default kmsKeyID is not used when value is null

[amilanoski]

/kind bug

What happened?
default kmskeyid is not used even though CMK is set in EC2 Dashboard >EBS Encryption

What you expected to happen?

For aws-csi-driver to use the default CMK kms key when set in the aws console.

How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible)?
values.yaml

storageClasses:
# Add StorageClass resources like:
- name: ebs-sc
  # annotation metadata
  annotations:
    storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class: "true"
  # label metadata
  # labels:
  #   my-label-is: supercool
  # defaults to WaitForFirstConsumer
  volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
  # defaults to Delete
  reclaimPolicy: Delete
  parameters:
    encrypted: "true"
  allowVolumeExpansion: true

Anything else we need to know?:
kms key is set to the aws generated kms key rather then the CMK we have created.

only work around is to set the kmskeyid to the arn we require. Either the docs need to be updated or there is a bug. I am not sure. Hoping for some guidance and answers. Thanks in advance.

Environment

• Kubernetes version (use kubectl version):
• Driver version: helm chart version: 2.6.3

[torredil]

@amilanoski This is actually abnormal behavior. This is not a bug and currently expected behavior. To clarify: Amazon EBS automatically creates a unique AWS managed key in each Region where you store AWS resources. This KMS key has the alias /aws/ebs. By default, Amazon EBS uses this KMS key for encryption. Alternatively, you can specify a symmetric customer managed encryption key that you created as the default KMS key for EBS encryption.

From the AWS API doc "If this parameter is not specified, your KMS key for Amazon EBS is used". I just tested this on my end and confirmed that the CSI driver indeed uses the default CMK kms key when set in the AWS console.

From previous project maintainers: #80

As a first step, I would ensure you are creating the CMK in the right region.

[amilanoski]

Thanks for confirming @torredil and updating the docs. I have tested some different paths with default EBS CMK configured in the console.

option 1 - values.yaml - encryption:true

storageClasses:
# Add StorageClass resources like:
- name: ebs-sc
  # annotation metadata
  annotations:
    storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class: "true"
  # label metadata
  # labels:
  #   my-label-is: supercool
  # defaults to WaitForFirstConsumer
  volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
  # defaults to Delete
  reclaimPolicy: Delete
  parameters:
    encrypted: "true"
  allowVolumeExpansion: true

option 2 - values.yaml - no encryption set

storageClasses:
# Add StorageClass resources like:
- name: ebs-sc
  # annotation metadata
  annotations:
    storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class: "true"
  # label metadata
  # labels:
  #   my-label-is: supercool
  # defaults to WaitForFirstConsumer
  volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
  # defaults to Delete
  reclaimPolicy: Delete
  # parameters:
  #   encrypted: "true"
  allowVolumeExpansion: true

option 3 - values.yaml - encryption set + kmskeyid

storageClasses:
# Add StorageClass resources like:
- name: ebs-sc
  # annotation metadata
  annotations:
    storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class: "true"
  # label metadata
  # labels:
  #   my-label-is: supercool
  # defaults to WaitForFirstConsumer
  volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
  # defaults to Delete
  reclaimPolicy: Delete
  parameters:
    encrypted: "true"
    kmsKeyId: "arn:xxxxx"
  allowVolumeExpansion: true

Results:

1. aws-csi-driver will encrypted the drive, but with aws managed kms key(which seems to be expected)
2. aws-csi-driver will encrypted the drive and using the default EBS encryption key specified in the console.(the behaviour I was expecting)
3. aws-csi-driver encrypted EBS volume with kmsKeyID as expected(expected)

Do you think docs should be updated, so that users who have a custom default EBS CMK set to not set parameters.encrypted or parameters.kmsKeyId ?

[ConnorJC3]

@amilanoski could you provide a full test case for scenario 1? When testing, I get scenario 2's behavior (using the default EBS key) when specifying encrypted: "true". Are you sure the volume is in the region that your default key is in, because the default EBS encryption key is set per-region.

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I am still not able to reproduce the above issue. If anyone is able to reproduce the issue explained in scenario 1, please reach out with more information.

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