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Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is the world's leading enterprise Linux platform, providing APIs and services for subscription management, security insights, compliance monitoring, vulnerability assessment, patch management, content delivery, and automation. The Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console exposes a comprehensive suite of REST APIs for managing RHEL systems at scale.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Advisories API, CVEs API, OVAL API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Automation, Compliance, Enterprise, Linux, and Operating System.

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, developer portal, documentation, support, and 19 more developer resources.

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54.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
5 APIs
AutomationComplianceEnterpriseLinuxOperating SystemRed HatRHELSecuritySubscription ManagementVulnerability Management

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 54.9/100 · developing
Contract Quality 15.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 7.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 13.7 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 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 5

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisories API

Red Hat Security Advisories (CSAF/CVRF)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux CVEs API

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures data

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OVAL API

Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language data

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Subscriptions API

Subscription and entitlement management

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Systems API

Registered system management

Open Collections 2

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

Red Hat Security Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

Red Hat Subscription Management API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rhel Plans Pricing

7 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rhel Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Rhel Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Rhel Context

33 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux API Rules

4 rules · 2 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Red Hat Enterprise Linux API Rules

9 rules · 4 errors 5 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 8

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

Advisory

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Allocation

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RHEL CVE

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CVEDetail

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CVESummary

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Pagination

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Subscription

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RHEL System

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Rhel Cve Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Rhel Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Rhel Get Cve Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Rhel List Cves Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 4

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

Rhel Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Rhel Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Rhel Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Rhel Trust Center

ISO 27001, ISO 27018, HIPAA

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Rhel Scopes

1 scope · password

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Rhel Agentic Access

8 operations

8 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 HybridCloudConsole
HybridCloudConsole

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules
SpectralRules
 JSONLDContext
JSONLDContext
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg
 GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog
 Website
Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Developer
Developer
 APIManagement
APIManagement

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: rhel
name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
description: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is the world's leading enterprise Linux platform, providing APIs and services
  for subscription management, security insights, compliance monitoring, vulnerability assessment, patch management, content
  delivery, and automation. The Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console exposes a comprehensive suite of REST APIs for managing RHEL
  systems at scale.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/rhel.png
tags:
- Automation
- Compliance
- Enterprise
- Linux
- Operating System
- Red Hat
- RHEL
- Security
- Subscription Management
- Vulnerability Management
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rhel/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: rhel:rhel-advisories-api
  name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisories API
  description: Red Hat Security Advisories (CSAF/CVRF)
  humanURL: https://access.redhat.com/management/api
  baseURL: https://api.access.redhat.com/management/v1
  tags:
  - Advisories
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rhel-advisories-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://access.redhat.com/management/api/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://access.redhat.com/articles/3626371
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/insights
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_security_data_api/1.0/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/RedHatOfficial/rhsecapi
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/compliance
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/vulnerability
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/patch
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/inventory
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/remediations
- aid: rhel:rhel-cves-api
  name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux CVEs API
  description: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures data
  humanURL: https://access.redhat.com/management/api
  baseURL: https://api.access.redhat.com/management/v1
  tags:
  - CVEs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rhel-cves-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://access.redhat.com/management/api/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://access.redhat.com/articles/3626371
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/insights
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_security_data_api/1.0/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/RedHatOfficial/rhsecapi
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/compliance
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/vulnerability
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/patch
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/inventory
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/remediations
- aid: rhel:rhel-oval-api
  name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OVAL API
  description: Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language data
  humanURL: https://access.redhat.com/management/api
  baseURL: https://api.access.redhat.com/management/v1
  tags:
  - OVAL
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rhel-oval-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://access.redhat.com/management/api/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://access.redhat.com/articles/3626371
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/insights
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_security_data_api/1.0/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/RedHatOfficial/rhsecapi
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/compliance
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/vulnerability
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/patch
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/inventory
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/remediations
- aid: rhel:rhel-subscriptions-api
  name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Subscriptions API
  description: Subscription and entitlement management
  humanURL: https://access.redhat.com/management/api
  baseURL: https://api.access.redhat.com/management/v1
  tags:
  - Subscriptions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rhel-subscriptions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://access.redhat.com/management/api/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://access.redhat.com/articles/3626371
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/insights
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_security_data_api/1.0/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/RedHatOfficial/rhsecapi
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/compliance
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/vulnerability
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/patch
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/inventory
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/remediations
- aid: rhel:rhel-systems-api
  name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Systems API
  description: Registered system management
  humanURL: https://access.redhat.com/management/api
  baseURL: https://api.access.redhat.com/management/v1
  tags:
  - Systems
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rhel-systems-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://access.redhat.com/management/api/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://access.redhat.com/articles/3626371
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/insights
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_security_data_api/1.0/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/RedHatOfficial/rhsecapi
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/compliance
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/vulnerability
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/patch
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/inventory
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://console.redhat.com/docs/api/remediations
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/rhel-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/rhel-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/rhel-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/rhel-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/rhel-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/rhel-scopes.yml
- url: https://www.redhat.com/en/rss/blog
  type: Blog
- type: Portal
  url: https://access.redhat.com
- type: Developer
  url: https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel
- type: Documentation
  url: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/
- type: HybridCloudConsole
  url: https://console.redhat.com
- type: APIManagement
  url: https://access.redhat.com/management/api
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/RedHatOfficial
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/redhat-cop
- type: Support
  url: https://access.redhat.com/support
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.redhat.com/en/about/terms-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.redhat.com/en/about/privacy-policy
- type: Website
  url: https://www.redhat.com
- type: Authentication
  url: https://access.redhat.com/articles/3626371
- type: SpectralRules
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rhel/refs/heads/main/rules/rhel-rules.yml
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rhel/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rhel-cve-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rhel/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rhel-system-schema.json
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rhel/refs/heads/main/json-ld/rhel-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rhel/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rhel-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com