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How to connect a compatible product using KMIP protocol
How to communicate with the OVHcloud KMS using KMIP protocol
2025-03-03

Objective

The purpose of this guide is to show you the usage of the KMIP protocol and the different operations and types supported by the OVHcloud KMS.

Requirements

Instructions

Description

KMIP (Key Management Interoperability Protocol) is a protocol designed to standardise the communications with a KMS.

So any products supporting KMIP (such as VMware vSphere, Veeam, Nutanix, etc.) can natively be interfaced with a KMIP compatible KMS such as the OVHcloud KMS, hosted by OVHcloud or not.

It brings an easy connection, and a reversible configuration.

Connection of a KMIP compatible product with the OVHcloud KMS

The configuration depends on the product to integrate, but does not need any specific configuration on the OVHcloud KMS other than generating an access certificate. Softwares editors usually offer dedicated guides for this purpose.

As an example, the following products were validated with the OVHcloud KMS :

Direct use

It's also possible to use the KMIP API directly.

Authentication on this protocol is done with a client certificate, in the same way as for the REST API. It needs to open a TLS channel with a valid access certificate.

Then it's possible to exchange KMIP messages such as defined in the standard. Depending on the technology stack, we recommend the following libraries:

You can use as well our SDK for Go: https://github.com/ovh/kmip-go

KMIP coverage

The OVHcloud KMS covers a part of 1.0 to 1.4 versions of the KMIP standard.

Details of the coverage are available here:

Legend:

  • N/A : Not Applicable
  • ✅ : Fully compatible
  • 🚧 : Partially compatible
  • ❌ : Not implemented
  • 🚫 : Deprecated

Messages

v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 v1.3 v1.4
Request Message
Response Message

Operations

Operation v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 v1.3 v1.4
Create
Create Key Pair
Register
Re-key
DeriveKey
Certify
Re-certify
Locate
Check
Get
Get Attributes
Get Attribute List
Add Attribute
Modify Attribute
Delete Attribute
Obtain Lease
Get Usage Allocation
Activate
Revoke
Destroy
Archive
Recover
Validate
Query
Cancel
Poll
Notify
Put
Discover N/A
Re-key Key Pair N/A
Encrypt N/A N/A
Decrypt N/A N/A
Sign N/A N/A
Signature Verify N/A N/A
MAC N/A N/A
MAC Verify N/A N/A
RNG Retrieve N/A N/A
RNG Seed N/A N/A
Hash N/A N/A
Create Split Key N/A N/A
Join Split Key N/A N/A
Export N/A N/A N/A N/A
Import N/A N/A N/A N/A

Managed Objects

Object v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 v1.3 v1.4
Certificate
Symmetric Key
Public Key
Private Key
Split Key
Template 🚫 🚫
Secret Data
Opaque Object
PGP Key N/A N/A

Base Objects

Object v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 v1.3 v1.4
Attribute
Credential
Key Block
Key Value
Key Wrapping Data
Key Wrapping Specification
Transparent Key Structures 🚧 🚧 🚧 🚧 🚧
Template-Attribute Structures
Extension Information N/A
Data N/A N/A
Data Length N/A N/A
Signature Data N/A N/A
MAC Data N/A N/A
Nonce N/A N/A
Correlation Value N/A N/A N/A
Init Indicator N/A N/A N/A
Final Indicator N/A N/A N/A
RNG Parameter N/A N/A N/A
Profile Information N/A N/A N/A
Validation Information N/A N/A N/A
Capability Information N/A N/A N/A
Authenticated Encryption Additional Data N/A N/A N/A N/A
Authenticated Encryption Tag N/A N/A N/A N/A
Transparent Key Structures
Object v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 v1.3 v1.4
Symmetric Key
DSA Private/Public Key
RSA Private/Public Key
DH Private/Public Key
ECDSA Private/Public Key 🚫 🚫
ECDH Private/Public Key 🚫 🚫
ECMQV Private/Public 🚫 🚫
EC Private/Public N/A N/A N/A

Attributes

Attribute v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 v1.3 v1.4
Unique Identifier
Name
Object Type
Cryptographic Algorithm
Cryptographic Length
Cryptographic Parameters
Cryptographic Domain Parameters
Certificate Type
Certificate Identifier 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫
Certificate Subject 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫
Certificate Issuer 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫
Digest
Operation Policy Name 🚫 🚫
Cryptographic Usage Mask
Lease Time
Usage Limits
State
Initial Date
Activation Date
Process Start Date
Protect Stop Date
Deactivation Date
Destroy Date
Compromise Occurence Date
Compromise Date
Revocation Reason
Archive Date
Object Group
Link
Application Specific Information
Contact Information
Last Change Date
Custom Attribute
Certificate Length N/A
X.509 Certificate Identifier N/A
X.509 Certificate Subject N/A
X.509 Certificate Issuer N/A
Digital Signature Algorithm N/A
Fresh N/A
Alternative Name N/A N/A
Key Value Present N/A N/A
Key Value Location N/A N/A
Original Creation Date N/A N/A
Random Number Generator N/A N/A N/A
PKCS#12 Friendly Name N/A N/A N/A N/A
Description N/A N/A N/A N/A
Comment N/A N/A N/A N/A
Sensitive N/A N/A N/A N/A
Always Sensitive N/A N/A N/A N/A
Extractable N/A N/A N/A N/A
Never Extractable N/A N/A N/A N/A

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