# PAM Resources ## Overview KeeperPAM Resource records are special record types designed to organize and store information of your target infrastructure, machines, web apps, workloads and user accounts. * [What's a Record Type?](https://docs.keeper.io/en/enterprise-guide/record-types) ### KeeperPAM Record Types In your Keeper Vault, resources that represent your infrastructure are created with the following Record Types:

PAM Record Type	Target Infrastructure
PAM Machine	Windows/macOS/Linux Machines, EC2 Instances, Azure VMs, etc.
PAM Database	MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, MariaDB, Oracle
PAM Directory	Active Directory, OpenLDAP
PAM Remote Browser	Web-based Applications, internal apps or cloud apps
PAM User	Any local user, remote user, database credential or admin account. PAM User records can also be configured for scheduled or on-demand password rotation.

### Record Linking The PAM User record is special because it can be [linked](https://docs.keeper.io/en/keeperpam/privileged-access-manager/getting-started/record-linking) from the other resources. This way, you can [share access](https://docs.keeper.io/en/keeperpam/privileged-access-manager/getting-started/access-controls) to a Machine, Database, Directory or Remote Browser without sharing access to the underlying credentials. ### Creating a PAM Record From the Vault UI, click on Create New and select either Rotation, Tunnel or Connection.

Alternatively, you can right-click on a folder and select Rotation, Tunnel or Connection.

Right-click to create PAM Resource Records

The "Target" selection will determine what type of record will be created.

### Bulk Import of Resources There are several ways of creating resources in the Keeper vault. * Manually in the Keeper Vault * Using Keeper Discovery * Bulk Import with Keeper Commander #### Manually in the Keeper Vault As described in this section, you can create PAM Machines, Databases, Directories, Remote Browsers and Users directly in the Keeper Vault. #### Using Keeper Discovery KeeperPAM can perform discovery on a network or cloud resource to find all associated machines, accounts, etc. Visit the [Discovery](https://docs.keeper.io/en/keeperpam/privileged-access-manager/discovery) section to learn more. #### Bulk Import with Keeper Commander Keeper Commander CLI can perform import of resources based on a template. See this [Importing PAM Resources](https://docs.keeper.io/en/keeperpam/privileged-access-manager/references/importing-pam-resources) example for a step by step guide. See the [pam project import](https://docs.keeper.io/en/keeperpam/commander-cli/command-reference/keeperpam-commands) command for more advanced import options. The following sections will describe each of the PAM resources.