# 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?](/enterprise-guide/record-types.md) ### 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](/keeperpam/privileged-access-manager/getting-started/record-linking.md) from the other resources. This way, you can [share access](/keeperpam/privileged-access-manager/getting-started/access-controls.md) 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](/keeperpam/privileged-access-manager/discovery.md) 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](/keeperpam/privileged-access-manager/references/importing-pam-resources.md) example for a step by step guide. See the [pam project import](/keeperpam/commander-cli/command-reference/keeperpam-commands.md) command for more advanced import options. The following sections will describe each of the PAM resources. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.keeper.io/keeperpam/privileged-access-manager/getting-started/pam-resources.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.