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Author: Rakesh Mannepalli
Rakesh Mannepalli is a Technical Account Manager (TAM) at AWS, bringing a decade of cloud solutions expertise. With a deep understanding of technology and business dynamics, Rakesh provides strategic technical guidance to help customers optimize cloud infrastructure, drive innovation, and accelerate digital transformation in today’s competitive ecosystem.
Migrate encrypted Amazon EC2 instances across AWS Regions without sharing AWS KMS keys
When migrating Amazon EC2 instances with encrypted Amazon EBS volumes across AWS Regions with in the same account or a different account, you face a particular challenge: AWS KMS keys are AWS Region-specific and cannot be shared across AWS Regions. This post provides a step-by-step approach to successfully migrate your encrypted EC2 instances without compromising your security posture by sharing your KMS keys.