# Creating and managing registries
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A registry is the top-level resource in AWS Agent Registry. Before you can publish records, you need to create a registry and configure its authorization and approval settings. This section covers the supported authorization types and how to create, view, update, and delete registries.

**Topics**
+ [Supported Inbound Authorization types](registry-supported-auth-types.md)
+ [Create and manage registries](registry-create-manage.md)