Incus

Incus is a modern open source system container and virtual machine manager maintained by LinuxContainers.org as a community-led fork of Canonical's LXD. It provides a unified experience for running and managing system containers and VMs across single hosts and clusters, with image-based deployment, live migration, snapshots, projects, and a comprehensive RESTful API for automation and tooling integration.

Incus publishes 22 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Certificates API, Cluster API, Cluster Groups API, and 19 more. Tagged areas include Containers, Virtual Machines, Virtualization, Linux, and Open Source.

The Incus catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Incus’ developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, and 15 more developer resources.

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40.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 24/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 100/100 alive self hosted · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

AccessFreemium

1 published contract

Containers Virtual Machines Virtualization Linux Open Source

What this lets a business do 2

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

Information Technology Management

BC-600

ClusterImagesInstancesNetworksServerStorage

POST /1.0/storage-pools GET / GET /1.0 GET /1.0/resources

Cybersecurity Management

BC-620

Certificates

Kin Score

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

Composite quality — 40.3/100 · developing

Contract Quality 7.8 / 16

Developer Ergonomics 5.3 / 13

Access Clarity 1.0 / 13

Operational Transparency 3.3 / 8

Contract Governance 0.0 / 8

Discoverability 3.7 / 7

Regulatory Posture 1.8 / 15

Open Source Surface 10.0 / 10

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 24/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 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 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 0 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Open Source Surface applies to this provider. This product is open source and we read its repository directly, so Open Source Surface carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from what the repository actually publishes — a security policy, a contribution guide, a release history, a code of conduct — read live from the provider rather than inferred from our own catalog pointers. This facet adds; nothing was taken away to make room for it. An open-source project is not excused from the commercial facets, because exemption would strip it of the points it does earn. If we have the wrong repository, or this product is not open source, say so on your provider repo and we will drop the facet rather than have you publish against it.

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.

The six quality facets above are damped to 65 points between them, because both conditional facets apply and carry 35 points together. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 65% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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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
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

8 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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

Access Clarity scores 7.9 — up to +18.4 composite points
Contract Quality scores 48.2 — up to +13.0 composite points
Contract Governance scores 0.0 — up to +12.0 composite points

Each check links to what satisfies it. Publish the artifact, or tell us where it already lives, and the score moves on the next scoring run.

Improve this rating by publishing the missing artifacts — every area above can be raised, and the full rubric is at apis.io/rating/. Every facet and dimension name above is a link: it opens that measurement's own page — what it means, the exact checks that feed it, how the whole catalog distributes on it, and the providers at the top of it. This rating is computed from the provider profile at artifacts.apis.io/incus/apis.yml: open an issue on github.com/api-evangelist/incus to ask a question or point us at an artifact you publish. Submit an artifact on GitHub — free → Manage your own listing — the Influence plan, $499/mo →

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 22

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

Incus Certificates API

The certificates API from Incus — 4 operation(s) for certificates.

Incus Cluster API

The cluster API from Incus — 7 operation(s) for cluster.

Incus Cluster Groups API

The cluster-groups API from Incus — 3 operation(s) for cluster-groups.

Incus Images API

The images API from Incus — 14 operation(s) for images.

Incus Instances API

The instances API from Incus — 28 operation(s) for instances.

Incus Metadata API

The Metadata API from Incus — 1 operation(s) for metadata.

Incus Metrics API

The metrics API from Incus — 1 operation(s) for metrics.

Incus Network Acls API

The network-acls API from Incus — 4 operation(s) for network-acls.

Incus Network Address Sets API

The network-address-sets API from Incus — 3 operation(s) for network-address-sets.

Incus Network Allocations API

The network-allocations API from Incus — 1 operation(s) for network-allocations.

Incus Network Forwards API

The network-forwards API from Incus — 3 operation(s) for network-forwards.

Incus Network Integrations API

The network-integrations API from Incus — 3 operation(s) for network-integrations.

Incus Network Load Balancers API

The network-load-balancers API from Incus — 4 operation(s) for network-load-balancers.

Incus Network Peers API

The network-peers API from Incus — 3 operation(s) for network-peers.

Incus Network Zones API

The network-zones API from Incus — 6 operation(s) for network-zones.

Incus Networks API

The networks API from Incus — 5 operation(s) for networks.

Incus Operations API

The operations API from Incus — 7 operation(s) for operations.

Incus Profiles API

The profiles API from Incus — 3 operation(s) for profiles.

Incus Projects API

The projects API from Incus — 5 operation(s) for projects.

Incus Server API

The server API from Incus — 5 operation(s) for server.

Incus Storage API

The storage API from Incus — 39 operation(s) for storage.

Incus Warnings API

The warnings API from Incus — 3 operation(s) for warnings.

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Open Collections 23

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

Incus external REST certificates API

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Incus external REST certificates cluster API

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Incus external REST certificates cluster-groups API

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Incus external REST certificates images API

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Incus external REST certificates instances API

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Incus external REST certificates Metadata API

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Incus external REST certificates metrics API

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Incus external REST certificates network-acls API

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Incus external REST certificates network-address-sets API

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Incus external REST certificates network-allocations API

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Incus external REST certificates network-forwards API

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Incus external REST certificates network-integrations API

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Incus external REST certificates network-load-balancers API

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Incus external REST certificates network-peers API

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Incus external REST certificates network-zones API

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Incus external REST certificates networks API

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Incus external REST certificates operations API

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Incus external REST certificates profiles API

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Incus external REST certificates projects API

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Incus external REST certificates server API

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Incus external REST certificates storage API

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Incus external REST certificates warnings API

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Incus external REST API

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Incus API pricing

Not yet checked against Incus's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Incus's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Incus Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Incus Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

