# Fly.io Machines API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/fly-io/machines-api/  
**Provider:** fly-io — https://apis.io/providers/fly-io/  
**Base URL:** https://api.machines.dev  
**Documentation:** https://fly.io/docs/machines/api/

Fly.io Machines API is one of 9 APIs that [fly-io](https://apis.io/providers/fly-io/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Deployment, Edge Computing, Infrastructure, Platform, and Virtual Machines. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an OpenAPI specification.

The Fly.io Machines API is a low-level REST interface for provisioning and managing Fly Machines, which are fast-booting virtual machines that run on Fly.io's global edge infrastructure. It provides endpoints for creating, starting, stopping, and destroying Machines, as well as managing Fly Apps, Fly Volumes, and TLS certificates. The API is accessible publicly at https://api.machines.dev or internally within the Fly.io private WireGuard network at http://_api.internal:4280.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://fly.io/docs/machines/api/
- **Documentation** — https://fly.io/docs/machines/api/working-with-machines-api/
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fly-io/refs/heads/main/openapi/fly-io-machines-api-openapi.yml
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fly-io/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other fly-io APIs (8)

- [Fly.io GraphQL API](https://apis.io/apis/fly-io/graphql-api/)
- [Fly.io Extensions API](https://apis.io/apis/fly-io/extensions-api/)
- [fly-io Apps API](https://apis.io/apis/fly-io/fly-io-apps-api/)
- [fly-io OAuth API](https://apis.io/apis/fly-io/fly-io-oauth-api/)
- [fly-io SSO API](https://apis.io/apis/fly-io/fly-io-sso-api/)
- [fly-io Tokens API](https://apis.io/apis/fly-io/fly-io-tokens-api/)
- [fly-io Volumes API](https://apis.io/apis/fly-io/fly-io-volumes-api/)
- [fly-io Webhooks API](https://apis.io/apis/fly-io/fly-io-webhooks-api/)

## Tags

Deployment, Edge Computing, Infrastructure, Platform, Virtual Machines

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/fly-io/machines-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/fly-io/.