AWS Server Migration Service Adds Support For AMI Encryption

Posted on: Nov 19, 2018

AWS Server Migration Service (SMS) now allows you to save on-premises server volumes as an encrypted Amazon Machine Image (AMI). You can use this feature to encrypt all of the replicated data that is stored in your EBS volumes, enabling you to easily migrate workloads that have additional security and compliance requirements.

SMS uses AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) customer master keys (CMKs) to encrypt AMIs, providing you all the benefits associated with using AWS KMS. You can specify your own CMK identifier or leverage the default CMK used by EBS.