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A10 Networks

A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN) is a San Jose, California–headquartered application delivery and cybersecurity company founded in 2004 by Lee Chen. A10 builds the ACOS (Application Centric Operating System) software platform that powers its Thunder family of physical appliances, virtual machines (vThunder), and containerized form factors across hyperscalers and private clouds. The product line spans the Thunder ADC (Application Delivery Controller for L4–L7 server load balancing and GSLB), the Thunder TPS / A10 Defend portfolio (DDoS detection, mitigation, orchestration, and Threat Control SaaS) protecting service-provider and enterprise networks from volumetric and application-layer attacks, Thunder CGN (Carrier-Grade NAT and IPv4/IPv6 transition), Thunder CFW (consolidated firewall, VPN, CGN, and secure web gateway), SSL Insight for encrypted traffic decryption, the A10 Defend Next-Gen WAF (incorporating ThreatX), and the A10 AI Firewall for protecting LLM and AI application traffic. Every ACOS device exposes the aXAPI v3 — a RESTful HTTPS interface that is the primary configuration and operational control plane for the platform, supporting ACOS 4.0.0 through 7.0.2. The aXAPI surface is exhaustive (the official Terraform provider exposes 3,627 resources) and is wrapped by official Ansible collections (a10-acos-axapi, a10-acos-cli), a Python client (acos-client), the Thunder Kubernetes Connector (TKC, with 24 CRDs for pod-driven VIP automation), and integrations for OpenStack Octavia, Neutron LBaaS, AWS CloudFormation, Azure ARM, VMware vSphere, Helm, and Prometheus. A10 reported record annual revenue of $290.6M in FY2025 (up 11.0% year over year) under CEO Dhrupad Trivedi, serving 7,700+ customers across 117 countries.

A10 Networks publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Authentication API, SLB Health Monitor API, SLB Server API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Application Delivery, Load Balancing, DDoS Protection, Application Delivery Controller, and Network Security.

The A10 Networks catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

A10 Networks’ developer surface includes documentation, support, engineering blog, YouTube channel, GitHub presence, and 23 more developer resources.

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35.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 18/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
6 APIs
Application DeliveryLoad BalancingDDoS ProtectionApplication Delivery ControllerNetwork SecurityWeb Application FirewallSSL DecryptionCGNATCybersecurityInfrastructureKubernetesTerraformAnsibleREST APINetworking

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 35.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 15.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.3 / 20
Access Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Contract Governance 1.2 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 18/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector (TKC)

The Thunder Kubernetes Connector (TKC) runs inside Kubernetes and configures upstream Thunder ADC objects automatically as pods are created and scaled. It defines 24 CRDs coveri...

A10 Networks Authentication API

Session sign-on and sign-off

A10 Networks SLB Health Monitor API

Active health probes attached to servers and service groups

A10 Networks SLB Server API

Real backend servers

A10 Networks SLB Service Group API

Service groups (pools) that bind real servers to a load-balancing method

A10 Networks SLB Virtual Server API

Virtual servers (VIPs) that front pools of real servers

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

A10 Networks ACOS aXAPI v3 Authentication API

OPEN COLLECTION

A10 Networks ACOS aXAPI v3 SLB Health Monitor API

OPEN COLLECTION

A10 Networks ACOS aXAPI v3 SLB Server API

OPEN COLLECTION

A10 Networks ACOS aXAPI v3 SLB Service Group API

OPEN COLLECTION

A10 Networks ACOS aXAPI v3 SLB Virtual Server API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

A10 Networks Plans Pricing

6 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

A10 Networks Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

A10 Networks Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

A10 Networks Context

0 classes · 5 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

A10 Networks API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

A10 Networks API Rules

9 rules · 4 errors 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

A10 ACOS Real Server

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

A10 ACOS SLB Service Group

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

A10 ACOS Virtual Server

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

A10 Networks Virtual Server Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

A10 Networks Auth Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

A10 Networks Create Virtual Server Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

A10 Networks Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Kubernetes CRDs 25

Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions published by this provider.

