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page_title: credential-stores - Command
description: >-
  The "credential-stores" command performs operations on credential store resources. Credential stores can manage credentials of differing types and access levels.
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# credential-stores

Command: `boundary credential-stores`

The `credential-stores` command lets you manage Boundary credential store resources.

A credential store is a resource that can retrieve, store, and potentially generate credentials of differing types and differing access levels.
They belong to projects and support the principle of least privilege by limiting the credentials that can be accessed to the minimum necessary for the project.
A credential store can also contain credential libraries.

## Examples

The following example lists all credential stores for a scope with the ID `p_tnqESc86qE`:

```shell-session
$ boundary credential-stores list -scope-id p_tnqESc86qE
```

**Example output:**

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```plaintext
Credential Store information:
  ID:                    csvlt_5fvkRjCjou
    Version:             1
    Type:                vault
    Authorized Actions:
      no-op
      read
      update
      delete
```

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## Usage

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```shell-session
Usage: boundary credential-stores [sub command] [options] [args]

  # ...

Subcommands:
    create    Create a credential store
    delete    Delete a credential store
    list      List a credential store
    read      Read a credential store
    update    Update a credential store
```

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For more information, examples, and usage, click on the name
of the subcommand in the sidebar or one of the links below:

- [create](/boundary/docs/commands/credential-stores/create)
- [delete](/boundary/docs/commands/credential-stores/delete)
- [list](/boundary/docs/commands/credential-stores/list)
- [read](/boundary/docs/commands/credential-stores/read)
- [update](/boundary/docs/commands/credential-stores/update)