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F5 Distributed Cloud Services

F5 Distributed Cloud Services (F5 XC) is a SaaS-based platform providing distributed multi-cloud application security, networking, and edge infrastructure including web application and API protection (WAAP), DDoS mitigation, bot defense, multi-cloud networking, DNS, load balancing, and edge compute across F5's global private backbone. The platform's REST API exposes 200+ resource types covering HTTP/TCP/UDP load balancers, security policies, certificate management, cloud connectors, and observability, authenticated via API tokens and service credentials managed in the F5 Distributed Cloud Console.

F5 Distributed Cloud Services publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Config API and Data API. Tagged areas include Application Security, Web Application Firewall, API Security, Multi-Cloud Networking, and DDoS Protection.

F5 Distributed Cloud Services’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, signup flow, developer console, support, engineering blog, and 5 more developer resources.

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29.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 17/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
1 APIs
Application SecurityWeb Application FirewallAPI SecurityMulti-Cloud NetworkingDDoS ProtectionBot DefenseLoad BalancingEdge Compute

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Composite quality — 29.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality 11.3 / 23
Developer Ergonomics 3.6 / 18
Access Clarity 5.7 / 18
Operational Transparency 0.3 / 12
Contract Governance 0.0 / 11
Discoverability 6.2 / 9
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 17/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 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
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
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APIs 3

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

F5 Distributed Cloud Services API

Comprehensive REST API for managing F5 Distributed Cloud Services including load balancers, WAF/WAAP policies, API security, DNS, origin pools, certificates, cloud site connecto...

F5 Distributed Cloud Services Config API

The Config API from F5 Distributed Cloud Services — 10 operation(s) for config.

F5 Distributed Cloud Services Data API

The Data API from F5 Distributed Cloud Services — 1 operation(s) for data.

Open Collections 4

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Distributed Cloud Services Config API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Distributed Cloud Services Config Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Distributed Cloud Services API

OPEN COLLECTION

Security Posture 3

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

F5 Distributed Cloud Services Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

F5 Distributed Cloud Services Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

F5 Distributed Cloud Services Trust Center

PCI DSS, GDPR

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

F5 Distributed Cloud Services Agentic Access

21 operations · 10 acting

21 operations · 10 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup
Signup
 Console
Console

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: f5-distributed-cloud-services
name: F5 Distributed Cloud Services
description: F5 Distributed Cloud Services (F5 XC) is a SaaS-based platform providing distributed multi-cloud application
  security, networking, and edge infrastructure including web application and API protection (WAAP), DDoS mitigation, bot
  defense, multi-cloud networking, DNS, load balancing, and edge compute across F5's global private backbone. The platform's
  REST API exposes 200+ resource types covering HTTP/TCP/UDP load balancers, security policies, certificate management, cloud
  connectors, and observability, authenticated via API tokens and service credentials managed in the F5 Distributed Cloud
  Console.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/f5-distributed-cloud-services.png
tags:
- Application Security
- Web Application Firewall
- API Security
- Multi-Cloud Networking
- DDoS Protection
- Bot Defense
- Load Balancing
- Edge Compute
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/f5-distributed-cloud-services/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: f5-distributed-cloud-services:platform-api
  name: F5 Distributed Cloud Services API
  description: Comprehensive REST API for managing F5 Distributed Cloud Services including load balancers, WAF/WAAP policies,
    API security, DNS, origin pools, certificates, cloud site connectors, and observability resources. Authentication uses
    API tokens or service credentials issued from the F5 Distributed Cloud Console.
  humanURL: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/api
  baseURL: https://console.ves.volterra.io/api
  tags:
  - Application Security
  - Web Application Firewall
  - API Security
  - Multi-Cloud Networking
  - Load Balancing
  - DNS
  - Edge Compute
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/tutorials/automation
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/administration/how-tos/user-mgmt/credentials
- aid: f5-distributed-cloud-services:f5-distributed-cloud-services-config-api
  name: F5 Distributed Cloud Services Config API
  description: The Config API from F5 Distributed Cloud Services — 10 operation(s) for config.
  humanURL: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/api
  baseURL: https://console.ves.volterra.io/api
  tags:
  - Config
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-distributed-cloud-services-config-api-openapi.yml
- aid: f5-distributed-cloud-services:f5-distributed-cloud-services-data-api
  name: F5 Distributed Cloud Services Data API
  description: The Data API from F5 Distributed Cloud Services — 1 operation(s) for data.
  humanURL: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/api
  baseURL: https://console.ves.volterra.io/api
  tags:
  - Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-distributed-cloud-services-data-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/f5-distributed-cloud-services-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/f5-distributed-cloud-services-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/f5-distributed-cloud-services-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/f5-distributed-cloud-services-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/f5devcentral
- type: Website
  url: https://www.f5.com/products/distributed-cloud-services
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.f5.com/products/distributed-cloud-services
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.f5.com/trials/distributed-cloud-services
- type: Console
  url: https://console.ves.volterra.io
- type: Support
  url: https://my.f5.com/manage/s/
- url: https://www.f5.com/company/blog
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-parent: f5
x-relationship: product

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