A10IPPool

CRD

AccessListExtended

CRD

AccessListStandard

CRD

ActiveActiveHADevice

CRD

ClientSsl

CRD

DeploymentConfig

CRD

HealthMonitor

CRD

NatPool

CRD

ServerSsl

CRD

ServiceGroup

CRD

TemplateCipher

CRD

TemplateExternalService

CRD

TemplateHttp

CRD

TemplateHttpPolicy

CRD

TemplatePersistSourceIp

CRD

TemplatePolicy

CRD

TemplatePort

CRD

TemplateSlbServer

CRD

TemplateTcp

CRD

TemplateTcpProxy

CRD

TemplateUdp

CRD

TemplateVirtualPort

CRD

VirtualPort

CRD

VirtualServer

CRD

a10 crd installation

CRD

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Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 aXAPI Documentation
aXAPI Documentation

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

SourceCode
SourceCode
 AnsibleCollection
AnsibleCollection
 PythonClient
PythonClient
 GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube
YouTube

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

OpenStackOctavia
OpenStackOctavia
 Support
Support
 Community
Community
 Contact
Contact

Company 7

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 Newsroom
Newsroom
 InvestorRelations
InvestorRelations
 Careers
Careers
 Twitter
Twitter
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

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Other 9

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Products
Products
 TerraformProvider
TerraformProvider
 KubernetesConnector
KubernetesConnector
 PrometheusExporter
PrometheusExporter
 AWSCloudFormation
AWSCloudFormation
 AzureARMTemplates
AzureARMTemplates
 VMwareTemplates
VMwareTemplates
 aFleXScripts
aFleXScripts
 HelmChart
HelmChart

