# Oxide Instances API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/oxide-computer/oxide-computer-instances-api/  
**Provider:** Oxide — https://apis.io/providers/oxide-computer/  
**Base URL:** https://{oxide-control-plane-host}  
**Documentation:** https://docs.oxide.computer/api

Oxide Instances API is one of 30 APIs that [Oxide](https://apis.io/providers/oxide-computer/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Instances. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.

Virtual machine instances are the basic unit of computation. These operations are used for provisioning, controlling, and destroying instances.

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/oxide-computer/refs/heads/main/openapi/oxide-computer-instances-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.oxide.computer/api
- **APIReference** — https://docs.oxide.computer/api
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/oxide-computer/refs/heads/main/authentication/oxide-computer-authentication.yml
- **ErrorCatalog** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/oxide-computer/refs/heads/main/errors/oxide-computer-problem-types.yml
- **DataModel** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/oxide-computer/refs/heads/main/data-model/oxide-computer-data-model.yml
- **Webhooks** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/oxide-computer/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/oxide-computer-alerts-webhooks.yml

## Other Oxide APIs (12)

- [Oxide Affinity API](https://apis.io/apis/oxide-computer/oxide-computer-affinity-api/)
- [Oxide Console Auth API](https://apis.io/apis/oxide-computer/oxide-computer-console-auth-api/)
- [Oxide Current User API](https://apis.io/apis/oxide-computer/oxide-computer-current-user-api/)
- [Oxide Disks API](https://apis.io/apis/oxide-computer/oxide-computer-disks-api/)
- [Oxide Experimental API](https://apis.io/apis/oxide-computer/oxide-computer-experimental-api/)
- [Oxide External Subnets API](https://apis.io/apis/oxide-computer/oxide-computer-external-subnets-api/)
- [Oxide Floating Ips API](https://apis.io/apis/oxide-computer/oxide-computer-floating-ips-api/)
- [Oxide Images API](https://apis.io/apis/oxide-computer/oxide-computer-images-api/)
- [Oxide Ip Pools API](https://apis.io/apis/oxide-computer/oxide-computer-ip-pools-api/)
- [Oxide Login API](https://apis.io/apis/oxide-computer/oxide-computer-login-api/)
- [Oxide Metrics API](https://apis.io/apis/oxide-computer/oxide-computer-metrics-api/)
- [Oxide Policy API](https://apis.io/apis/oxide-computer/oxide-computer-policy-api/)

## Tags

Instances

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