KeyVault.addKeyAlternateName()

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KeyVault.addKeyAlternateName(UUID, keyAltName)

Adds the keyAltName to the keyAltNames array of the data encryption key with UUID.

keyAltName must be unique among all keys in the key vault. The getKeyVault() method automatically creates a unique index on the keyAltNames field with a partial index filter for only documents where keyAltNames exists.

Returns:	Returns the previous version of the data encryption key document. Returns `null` if no data encryption key has the specified `UUID()`.

Compatibility

This command is available in deployments hosted in the following environments:

MongoDB Atlas: The fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud

MongoDB Enterprise: The subscription-based, self-managed version of MongoDB
MongoDB Community: The source-available, free-to-use, and self-managed version of MongoDB

Syntax

addKeyAlternateName() has the following syntax:

keyVault = db.getMongo().getKeyVault()
keyVault.addKeyAlternateName(
   UUID("<UUID string>"),
   "keyAlternateName"
)

Behavior

Requires Configuring Client-Side Field Level Encryption on Database Connection

The mongosh client-side field level encryption methods require a database connection with client-side field level encryption enabled. If the current database connection was not initiated with client-side field level encryption enabled, either:

Use the Mongo() constructor from the mongosh to establish a connection with the required client-side field level encryption options. The Mongo() method supports the following Key Management Service (KMS) providers for Customer Master Key (CMK) management:
or
Use the mongosh command line options to establish a connection with the required options. The command line options only support the Amazon Web Services KMS provider for CMK management.

Example

The following example is intended for rapid evaluation of client-side field level encryption. For specific examples of using KeyVault.addKeyAlternateName() with each supported KMS provider, see Encryption Key Management.

Start mongosh

Start the mongosh client.

mongosh --nodb

Generate Your Key

To configure client-side field level encryption for a locally managed key, generate a base64-encoded 96-byte string with no line breaks.

const TEST_LOCAL_KEY = require("crypto").randomBytes(96).toString("base64")

Create the Client-Side Field Level Encryption Options

Create the client-side field level encryption options using the generated local key string:

 var autoEncryptionOpts = {
   "keyVaultNamespace" : "encryption.__dataKeys",
   "kmsProviders" : {
     "local" : {
       "key" : BinData(0, TEST_LOCAL_KEY)
     }
   }
 }

Create Your Encrypted Client

Use the Mongo() constructor with the client-side field level encryption options configured to create a database connection. Replace the mongodb://myMongo.example.net URI with the connection string URI of the target cluster.

encryptedClient = Mongo(
  "mongodb://myMongo.example.net:27017/?replSetName=myMongo",
   autoEncryptionOpts
)

Retrieve the KeyVault object and use the KeyVault.addKeyAlternateName() method to add a new key alternate name to the data encryption key with matching UUID. The specified key alternate name must be unique:

keyVault = encryptedClient.getKeyVault()
keyVault.addKeyAlternateName(UUID("b4b41b33-5c97-412e-a02b-743498346079"),"Other-Data-Encryption-Key")

If successful, addKeyAlternateName() returns the previous version of data encryption key document:

{
    "_id" : UUID("b4b41b33-5c97-412e-a02b-743498346079"),
    "keyMaterial" : BinData(0,"PXRsLOAYxhzTS/mFQAI8486da7BwZgqA91UI7NKz/T/AjB0uJZxTvhvmQQsKbCJYsWVS/cp5Rqy/FUX2zZwxJOJmI3rosPhzV0OI5y1cuXhAlLWlj03CnTcOSRzE/YIrsCjMB0/NyiZ7MRWUYzLAEQnE30d947XCiiHIb8a0kt2SD0so8vZvSuP2n0Vtz4NYqnzF0CkhZSWFa2e2yA=="),
    "creationDate" : ISODate("2019-08-12T21:21:30.569Z"),
    "updateDate" : ISODate("2019-08-12T21:21:30.569Z"),
    "status" : 0,
    "version" : NumberLong(0),
    "masterKey" : {
        "provider" : "local"
    },
    "keyAltNames" : [
    ]
}

To view the current version of the data encryption key document, use KeyVault.getKey() specifying the _id of the returned document or KeyVault.getKeyByAltName() specifying one of the keyAltNames.