Upbound

Upbound Control Planes API

Managed control plane lifecycle

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Operations 5

GET /organizations/{orgName}/controlplanes List Control Planes #
POST /organizations/{orgName}/controlplanes Create Control Plane #
GET /organizations/{orgName}/controlplanes/{cpName} Get Control Plane #
PUT /organizations/{orgName}/controlplanes/{cpName} Update Control Plane #
DELETE /organizations/{orgName}/controlplanes/{cpName} Delete Control Plane #

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OpenAPI Specification

upbound-control-planes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Upbound Control Planes API
  description: Upbound is a universal cloud platform built on Crossplane, providing managed control planes and a marketplace for cloud infrastructure APIs. The Upbound API enables programmatic management of organizations, spaces, control planes, groups, repositories, robot accounts, and IAM resources through a REST interface.
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: Upbound Support
    url: https://docs.upbound.io
  termsOfService: https://www.upbound.io/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.upbound.io/v1
  description: Upbound Cloud API
security:
- BearerToken: []
tags:
- name: Control Planes
  description: Managed control plane lifecycle
paths:
  /organizations/{orgName}/controlplanes:
    get:
      operationId: listControlPlanes
      summary: List Control Planes
      description: List all managed control planes in an organization.
      tags:
      - Control Planes
      parameters:
      - name: orgName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      - name: size
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 20
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of control planes
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlPlaneList'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createControlPlane
      summary: Create Control Plane
      description: Create a new managed control plane.
      tags:
      - Control Planes
      parameters:
      - name: orgName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlPlaneRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Control plane created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlPlane'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /organizations/{orgName}/controlplanes/{cpName}:
    get:
      operationId: getControlPlane
      summary: Get Control Plane
      description: Retrieve details and status of a specific control plane.
      tags:
      - Control Planes
      parameters:
      - name: orgName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: cpName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Control plane name
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Control plane details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlPlane'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    put:
      operationId: updateControlPlane
      summary: Update Control Plane
      description: Update a control plane configuration.
      tags:
      - Control Planes
      parameters:
      - name: orgName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: cpName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlPlaneRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Control plane updated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlPlane'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteControlPlane
      summary: Delete Control Plane
      description: Delete a managed control plane.
      tags:
      - Control Planes
      parameters:
      - name: orgName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: cpName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Control plane deleted
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication token missing or invalid
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    BadRequest:
      description: Invalid request body or parameters
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    ControlPlane:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        organizationName:
          type: string
        configuration:
          type: string
          description: Crossplane configuration package reference
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - provisioning
          - ready
          - updating
          - deleting
          - error
        region:
          type: string
          description: Hosting region
        crossplaneVersion:
          type: string
        kubeconfig:
          type: string
          description: Base64-encoded kubeconfig for direct access
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    ControlPlaneRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - configuration
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        configuration:
          type: string
          description: Crossplane configuration package (e.g., xpkg.upbound.io/upbound/platform-ref-aws:v0.9.0)
        region:
          type: string
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
        message:
          type: string
        details:
          type: string
    ControlPlaneList:
      type: object
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlPlane'
        count:
          type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    BearerToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Upbound personal access token or robot token