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gcloud kms decrypt

Decrypt a ciphertext file using a Cloud KMS key. See also: gcloud. More information: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/kms/decrypt.

• Decrypt a file using a specified key, key ring, and location:

gcloud kms decrypt --key={{key_name}} --keyring={{keyring_name}} --location={{global}} --ciphertext-file={{path/to/ciphertext}} --plaintext-file={{path/to/plaintext}}

• Decrypt a file with additional authenticated data (AAD) and write the decrypted plaintext to stdout:

gcloud kms decrypt --key={{key_name}} --keyring={{keyring_name}} --location={{global}} --additional-authenticated-data-file={{path/to/file.aad}} --ciphertext-file={{path/to/ciphertext}} --plaintext-file=-