How to set default server locations for account (for Key Management Service)

Question

We're looking to use KMS and specifically select one country as part of this process, but can't find a setting to select this when creating a key.

Is there a step in the overall console that has to be set for services to inherit this setting, or is there an additional step in the Key creation process that I may be missing?

Thanks!

Answer

AWS KMS supports multi-Region keys, which are AWS KMS keys in different AWS Regions that can be used interchangeably – as though you had the same key in multiple Regions.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/multi-region-keys-overview.html

Answer

You can't select a specific country but you can select specific AWS Regions where you want to use the service within. Check out this doc on how to select your default region:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsconsolehelpdocs/latest/gsg/select-region.html

Once set, any key you create will be created within that region.

How to set default server locations for account (for Key Management Service)

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