# Kubernetes API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/kubernetes-api/  
**Provider:** Scalable Architecture — https://apis.io/providers/scalable-architecture/

Kubernetes API is one of 8 APIs that [Scalable Architecture](https://apis.io/providers/scalable-architecture/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include CNCF, Cloud-Native, Containers, Kubernetes, and Orchestration. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, a getting-started guide, and a changelog.

The Kubernetes API is the foundation of the container orchestration ecosystem, providing REST endpoints for managing the full lifecycle of containerized workloads. Core to scalable architecture, Kubernetes manages Deployments, Services, Ingress, HPA, VPA, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and the entire cluster state. CNCF graduated project.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/master/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
- **GettingStarted** — https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/
- **ChangeLog** — https://kubernetes.io/releases/

## Other Scalable Architecture APIs (7)

- [Istio Service Mesh API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/istio-service-mesh-api/)
- [Linkerd API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/linkerd-api/)
- [Envoy Proxy Admin API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/envoy-proxy-admin-api/)
- [Apache Kafka REST Proxy API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/apache-kafka-rest-proxy-api/)
- [Redis REST API (Redis Stack)](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/redis-rest-api-redis-stack/)
- [RabbitMQ Management HTTP API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/rabbitmq-management-http-api/)
- [Argo Workflows API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/argo-workflows-api/)

## Tags

CNCF, Cloud-Native, Containers, Kubernetes, Orchestration, Open-Source

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