# snippet-comment:[These are tags for the AWS doc team's sample catalog. Do not remove.]
# snippet-sourceauthor:[Doug-AWS]
# snippet-sourcedescription:[Creates a 128-bit AES key.]
# snippet-keyword:[Amazon Simple Storage Service]
# snippet-keyword:[AES key]
# snippet-keyword:[Ruby]
# snippet-keyword:[Code Sample]
# snippet-sourcetype:[full-example]
# snippet-sourcedate:[2018-03-16]
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require 'openssl'

# Create key
cipher = OpenSSL::Cipher::AES.new(128, :CBC)
cipher.encrypt
key = cipher.random_key

# Convert it to text and display the text value
encoded_string = Base64.encode64(key)
puts encoded_string

# To decode the encoded string:
#   key = encodd_string.unpack("m*")[0]
