F5 Load Balancer

APIs for managing F5 BIG-IP Load Balancer configuration, monitoring, and operations. F5 BIG-IP is an application delivery controller that provides intelligent traffic management, load balancing, and application security.

F5 Load Balancer publishes 17 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Config API, Data Groups API, Declarations API, and 14 more. Tagged areas include Application Delivery, BIG-IP, Load Balancer, Networking, and Traffic Management.

The F5 Load Balancer catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

F5 Load Balancer’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, support, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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3 published contracts

Application DeliveryBIG-IPLoad Balancer Networking Traffic Management

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Information Technology Management

BC-600

ConfigDeclarationsPool MembersProfilesVirtual Servers

POST /ltm/virtual GET /config GET /config/{machineId} POST /declare

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 38.7/100 · thin

Contract Quality 9.7 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 15

Access Clarity 6.7 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.9 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.7 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 19/100 · 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 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

10 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Developer Ergonomics scores 26.2 — up to +14.8 composite points
Contract Quality scores 51.9 — up to +12.0 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 10.5 — up to +11.6 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Network Edge (CDN, networking, peering, edge compute)	undeclared	-	-	-
Cisco DevNet Ecosystem (builders on Meraki, Catalyst, ISE, ThousandEyes, Splunk)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 17

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

F5 Load Balancer Config API

Retrieve the original device configuration before Declarative Onboarding modifications were applied.

F5 Load Balancer Data Groups API

Manage internal and external data groups used for address, string, and integer lookups in traffic processing decisions.

F5 Load Balancer Declarations API

Submit, retrieve, and manage AS3 declarations that describe the desired application services configuration state on the BIG-IP system.

F5 Load Balancer Info API

Retrieve version and capability information about the installed AS3 extension.

F5 Load Balancer Inspect API

Inspect the current state of BIG-IP configuration classes known to Declarative Onboarding.

F5 Load Balancer iRules API

Manage iRules for custom traffic management logic using the F5 Tcl-based scripting language.

F5 Load Balancer Monitors API

Configure health monitors that verify the availability and performance of nodes, pool members, and services.

F5 Load Balancer Nodes API

Manage backend server nodes identified by IP address or FQDN that serve as the foundation for pool member definitions.

F5 Load Balancer Policies API

Manage local traffic policies that provide rule-based traffic steering and content manipulation capabilities.

F5 Load Balancer Pool Members API

Manage individual server members within load balancing pools including their state, ratio, priority group, and connection limits.

F5 Load Balancer Pools API

Manage pools of backend servers for load distribution and health monitoring.

F5 Load Balancer Profiles API

Manage traffic profiles that define how the BIG-IP processes different types of network traffic including HTTP, TCP, SSL, and persistence.

F5 Load Balancer SNAT Pools API

Manage SNAT (Secure Network Address Translation) pools that define translation addresses for outbound connections.

F5 Load Balancer SSL Certificates API

Manage SSL certificates and keys used for TLS/SSL termination and re-encryption on virtual servers.

F5 Load Balancer System API

Access system-level information and configuration including device status, software versions, and global settings.

F5 Load Balancer Tasks API

Monitor the status of asynchronous declaration processing tasks.

F5 Load Balancer Virtual Servers API

Manage virtual servers that direct client traffic to appropriate server pools based on configured rules and profiles.

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Open Collections 20

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

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config Data Groups API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config Declarations API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding (DO) API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP iControl REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config Info API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config Inspect API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config iRules API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config Monitors API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config Nodes API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config Policies API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config Pool Members API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config Pools API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config Profiles API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config SNAT Pools API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config SSL Certificates API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config System API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config Tasks API

OPEN COLLECTION

F5 Load Balancer F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) Config Virtual Servers API

OPEN COLLECTION

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F5 Load Balancer API pricing

Not yet checked against F5 Load Balancer's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-05 from www.f5.com/products/get-f5; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
30-Day Free Trial freemium	Free
Subscription subscription	—
Perpetual (Good-Better-Best / GBB) enterprise	—
Flex Consumption Program (FCP) enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

BIG-IP management plane (iControl REST): bounded by BIG-IP control-plane capacity (hardware model or VE size); not a published number varies
AS3 declarations: serialized through BIG-IP control plane; long-running declarations should be polled via task endpoints varies
Declarative Onboarding declarations: serialized through BIG-IP control plane; one onboarding operation at a time per device varies

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against F5 Load Balancer's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Billed by: instance · FinOps profile →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

F5 Load Balancer Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

F5 Load Balancer Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

F5 Load Balancer

SLA

FinOps 1

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

F5 Load Balancer Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

F5 Load Balancer API Rules

70 rules · 65 errors 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 3

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

F5 Load Balancer Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

F5 Load Balancer Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

F5 Load Balancer Trust Center

PCI DSS, GDPR

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

F5 Load Balancer Agentic Access

53 operations · 19 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

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 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Support

