# Manage vaults

Vaults are an external component that securely manages blockchain transactions. All external vaults need to be registered in Ripple Custody.

For more information, see [Vault](/products/custody/v1.15/overview/architecture/infra-components#vault).

In this section you'll learn how to:

- Create new vault entities to register vault components
- View and update vault entities
- Batch export and import transactions to and from a cold vault


A vault is not tied to a domain, so accounts in different domains can use the same vault.