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: a10-networks
name: A10 Networks
description: 'A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN) is a San Jose, California–headquartered application delivery and cybersecurity company
  founded in 2004 by Lee Chen. A10 builds the ACOS (Application Centric Operating System) software platform that powers its
  Thunder family of physical appliances, virtual machines (vThunder), and containerized form factors across hyperscalers and
  private clouds. The product line spans the Thunder ADC (Application Delivery Controller for L4–L7 server load balancing
  and GSLB), the Thunder TPS / A10 Defend portfolio (DDoS detection, mitigation, orchestration, and Threat Control SaaS) protecting
  service-provider and enterprise networks from volumetric and application-layer attacks, Thunder CGN (Carrier-Grade NAT and
  IPv4/IPv6 transition), Thunder CFW (consolidated firewall, VPN, CGN, and secure web gateway), SSL Insight for encrypted
  traffic decryption, the A10 Defend Next-Gen WAF (incorporating ThreatX), and the A10 AI Firewall for protecting LLM and
  AI application traffic. Every ACOS device exposes the aXAPI v3 — a RESTful HTTPS interface that is the primary configuration
  and operational control plane for the platform, supporting ACOS 4.0.0 through 7.0.2. The aXAPI surface is exhaustive (the
  official Terraform provider exposes 3,627 resources) and is wrapped by official Ansible collections (a10-acos-axapi, a10-acos-cli),
  a Python client (acos-client), the Thunder Kubernetes Connector (TKC, with 24 CRDs for pod-driven VIP automation), and integrations
  for OpenStack Octavia, Neutron LBaaS, AWS CloudFormation, Azure ARM, VMware vSphere, Helm, and Prometheus. A10 reported
  record annual revenue of $290.6M in FY2025 (up 11.0% year over year) under CEO Dhrupad Trivedi, serving 7,700+ customers
  across 117 countries.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/a10-networks.png
tags:
- Application Delivery
- Load Balancing
- DDoS Protection
- Application Delivery Controller
- Network Security
- Web Application Firewall
- SSL Decryption
- CGNAT
- Cybersecurity
- Infrastructure
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Ansible
- REST API
- Networking
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/a10-networks/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: a10-networks:thunder-kubernetes-connector
  name: A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector (TKC)
  tags:
  - Kubernetes
  - CRD
  - Cloud-Native
  - Application Delivery
  - Service Mesh
  tags_raw:
  - Kubernetes
  - CRD
  - Cloud Native
  - Application Delivery
  - Service Mesh
  humanURL: https://github.com/a10networks/tkc-doc
  description: The Thunder Kubernetes Connector (TKC) runs inside Kubernetes and configures upstream Thunder ADC objects automatically
    as pods are created and scaled. It defines 24 CRDs covering VirtualServer, VirtualPort, ServiceGroup, HealthMonitor, NatPool,
    A10IPPool, ActiveActiveHADevice, ClientSsl/ServerSsl templates, TCP/UDP/HTTP/ HTTPS templates, persistence templates,
    policy templates, and cipher templates — exposing the full L4–L7 ADC surface as native Kubernetes resources.
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/a10networks/tkc-doc
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/a10networks/tkc-doc
    type: SourceCode
  - url: crd/
    type: KubernetesCRD
    x-description: 24 CRDs covering the SLB and template object model.
- aid: a10-networks:a10-networks-authentication-api
  name: A10 Networks Authentication API
  description: Session sign-on and sign-off
  humanURL: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/702/start_here.html
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/a10-networks-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/702/start_here.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/608/index.html
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.a10networks.com/blog/axapi-rest-based-application-programming-interface-integration/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/a10-networks-virtual-server-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/a10-networks-server-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/a10-networks-service-group-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/a10-networks-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRuleset
    url: rules/a10-networks-rules.yml
- aid: a10-networks:a10-networks-slb-health-monitor-api
  name: A10 Networks SLB Health Monitor API
  description: Active health probes attached to servers and service groups
  humanURL: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/702/start_here.html
  tags:
  - SLB Health Monitor
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/a10-networks-slb-health-monitor-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/702/start_here.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/608/index.html
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.a10networks.com/blog/axapi-rest-based-application-programming-interface-integration/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/a10-networks-virtual-server-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/a10-networks-server-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/a10-networks-service-group-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/a10-networks-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRuleset
    url: rules/a10-networks-rules.yml
- aid: a10-networks:a10-networks-slb-server-api
  name: A10 Networks SLB Server API
  description: Real backend servers
  humanURL: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/702/start_here.html
  tags:
  - SLB Server
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/a10-networks-slb-server-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/702/start_here.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/608/index.html
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.a10networks.com/blog/axapi-rest-based-application-programming-interface-integration/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/a10-networks-virtual-server-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/a10-networks-server-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/a10-networks-service-group-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/a10-networks-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRuleset
    url: rules/a10-networks-rules.yml
- aid: a10-networks:a10-networks-slb-service-group-api
  name: A10 Networks SLB Service Group API
  description: Service groups (pools) that bind real servers to a load-balancing method
  humanURL: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/702/start_here.html
  tags:
  - SLB Service Group
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/a10-networks-slb-service-group-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/702/start_here.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/608/index.html
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.a10networks.com/blog/axapi-rest-based-application-programming-interface-integration/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/a10-networks-virtual-server-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/a10-networks-server-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/a10-networks-service-group-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/a10-networks-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRuleset
    url: rules/a10-networks-rules.yml
- aid: a10-networks:a10-networks-slb-virtual-server-api
  name: A10 Networks SLB Virtual Server API
  description: Virtual servers (VIPs) that front pools of real servers
  humanURL: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/702/start_here.html
  tags:
  - SLB Virtual Server
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/a10-networks-slb-virtual-server-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/702/start_here.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/608/index.html
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.a10networks.com/blog/axapi-rest-based-application-programming-interface-integration/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/a10-networks-virtual-server-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/a10-networks-server-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/a10-networks-service-group-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/a10-networks-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRuleset
    url: rules/a10-networks-rules.yml
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/a10-networks-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.a10networks.com
- type: Products
  url: https://www.a10networks.com/products/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://documentation.a10networks.com
- type: aXAPI Documentation
  url: https://documentation.a10networks.com/ACOS-Docs/axapi/702/start_here.html
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/a10networks
- type: TerraformProvider
  url: https://github.com/a10networks/terraform-provider-thunder
- type: AnsibleCollection
  url: https://github.com/a10networks/a10-acos-axapi
- type: PythonClient
  url: https://github.com/a10networks/acos-client
- type: KubernetesConnector
  url: https://github.com/a10networks/tkc-doc
- type: OpenStackOctavia
  url: https://github.com/a10networks/a10-octavia
- type: PrometheusExporter
  url: https://github.com/a10networks/PrometheusExporter
- type: AWSCloudFormation
  url: https://github.com/a10networks/AWS-CFT
- type: AzureARMTemplates
  url: https://github.com/a10networks/A10-azure-arm-templates
- type: VMwareTemplates
  url: https://github.com/a10networks/a10-vmware-templates
- type: aFleXScripts
  url: https://github.com/a10networks/aflex-collection
- type: HelmChart
  url: https://github.com/a10networks/acos-prometheus-exporter-helm-chart
- type: Support
  url: https://support.a10networks.com
- type: Community
  url: https://glm.a10networks.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.a10networks.com/blog/
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://www.a10networks.com/news/
- type: InvestorRelations
  url: https://investors.a10networks.com
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.a10networks.com/company/careers/
- type: Contact
  url: https://www.a10networks.com/contact-us/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/A10Networks
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a10networks
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/a10networks
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/a10networks
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com