Apache Ozone

Apache Ozone is a scalable, redundant, and distributed object store optimized for big data workloads. It provides an S3-compatible interface and a Hadoop-compatible file system interface for seamless integration with existing big data tools.

Apache Ozone publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Buckets API and Objects API. Tagged areas include Distributed Storage, Hadoop, Object Storage, S3-Compatible, and Apache.

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

Apache Ozone’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 7 more developer resources.

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40.3/100 thin ▼ -8.9 Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

2 APIs 6 Features 4 Use Cases

Distributed StorageHadoopObject StorageS3-CompatibleApacheOpen Source

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 40.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 11.2 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 8.3 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

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 2

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apache Ozone Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Apache Ozone Finops

FINOPS

Features 6

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

S3-Compatible API

Fully compatible with Amazon S3 API for object storage operations

HDFS-Compatible

Hadoop-compatible file system interface (o3fs, ofs) for existing Hadoop workloads

Multi-Tenant

Volume/bucket hierarchy with multi-tenant access controls

Replication

Configurable replication for data durability

Erasure Coding

Erasure coding support for storage efficiency

Scalability

Scale to billions of files with petabytes of data

JSON Schema 5

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

Examples 5

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Data Lake Storage

Store raw data in a highly scalable and S3-compatible data lake

Hadoop Migration

Replace HDFS with Ozone for petabyte-scale Hadoop clusters

Application Object Storage

Use S3-compatible API for application file and media storage

Backup and Archive

Cost-effective backup and long-term data archival

Integrations 5

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Apache Hadoop

Native HDFS-compatible file system integration

Apache Spark

Direct Spark data source for reading and writing ORC/Parquet

Apache Hive

Hive metastore integration for data lake querying

Amazon S3 SDK

Compatible with AWS SDK for S3 operations

Kubernetes

Container-native deployment with CSI driver support

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: apache-ozone
name: Apache Ozone
description: Apache Ozone is a scalable, redundant, and distributed object store optimized for big data workloads. It provides
  an S3-compatible interface and a Hadoop-compatible file system interface for seamless integration with existing big data
  tools.
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tags:
- Distributed Storage
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- Object Storage
- S3-Compatible
- Apache
- Open Source
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
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  description: The Buckets API from Apache Ozone — 2 operation(s) for buckets.
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- aid: apache-ozone:apache-ozone-objects-api
  name: Apache Ozone Objects API
  description: The Objects API from Apache Ozone — 1 operation(s) for objects.
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  tags:
  - Objects
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  - type: OpenAPI
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  email: info@apievangelist.com
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- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
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  url: security/apache-ozone-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apache/ozone
- type: Documentation
  url: https://ozone.apache.org/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/apache-ozone-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/apache-ozone-vocabulary.yaml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/apache-ozone-context.jsonld
- type: Blog
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- type: Features
  data:
  - name: S3-Compatible API
    description: Fully compatible with Amazon S3 API for object storage operations
  - name: HDFS-Compatible
    description: Hadoop-compatible file system interface (o3fs, ofs) for existing Hadoop workloads
  - name: Multi-Tenant
    description: Volume/bucket hierarchy with multi-tenant access controls
  - name: Replication
    description: Configurable replication for data durability
  - name: Erasure Coding
    description: Erasure coding support for storage efficiency
  - name: Scalability
    description: Scale to billions of files with petabytes of data
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Data Lake Storage
    description: Store raw data in a highly scalable and S3-compatible data lake
  - name: Hadoop Migration
    description: Replace HDFS with Ozone for petabyte-scale Hadoop clusters
  - name: Application Object Storage
    description: Use S3-compatible API for application file and media storage
  - name: Backup and Archive
    description: Cost-effective backup and long-term data archival
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Apache Hadoop
    description: Native HDFS-compatible file system integration
  - name: Apache Spark
    description: Direct Spark data source for reading and writing ORC/Parquet
  - name: Apache Hive
    description: Hive metastore integration for data lake querying
  - name: Amazon S3 SDK
    description: Compatible with AWS SDK for S3 operations
  - name: Kubernetes
    description: Container-native deployment with CSI driver support