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page_title: Domain Model - Credentials
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  The anatomy of a Boundary credential
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# Credentials

A credential is a data structure containing one or more secrets
that binds an identity to a set of permissions or capabilities
on a [host][] for a [session][].

## Attributes

## Referenced By

- [Credential Store][]
- [Credential Library][]
- [Session][]

[credential library]: /docs/concepts/domain-model/credential-libraries
[credential libraries]: /docs/concepts/domain-model/credential-libraries
[credential store]: /docs/concepts/domain-model/credential-stores
[credential stores]: /docs/concepts/domain-model/credential-stores
[host]: /docs/concepts/domain-model/hosts
[session]: /docs/concepts/domain-model/sessions