Firecracker
Firecracker is an open source virtual machine monitor (VMM) built by Amazon Web Services that uses KVM to create and manage lightweight microVMs. Designed for serverless computing and container workloads, it provides the security and isolation of traditional VMs with the speed and resource efficiency of containers. Firecracker exposes a RESTful management API over a Unix Domain Socket, specified in OpenAPI (Swagger 2.0).
Firecracker publishes 19 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Actions API, Balloon API, Boot Source API, and 16 more. Tagged areas include Containers, MicroVMs, Open Source, Serverless, and Virtualization.
Firecracker’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, changelog, FAQ, engineering blog, and 7 more developer resources.
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APIs 19
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Firecracker Actions API
The Actions API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for actions.
Firecracker Balloon API
The Balloon API from Firecracker — 5 operation(s) for balloon.
Firecracker Boot Source API
The Boot Source API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for boot source.
Firecracker Cpu Config API
The Cpu Config API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for cpu config.
Firecracker Drives API
The Drives API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for drives.
Firecracker Entropy API
The Entropy API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for entropy.
Firecracker Firecracker API API
The Firecracker API API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for firecracker api.
Firecracker Hotplug API
The Hotplug API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for hotplug.
Firecracker Logger API
The Logger API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for logger.
Firecracker Machine Config API
The Machine Config API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for machine config.
Firecracker Metrics API
The Metrics API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for metrics.
Firecracker Mmds API
The Mmds API from Firecracker — 2 operation(s) for mmds.
Firecracker Network Interfaces API
The Network Interfaces API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for network interfaces.
Firecracker Pmem API
The Pmem API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for pmem.
Firecracker Serial API
The Serial API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for serial.
Firecracker Snapshot API
The Snapshot API from Firecracker — 2 operation(s) for snapshot.
Firecracker Version API
The Version API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for version.
Firecracker Vm API
The Vm API from Firecracker — 2 operation(s) for vm.
Firecracker Vsock API
The Vsock API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for vsock.
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Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Firecracker Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Firecracker Finops
FINOPSAgentic Access 1
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Resources
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Build 2
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 1
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 3
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type