Server-Side Encryption

Users can upload and download objects in common mode or using server-side encryption.

Object Storage Service (OBS) supports server-side encryption.

Users can implement this function based on various the key management types to meet site requirements. OBS supports two server-side encryption modes:

  • Server-side encryption with KMS-managed keys (SSE-KMS).

  • Server-side encryption with customer-provided keys (SSE-C).

In SSE-KMS mode, OBS uses the keys provided by Key Management Service (KMS) for server-side encryption.

In SSE-C mode, OBS uses the keys and MD5 values provided by customers for server-side encryption.

When server-side encryption is used, the returned ETag value is not the MD5 value of the object. When server-side encryption is used to upload an object, the server does not verify the imported Content-MD5 value.