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page_title: Domain Model - Credential Libraries
description: |-
  The anatomy of a Boundary credential library
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# Credential Libraries

A credential library is a resource
that provides [credentials][]
of the same type and same access level
from a single [credential store][].

## Attributes

A credential library has the following configurable attributes:

- `name` - (optional)
  If set, the `name` must be unique within the credential library's parent
  [credential store][].

- `description` - (optional)

### Vault Credential Library Attributes

A Vault credential library has the following additional attributes:

- `path` - (required)
  The path in Vault to request credentials from.

- `http_method` - (optional: defaults to `GET`)
  The HTTP method the library uses when requesting credentials from Vault.
  Can be either `GET` or `POST`.

- `http_request_body` - (optional)
  The body of the HTTP request the library sends to Vault when requesting credentials.
  Only valid if `http_method` is set to `POST`.

## Referenced By

- [Credential][]
- [Credential Store][]
- [Target][]

[credential store]: /docs/concepts/domain-model/credential-stores
[credential stores]: /docs/concepts/domain-model/credential-stores
[credential]: /docs/concepts/domain-model/credentials
[credentials]: /docs/concepts/domain-model/credentials
[project]: /docs/concepts/domain-model/scopes#projects
[projects]: /docs/concepts/domain-model/scopes#projects
[target]: /docs/concepts/domain-model/targets
[targets]: /docs/concepts/domain-model/targets

## Service API Docs

The following services are relevant to this resource:

- [Credential Library Service](/api-docs/credential-library-service)