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layout: docs
page_title: policies - Command
description: >-
  The "policies" command performs operations on Boundary policy resources. Policies codify how long Boundary retains session recordings.
---

# policies

<EnterpriseAlert product="boundary">This feature requires <a href="https://www.hashicorp.com/products/boundary">HCP Boundary or Boundary Enterprise</a></EnterpriseAlert>

Command: `boundary policies`

The `policies` command lets you perform operations on Boundary policies.

Storage policies codify how long session recordings must be kept and when they should be deleted.
For more information, refer to the [storage policies](/boundary/docs/concepts/domain-model/storage-policy) documentation.

## Example

The following command reads a policy with the id `pst_1234567890`:

```shell-session
$ boundary policies read -id chr_1234567890
```

## Usage

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```shell-session
Usage: boundary policies <subcommand> [options] [args]
  # ...
Subcommands:
    create      Create a policy
    delete      Delete a policy
    list        List a policy
    read        Read a policy
    update      Update a policy
```

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