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layout: docs
page_title: scopes - Command
description: >-
  The "scopes" command performs operations on Boundary scope resources. Scopes are permission boundaries modeled as containers. They group resources.
---

# scopes

Command: `boundary scopes`

The `scopes` command lets you perform operations on Boundary scope resources.

## Example

The following command creates a scope with the name `prodops` and the description `For ProdOps usage`:

```shell-session
$ boundary scopes create -name prodops -description "For ProdOps usage"
```

## Usage

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```shell-session
Usage: boundary scopes <subcommand> [options] [args]
  # ...
Subcommands:
    create                               Create a scope
    delete                               Delete a scope
    destroy-key-version                  Destroy a key version within a scope
    list                                 List a scope
    list-key-version-destruction-jobs    List all pending key version destruction jobs within a scope
    list-keys                            List keys within a scope
    read                                 Read a scope
    rotate-keys                          Rotate the keys within a scope
    update                               Update a scope
```

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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/scopes/create)
- [delete](/boundary/docs/commands/scopes/delete)
- [destroy-key-version](/boundary/docs/commands/scopes/destroy-key-version)
- [list](/boundary/docs/commands/scopes/list)
- [list-key-version-destruction-jobs](/boundary/docs/commands/scopes/list-key-version-destruction-jobs)
- [list-keys](/boundary/docs/commands/scopes/list-keys)
- [read](/boundary/docs/commands/scopes/read)
- [rotate-keys](/boundary/docs/commands/scopes/rotate-keys)
- [update](/boundary/docs/commands//scopes/update)