# Operator Lifecycle Manager API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/operator-framework/olm-api/  
**Provider:** Operator Framework — https://apis.io/providers/operator-framework/  
**Documentation:** https://olm.operatorframework.io/docs/

Operator Lifecycle Manager API is one of 2 APIs that [Operator Framework](https://apis.io/providers/operator-framework/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Installations, Lifecycle Management, and Updates. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

OLM extends Kubernetes with CRDs for operator lifecycle management including ClusterServiceVersion for describing operator capabilities and requirements, Subscription for tracking update channels, InstallPlan for managing operator installation, CatalogSource for defining operator repositories, and OperatorGroup for multi-tenant operator deployment scoping.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://olm.operatorframework.io/docs/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/operator-framework/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Operator Framework APIs (1)

- [Operator SDK](https://apis.io/apis/operator-framework/operator-sdk/)

## Tags

Installations, Lifecycle Management, Updates

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