OpenStack

Open source cloud computing platform for building and managing public and private clouds, providing infrastructure as a service (IaaS) through a set of interrelated services including Compute (Nova), Object Storage (Swift), Block Storage (Cinder), Networking (Neutron), Identity (Keystone), Image (Glance), Orchestration (Heat), Database (Trove), DNS (Designate), and Load Balancer (Octavia). Each service exposes its own REST API; clients authenticate against Keystone and use the returned service catalog to discover per-region endpoints for the remaining services.

OpenStack publishes 14 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Domains API, Endpoints API, Flavors API, and 11 more. Tagged areas include Cloud Platform, Infrastructure as a Service, Open Source, Virtualization, and Linux Foundation.

The OpenStack catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

OpenStack’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

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50.2/100 developing ▼ -5.1 Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try

22 APIs

Cloud PlatformInfrastructure as a ServiceOpen SourceVirtualizationLinux Foundation

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Composite quality — 50.2/100 · developing

Contract Quality 15.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 9.1 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

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

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APIs 22

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Openstack Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 1

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

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

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 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

SourceCode

SourceCode

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Community

Community

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

License

License

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Organization

Organization

Source (apis.yml)

aid: openstack
name: OpenStack
description: Open source cloud computing platform for building and managing public and private clouds, providing infrastructure
  as a service (IaaS) through a set of interrelated services including Compute (Nova), Object Storage (Swift), Block Storage
  (Cinder), Networking (Neutron), Identity (Keystone), Image (Glance), Orchestration (Heat), Database (Trove), DNS (Designate),
  and Load Balancer (Octavia). Each service exposes its own REST API; clients authenticate against Keystone and use the returned
  service catalog to discover per-region endpoints for the remaining services.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/openstack.png
tags:
- Cloud Platform
- Infrastructure as a Service
- Open Source
- Virtualization
- Linux Foundation
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: openstack:neutron
  name: OpenStack Networking (Neutron) API
  description: Neutron provides networking as a service, exposing endpoints for networks, subnets, ports, routers, floating
    IPs, security groups, load balancers, firewalls, and VPN-as-a-Service.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/network/
  baseURL: https://{neutron-host}/networking/v2.0
  tags:
  - Networking
  - SDN
  - Security Groups
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/network/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/neutron/
- aid: openstack:cinder
  name: OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder) API
  description: Cinder provides persistent block-level storage volumes that can be attached to Nova instances. The v3 API exposes
    endpoints for volumes, snapshots, backups, volume types, attachments, transfers, and quotas.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/block-storage/
  baseURL: https://{cinder-host}/volume/v3
  tags:
  - Block Storage
  - Volumes
  - Snapshots
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/block-storage/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/cinder/
- aid: openstack:swift
  name: OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) API
  description: Swift is the OpenStack object storage service. The API exposes endpoints for accounts, containers, and objects
    with eventual- consistency replication, large-object support, and configurable access controls.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/object-store/
  baseURL: https://{swift-host}/v1/AUTH_{tenant_id}
  tags:
  - Object Storage
  - Containers
  - Replication
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/object-store/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/swift/
- aid: openstack:glance
  name: OpenStack Image (Glance) API
  description: Glance manages disk and server images. The v2 API exposes endpoints for images, image members, image tags,
    image data upload/download, tasks, schemas, and metadata definitions.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/image/
  baseURL: https://{glance-host}/image/v2
  tags:
  - Images
  - Disk Images
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/image/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/glance/
- aid: openstack:heat
  name: OpenStack Orchestration (Heat) API
  description: Heat is the OpenStack orchestration service that manages infrastructure-as-code deployments via HOT (Heat Orchestration
    Template) and AWS CloudFormation-compatible templates. The API exposes endpoints for stacks, resources, events, software
    configs, and template validation.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/orchestration/
  baseURL: https://{heat-host}/heat-api/v1
  tags:
  - Orchestration
  - Infrastructure as Code
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/orchestration/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/heat/
- aid: openstack:octavia
  name: OpenStack Load Balancer (Octavia) API
  description: Octavia provides Load Balancing as a Service. The v2 API exposes endpoints for load balancers, listeners, pools,
    members, health monitors, L7 policies and rules, and TLS containers.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/load-balancer/
  baseURL: https://{octavia-host}/load-balancer/v2
  tags:
  - Load Balancer
  - LBaaS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/load-balancer/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/octavia/
- aid: openstack:designate
  name: OpenStack DNS (Designate) API
  description: Designate is the OpenStack DNS-as-a-Service. The v2 API exposes endpoints for zones, recordsets, pools, transfers,
    and TSIG keys.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/dns/
  baseURL: https://{designate-host}/dns/v2
  tags:
  - DNS
  - DNSaaS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/dns/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/designate/
- aid: openstack:trove
  name: OpenStack Database (Trove) API
  description: Trove is the OpenStack Database-as-a-Service that provisions and manages database instances (MySQL, PostgreSQL,
    MongoDB, Redis, MariaDB, Cassandra, etc.) on top of OpenStack.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/database/
  baseURL: https://{trove-host}/database/v1.0
  tags:
  - Database
  - DBaaS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/database/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/trove/
- aid: openstack:openstack-domains-api
  name: OpenStack Domains API
  description: Domain management for multi-tenancy.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  baseURL: https://{keystone-host}:5000/v3
  tags:
  - Domains
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstack-domains-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/keystone/
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstack-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstack-server-schema.json
- aid: openstack:openstack-endpoints-api
