefaultAzureCredential())
        .buildAsyncClient();

keyAsyncClient.createRsaKey(new RsaKeyCreateOptions("CloudRsaKey")
    .expires(OffsetDateTime.now().plusYears(1))
    .keySize(2048))
    .subscribe(keyResponse ->
       System.out.printf("Key is created with name %s and id %s \n", keyResponse.value().name(), keyResponse.value().id()));

keyAsyncClient.createEcKey(new EcKeyCreateOptions("CloudEcKey")
    .expires(OffsetDateTime.now().plusYears(1)))
    .subscribe(keyResponse ->
      System.out.printf("Key is created with name %s and id %s \n", keyResponse.value().name(), keyResponse.value().id()));

Retrieve a Key Asynchronously

Retrieve a previously stored Key by calling getKey.

keyAsyncClient.getKey("keyName").subscribe(keyResponse ->
  System.out.printf("Key is returned with name %s and id %s \n", keyResponse.value().name(),
  keyResponse.value().id()));

Update an existing Key Asynchronously

Update an existing Key by calling updateKey.

keyAsyncClient.getKey("keyName").subscribe(keyResponse -> {
     // Get the Key
     Key key = keyResponse.value();
     // Update the expiry time of the key.
     key.expires(OffsetDateTime.now().plusDays(50));
     keyAsyncClient.updateKey(key).subscribe(keyResponse ->
         System.out.printf("Key's updated expiry time %s \n", keyResponse.value().expires().toString()));
   });

Delete a Key Asynchronously

Delete an existing Key by calling deleteKey.

keyAsyncClient.deleteKey("keyName").subscribe(deletedKeyResponse ->
   System.out.printf("Deleted Key's deletion time %s \n", deletedKeyResponse.value().deletedDate().toString()));

List Keys Asynchronously

List the keys in the key vault by calling listKeys.

// The List Keys operation returns keys without their value, so for each key returned we call `getKey` to get its // value as well.
keyAsyncClient.listKeys()
  .flatMap(keyAsyncClient::getKey).subscribe(keyResponse ->
    System.out.printf("Key returned with name %s and id %s \n", keyResponse.value().name(), keyResponse.value().id()));

Troubleshooting

General

Key Vault clients raise exceptions. For example, if you try to retrieve a key after it is deleted a 404 error is returned, indicating resource not found. In the following snippet, the error is handled gracefully by catching the exception and displaying additional information about the error.

try {
    keyClient.getKey("deletedKey")
} catch (ResourceNotFoundException e) {
    System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}

Next steps

Several KeyVault Java SDK samples are available to you in the SDK's GitHub repository. These samples provide example code for additional scenarios commonly encountered while working with Key Vault:

Hello World Samples

HelloWorld.java - and HelloWorldAsync.java - Contains samples for following scenarios:
- Create a Key
- Retrieve a Key
- Update a Key
- Delete a Key

List Operations Samples

ListOperations.java and ListOperationsAsync.java - Contains samples for following scenarios:
- Create a Key
- List Keys
- Create new version of existing key.
- List versions of an existing key.

Backup And Restore Operations Samples

BackupAndRestoreOperations.java and BackupAndRestoreOperationsAsync.java - Contains samples for following scenarios:
- Create a Key
- Backup a Key -- Write it to a file.
- Delete a key
- Restore a key

Managing Deleted Keys Samples:

ManagingDeletedKeys.java and ManagingDeletedKeysAsync.java - Contains samples for following scenarios:
- Create a Key
- Delete a key
- List deleted keys
- Recover a deleted key
- Purge Deleted key

Additional Documentation

For more extensive documentation on Azure Key Vault, see the API reference documentation.

Contributing

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README.md

README.md

Azure Key Vault Key client library for Java

Getting started

Adding the package to your project

Prerequisites

Authenticate the client

Create/Get credentials

Create Key client

Key concepts

Key

Key Client:

Examples

Sync API

Create a Key

Retrieve a Key

Update an existing Key

Delete a Key

List Keys

Async API

Create a Key Asynchronously

Retrieve a Key Asynchronously

Update an existing Key Asynchronously

Delete a Key Asynchronously

List Keys Asynchronously

Troubleshooting

General

Next steps

Hello World Samples

List Operations Samples

Backup And Restore Operations Samples

Managing Deleted Keys Samples:

Additional Documentation

Contributing

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Azure Key Vault Key client library for Java

Getting started

Adding the package to your project

Prerequisites

Authenticate the client

Create/Get credentials

Create Key client

Key concepts

Key

Key Client:

Examples

Sync API

Create a Key

Retrieve a Key

Update an existing Key

Delete a Key

List Keys

Async API

Create a Key Asynchronously

Retrieve a Key Asynchronously

Update an existing Key Asynchronously

Delete a Key Asynchronously

List Keys Asynchronously

Troubleshooting

General

Next steps

Hello World Samples

List Operations Samples

Backup And Restore Operations Samples

Managing Deleted Keys Samples:

Additional Documentation

Contributing