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: f5-load-balancer
name: F5 Load Balancer
description: APIs for managing F5 BIG-IP Load Balancer configuration, monitoring, and operations. F5 BIG-IP is an application
  delivery controller that provides intelligent traffic management, load balancing, and application security.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/f5-load-balancer.png
tags:
- Application Delivery
- BIG-IP
- Load Balancer
- Networking
- Traffic Management
url: https://www.f5.com
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-config-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer Config API
  description: Retrieve the original device configuration before Declarative Onboarding modifications were applied.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - Config
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-config-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-data-groups-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer Data Groups API
  description: Manage internal and external data groups used for address, string, and integer lookups in traffic processing
    decisions.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - Data Groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-data-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-declarations-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer Declarations API
  description: Submit, retrieve, and manage AS3 declarations that describe the desired application services configuration
    state on the BIG-IP system.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - Declarations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-declarations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-info-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer Info API
  description: Retrieve version and capability information about the installed AS3 extension.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - Info
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-info-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-inspect-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer Inspect API
  description: Inspect the current state of BIG-IP configuration classes known to Declarative Onboarding.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - Inspect
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-inspect-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-irules-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer iRules API
  description: Manage iRules for custom traffic management logic using the F5 Tcl-based scripting language.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - iRules
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-irules-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-monitors-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer Monitors API
  description: Configure health monitors that verify the availability and performance of nodes, pool members, and services.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - Monitors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-monitors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-nodes-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer Nodes API
  description: Manage backend server nodes identified by IP address or FQDN that serve as the foundation for pool member definitions.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - Node
  tags_raw:
  - Nodes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-nodes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-policies-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer Policies API
  description: Manage local traffic policies that provide rule-based traffic steering and content manipulation capabilities.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - Policies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-policies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-pool-members-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer Pool Members API
  description: Manage individual server members within load balancing pools including their state, ratio, priority group,
    and connection limits.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - Pool Members
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-pool-members-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-pools-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer Pools API
  description: Manage pools of backend servers for load distribution and health monitoring.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - Pools
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-pools-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-profiles-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer Profiles API
  description: Manage traffic profiles that define how the BIG-IP processes different types of network traffic including HTTP,
    TCP, SSL, and persistence.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - Profiles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-profiles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-snat-pools-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer SNAT Pools API
  description: Manage SNAT (Secure Network Address Translation) pools that define translation addresses for outbound connections.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - SNAT Pools
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-snat-pools-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-ssl-certificates-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer SSL Certificates API
  description: Manage SSL certificates and keys used for TLS/SSL termination and re-encryption on virtual servers.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - SSL Certificates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-ssl-certificates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-system-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer System API
  description: Access system-level information and configuration including device status, software versions, and global settings.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - System
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-system-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-tasks-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer Tasks API
  description: Monitor the status of asynchronous declaration processing tasks.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - Task
  tags_raw:
  - Tasks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-tasks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
- aid: f5-load-balancer:f5-load-balancer-virtual-servers-api
  name: F5 Load Balancer Virtual Servers API
  description: Manage virtual servers that direct client traffic to appropriate server pools based on configured rules and
    profiles.
  humanURL: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  baseURL: https://bigip-host/mgmt/tm
  tags:
  - Virtual Servers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/f5-load-balancer-virtual-servers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/Authentication.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-declarative-onboarding/latest/
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/f5-load-balancer-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/f5-load-balancer-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/f5-load-balancer-finops.yml
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/f5-load-balancer-capability-edges.yml
  name: F5 Load Balancer Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/f5-load-balancer-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/f5-load-balancer-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/f5-load-balancer-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/f5-load-balancer-authentication.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.f5.com/services/support
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.f5.com/company/policies/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.f5.com/company/policies/privacy-notice
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.f5.com/company/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/F5Networks
- type: Website
  url: https://www.f5.com
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-parent: f5
x-relationship: product

F5 Load Balancer API — frequently asked questions

Does F5 Load Balancer have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 17 APIs from F5 Load Balancer, including F5 Load Balancer Config API, F5 Load Balancer Data Groups API and F5 Load Balancer Declarations API, and 14 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the F5 Load Balancer API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 17 OpenAPI specifications for F5 Load Balancer, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the F5 Load Balancer API?

F5 Load Balancer uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey/http · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as F5 Load Balancer Authentication.

How much does the F5 Load Balancer API cost?

APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for F5 Load Balancer, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the F5 Load Balancer API ready for AI agents?

F5 Load Balancer has a Kin Score of 38.7 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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