# Cerbos PDP gRPC API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cerbos/cerbos-pdp-grpc-api/  
**Provider:** Cerbos — https://apis.io/providers/cerbos/  
**Base URL:** localhost:3593  
**Documentation:** https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/latest/api/index

Cerbos PDP gRPC API is one of 13 APIs that [Cerbos](https://apis.io/providers/cerbos/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include gRPC, PDP, and Protocol Buffers. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The Cerbos PDP gRPC API exposes the cerbos.svc.v1.CerbosService and related management services on port 3593, with server reflection enabled. The gRPC interface is the highest-performance way to embed Cerbos as a sidecar or in-process service for service-to-service authorization.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/latest/api/index
- **Protocol** — https://github.com/cerbos/cerbos/tree/main/api/genpb
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cerbos/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Cerbos APIs (12)

- [Cerbos AuthZEN API](https://apis.io/apis/cerbos/cerbos-authzen-api/)
- [Cerbos PDP Admin API](https://apis.io/apis/cerbos/cerbos-admin-api/)
- [Cerbos Hub API](https://apis.io/apis/cerbos/cerbos-hub-api/)
- [Cerbos Synapse](https://apis.io/apis/cerbos/cerbos-synapse/)
- [Cerbos Admin Audit API](https://apis.io/apis/cerbos/cerbos-admin-audit-api/)
- [Cerbos Admin Policies API](https://apis.io/apis/cerbos/cerbos-admin-policies-api/)
- [Cerbos Admin Schemas API](https://apis.io/apis/cerbos/cerbos-admin-schemas-api/)
- [Cerbos Admin Store API](https://apis.io/apis/cerbos/cerbos-admin-store-api/)
- [Cerbos AuthZEN API](https://apis.io/apis/cerbos/cerbos-authzen-api/)
- [Cerbos Check API](https://apis.io/apis/cerbos/cerbos-check-api/)
- [Cerbos Plan API](https://apis.io/apis/cerbos/cerbos-plan-api/)
- [Cerbos Server API](https://apis.io/apis/cerbos/cerbos-server-api/)

## Tags

gRPC, PDP, Protocol Buffers

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