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

Incus

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Incus Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Incus API Rules

0 rules ·

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 1

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

Incus Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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Incus Agentic Access

291 operations · 147 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CodeOfConduct

CodeOfConduct

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityPolicy

SecurityPolicy

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

Releases

Forums

Issues

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

License

License

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: incus
name: Incus
description: Incus is a modern open source system container and virtual machine manager maintained by LinuxContainers.org
  as a community-led fork of Canonical's LXD. It provides a unified experience for running and managing system containers
  and VMs across single hosts and clusters, with image-based deployment, live migration, snapshots, projects, and a comprehensive
  RESTful API for automation and tooling integration.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: self-hosted
  license: Apache-2.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Self-hosted open source · you run it yourself
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/incus.png
tags:
- Containers
- Virtual Machines
- Virtualization
- Linux
- Open Source
tags_raw:
- Containers
- Virtual Machines
- Virtualization
- Linux
- Open Source
- Open-Source
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/incus/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: incus:incus-certificates-api
  name: Incus Certificates API
  description: The certificates API from Incus — 4 operation(s) for certificates.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - Certificates
  tags_raw:
  - certificates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-certificates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-cluster-api
  name: Incus Cluster API
  description: The cluster API from Incus — 7 operation(s) for cluster.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - Cluster
  tags_raw:
  - cluster
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-cluster-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-cluster-groups-api
  name: Incus Cluster Groups API
  description: The cluster-groups API from Incus — 3 operation(s) for cluster-groups.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - ClusterGroups
  tags_raw:
  - cluster-groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-cluster-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-images-api
  name: Incus Images API
  description: The images API from Incus — 14 operation(s) for images.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - Image
  tags_raw:
  - images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-images-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-instances-api
  name: Incus Instances API
  description: The instances API from Incus — 28 operation(s) for instances.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - Instances
  tags_raw:
  - instances
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-instances-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-metadata-api
  name: Incus Metadata API
  description: The Metadata API from Incus — 1 operation(s) for metadata.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-metrics-api
  name: Incus Metrics API
  description: The metrics API from Incus — 1 operation(s) for metrics.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - Metrics
  tags_raw:
  - metrics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-metrics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-network-acls-api
  name: Incus Network Acls API
  description: The network-acls API from Incus — 4 operation(s) for network-acls.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - Network ACLs
  tags_raw:
  - network-acls
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-network-acls-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-network-address-sets-api
  name: Incus Network Address Sets API
  description: The network-address-sets API from Incus — 3 operation(s) for network-address-sets.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - network-address-sets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-network-address-sets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-network-allocations-api
  name: Incus Network Allocations API
  description: The network-allocations API from Incus — 1 operation(s) for network-allocations.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - network-allocations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-network-allocations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-network-forwards-api
  name: Incus Network Forwards API
  description: The network-forwards API from Incus — 3 operation(s) for network-forwards.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - network-forwards
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-network-forwards-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-network-integrations-api
  name: Incus Network Integrations API
  description: The network-integrations API from Incus — 3 operation(s) for network-integrations.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - network-integrations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-network-integrations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-network-load-balancers-api
  name: Incus Network Load Balancers API
  description: The network-load-balancers API from Incus — 4 operation(s) for network-load-balancers.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - network-load-balancers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-network-load-balancers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-network-peers-api
  name: Incus Network Peers API
  description: The network-peers API from Incus — 3 operation(s) for network-peers.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - network-peers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-network-peers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-network-zones-api
  name: Incus Network Zones API
  description: The network-zones API from Incus — 6 operation(s) for network-zones.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - Network Zones
  tags_raw:
  - network-zones
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-network-zones-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-networks-api
  name: Incus Networks API
  description: The networks API from Incus — 5 operation(s) for networks.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - Networks
  tags_raw:
  - networks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-networks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-operations-api
  name: Incus Operations API
  description: The operations API from Incus — 7 operation(s) for operations.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-profiles-api
  name: Incus Profiles API
  description: The profiles API from Incus — 3 operation(s) for profiles.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - Profiles
  tags_raw:
  - profiles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-profiles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-projects-api
  name: Incus Projects API
  description: The projects API from Incus — 5 operation(s) for projects.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - Project
  tags_raw:
  - projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-server-api
  name: Incus Server API
  description: The server API from Incus — 5 operation(s) for server.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - Servers
  tags_raw:
  - server
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-server-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-storage-api
  name: Incus Storage API
  description: The storage API from Incus — 39 operation(s) for storage.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - Storage
  tags_raw:
  - storage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-storage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
- aid: incus:incus-warnings-api
  name: Incus Warnings API
  description: The warnings API from Incus — 3 operation(s) for warnings.
  humanURL: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  tags:
  - Warnings
  tags_raw:
  - warnings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/incus-warnings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/authentication/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/incus-rules.yml
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/incus-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/incus-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/incus-finops.yml
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/incus-capability-edges.yml
  name: Incus Business Capability Map
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/lxc/incus/releases
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/lxc/incus/blob/main/SECURITY.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/lxc/incus/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/lxc/incus/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/lxc/incus/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/incus-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/incus-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/tutorial/first_steps/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
- type: Forums
  url: https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/
- type: Issues
  url: https://github.com/lxc/incus/issues
- type: Blog
  url: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/news.rss
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Incus API — frequently asked questions

Does Incus have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 22 APIs from Incus, including Incus Certificates API, Incus Cluster API and Incus Cluster Groups API, and 19 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Incus API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 22 OpenAPI specifications for Incus, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Incus API?

Incus uses bearer-token authentication.

How much does the Incus API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Incus, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Incus API ready for AI agents?

Incus has a Kin Score of 40.3 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 24.1 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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