  name: OpenStack Endpoints API
  description: Service endpoint URLs per region and interface.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  baseURL: https://{keystone-host}:5000/v3
  tags:
  - Endpoints
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstack-endpoints-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/keystone/
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstack-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstack-server-schema.json
- aid: openstack:openstack-flavors-api
  name: OpenStack Flavors API
  description: Compute instance flavors.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  baseURL: https://{keystone-host}:5000/v3
  tags:
  - Flavors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstack-flavors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/keystone/
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstack-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstack-server-schema.json
- aid: openstack:openstack-groups-api
  name: OpenStack Groups API
  description: Group management.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  baseURL: https://{keystone-host}:5000/v3
  tags:
  - Groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstack-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/keystone/
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstack-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstack-server-schema.json
- aid: openstack:openstack-images-api
  name: OpenStack Images API
  description: Image references.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  baseURL: https://{keystone-host}:5000/v3
  tags:
  - Images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstack-images-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/keystone/
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstack-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstack-server-schema.json
- aid: openstack:openstack-keypairs-api
  name: OpenStack Keypairs API
  description: SSH key pair management.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  baseURL: https://{keystone-host}:5000/v3
  tags:
  - Keypairs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstack-keypairs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/keystone/
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstack-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstack-server-schema.json
- aid: openstack:openstack-projects-api
  name: OpenStack Projects API
  description: Project (tenant) management.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  baseURL: https://{keystone-host}:5000/v3
  tags:
  - Projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstack-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/keystone/
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstack-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstack-server-schema.json
- aid: openstack:openstack-roles-api
  name: OpenStack Roles API
  description: Role definitions and assignments.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  baseURL: https://{keystone-host}:5000/v3
  tags:
  - Roles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstack-roles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/keystone/
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstack-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstack-server-schema.json
- aid: openstack:openstack-server-actions-api
  name: OpenStack Server Actions API
  description: Lifecycle actions on servers.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  baseURL: https://{keystone-host}:5000/v3
  tags:
  - Server Actions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstack-server-actions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/keystone/
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstack-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstack-server-schema.json
- aid: openstack:openstack-servers-api
  name: OpenStack Servers API
  description: Compute instance management.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  baseURL: https://{keystone-host}:5000/v3
  tags:
  - Servers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstack-servers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/keystone/
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstack-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstack-server-schema.json
- aid: openstack:openstack-services-api
  name: OpenStack Services API
  description: Service catalog entries.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  baseURL: https://{keystone-host}:5000/v3
  tags:
  - Services
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstack-services-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/keystone/
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstack-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstack-server-schema.json
- aid: openstack:openstack-tokens-api
  name: OpenStack Tokens API
  description: Issue and validate authentication tokens.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  baseURL: https://{keystone-host}:5000/v3
  tags:
  - Tokens
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstack-tokens-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/keystone/
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstack-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstack-server-schema.json
- aid: openstack:openstack-users-api
  name: OpenStack Users API
  description: User management.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  baseURL: https://{keystone-host}:5000/v3
  tags:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstack-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/keystone/
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstack-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstack-server-schema.json
- aid: openstack:openstack-versions-api
  name: OpenStack Versions API
  description: API version discovery.
  humanURL: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  baseURL: https://{keystone-host}:5000/v3
  tags:
  - Versions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstack-versions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/identity/v3/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/keystone/
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstack-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstack/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstack-server-schema.json
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/openstack-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/openstack-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/openstack-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/openstack
- url: https://www.openstack.org/
  name: OpenStack
  type: Website
- url: https://docs.openstack.org/
  name: Documentation Portal
  type: Portal
- url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/
  name: API Reference
  type: Documentation
- url: https://docs.openstack.org/api-quick-start/
  name: API Quick Start
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://www.openstack.org/community/
  name: Community
  type: Community
- url: https://www.openstack.org/blog/
  name: Blog
  type: Blog
- url: https://github.com/openstack
  name: GitHub Organization
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://opendev.org/openstack
  name: OpenDev Source
  type: SourceCode
- url: https://www.openstack.org/legal/
  name: Legal
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  name: Apache 2.0 License
  type: License
- url: https://www.openstack.org/foundation/
  name: Open Infrastructure Foundation
  type: Organization
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.openstack.org/marketplace
integrations:
- name: Training
- name: Distros & Appliances
- name: Public Clouds
- name: Hosted Private Clouds
- name: Remotely Managed Private Clouds
- name: Consulting & Integrators
- name: Drivers
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com