# machine credential vault password

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/machine-credential-vault-password/25521>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [September 19, 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/machine-credential-vault-password/25521 "2017-09-19T06:44:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![John\_Galts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@John\_Galts](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Galts)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/machine-credential-vault-password/25521/1 "2017-09-19T06:44:18Z")

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in ansible tower, we can set the vault password in the credential. where do we set it in awx when creating machine type credential?

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**Author:** ![John\_Galts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@John\_Galts](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Galts)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/machine-credential-vault-password/25521/2 "2017-09-19T08:24:23Z")

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got it now, so it has been separated. vault is now a credential type