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# Working with Object Storage
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IBM Cloud Object Storage is a highly scalable cloud storage service, designed for high durability, resiliency and security. See [IBM Cloud Object Storage](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cloud-object-storage?topic=cloud-object-storage-about-cloud-object-storage&format=markdown).

You must define IBM Cloud Object Storage as the service instance home in which custom application libraries (library sets) and Spark history events are stored. Additionally, you can use Object Storage to store your data files as well as your application or job binaries, for example Spark Python files.

To work with Object storage:

- [Getting the Object Storage credentials](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/AnalyticsEngine?topic=AnalyticsEngine-get-cos-credentials-serverless&format=markdown).
- [Understanding the Object Storage credentials](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/AnalyticsEngine?topic=AnalyticsEngine-cos-credentials-in-iae-serverless&format=markdown).
- [Using Object Storage as the instance home](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/AnalyticsEngine?topic=AnalyticsEngine-cos-serverless&format=markdown).