ambari/ambari-server/docs/api/v1/credential-resources.md

Credential Resources

Credential resources represent named principal/key pairs related to a particular cluster. Credentials are sub-resources of a Cluster.

Credential resources may be stored in the persisted credential store or the temporary credential store. If stored in the persisted credential store, the credential will be stored until deleted. If stored in the temporary credential store, the credential will be stored until a timeout is met (default 90 minutes) or Ambari is restarted.

###API Summary

• List credentials
• Get credential
• Create credential
• Update credential
• Delete credential

###Properties

Property	Description
Credential/cluster_name	The cluster name
Credential/alias	The alias name
Credential/principal	The principal (or username) - this value is not visible when getting credentials
Credential/key	The secret key (or password) - this value is not visible when getting credentials
Credential/type	The type of credential store: persisted or temporary