# Proxmox VE

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/proxmox/  
**Website:** https://www.proxmox.com  
**APIs profiled:** 5

Proxmox Virtual Environment (Proxmox VE) is an open-source server virtualization platform that combines KVM hypervisor and LXC containers, software-defined storage and networking, and clustering and high- availability features in a single web-managed solution. The Proxmox VE API exposes all platform operations under /api2/json on port 8006, including node, cluster, storage, pool, and access management endpoints. Supported authentication methods include stateless API tokens (PVEAPIToken header) and ticket-based sessions issued via /access/ticket.

## Kin Score — 26.1 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 26.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 46.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 10.5 |
| Access Clarity | 10.5 |

## Agent readiness — 17.3 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (5)

- **Proxmox VE API** — REST-style management API for Proxmox VE covering nodes, virtual machines, containers, storage, networking, clustering, pools, and access management. Authenticated via API token...
- **Proxmox VE Access API** — The Access API from Proxmox VE — 3 operation(s) for access.
- **Proxmox VE Cluster API** — The Cluster API from Proxmox VE — 1 operation(s) for cluster.
- **Proxmox VE Containers API** — The Containers API from Proxmox VE — 2 operation(s) for containers.
- **Proxmox VE Nodes API** — The Nodes API from Proxmox VE — 1 operation(s) for nodes.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Proxmox Agentic Access** — 8 operations · 5 acting

## Security (3)

- **Proxmox Authentication** — apiKey · 2 schemes
- **Proxmox Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS
- **Proxmox Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Tags

Virtualization, KVM, Containers, LXC, Clustering, Open-Source

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/proxmox/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.