[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Restrictions on Cloud KMS\n\nAPI enablement\n--------------\n\nTo use Cloud Key Management Service, you need to enable the Cloud Key Management Service API. This\ncan be done in the Google Cloud console.\n\n[Enable the API](https://console.cloud.google.com/flows/enableapi?apiid=cloudkms.googleapis.com)\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nBilling account\n---------------\n\nTo use Cloud KMS, you need to use it in a project with a\nbilling account enabled.\n\n[Enable billing](https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6293499#enable_billing_for_a_project)\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n[Cloud KMS pricing](/kms/pricing) is based on usage.\n\nSupported countries\n-------------------\n\nYou can use Cloud KMS in any country where Google Cloud services\nare supported.\n\nRestrictions with other Google Cloud services\n---------------------------------------------\n\nThe following topics provide information about restrictions when\nCloud KMS is integrated with other Google Cloud services.\n\n- [Backup for GKE](/kubernetes-engine/docs/add-on/backup-for-gke/concepts/about-cmek#usage_considerations_and_limitations)\n- [BigQuery](/bigquery/docs/customer-managed-encryption#limitations)\n- [Cloud Healthcare API](/healthcare-api/docs/cmek#restrictions)\n- [Cloud Storage](/storage/docs/encryption/customer-managed-keys#restrictions)\n- [Cloud Tasks](/tasks/docs/use-cmek#limitations)\n- [Colab Enterprise](/colab/docs/cmek#restrictions)\n- [Compute Engine](/compute/docs/disks/customer-managed-encryption#limitations)\n- [Dataform](/dataform/docs/cmek#restrictions)\n- [Firestore](/firestore/docs/cmek#cmek-protects)"]]