# OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/openstack/cinder/  
**Provider:** OpenStack — https://apis.io/providers/openstack/  
**Base URL:** https://{cinder-host}/volume/v3  
**Documentation:** https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/block-storage/

OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder) API is one of 22 APIs that [OpenStack](https://apis.io/providers/openstack/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Block Storage, Volumes, and Snapshots. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Cinder provides persistent block-level storage volumes that can be attached to Nova instances. The v3 API exposes endpoints for volumes, snapshots, backups, volume types, attachments, transfers, and quotas.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/block-storage/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.openstack.org/cinder/

## Other OpenStack APIs (12)

- [OpenStack Networking (Neutron) API](https://apis.io/apis/openstack/neutron/)
- [OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) API](https://apis.io/apis/openstack/swift/)
- [OpenStack Image (Glance) API](https://apis.io/apis/openstack/glance/)
- [OpenStack Orchestration (Heat) API](https://apis.io/apis/openstack/heat/)
- [OpenStack Load Balancer (Octavia) API](https://apis.io/apis/openstack/octavia/)
- [OpenStack DNS (Designate) API](https://apis.io/apis/openstack/designate/)
- [OpenStack Database (Trove) API](https://apis.io/apis/openstack/trove/)
- [OpenStack Domains API](https://apis.io/apis/openstack/openstack-domains-api/)
- [OpenStack Endpoints API](https://apis.io/apis/openstack/openstack-endpoints-api/)
- [OpenStack Flavors API](https://apis.io/apis/openstack/openstack-flavors-api/)
- [OpenStack Groups API](https://apis.io/apis/openstack/openstack-groups-api/)
- [OpenStack Images API](https://apis.io/apis/openstack/openstack-images-api/)

## Tags

Block Storage, Volumes, Snapshots

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