Rook

Rook is a CNCF graduated cloud-native storage orchestrator for Kubernetes, providing the platform, framework, and support for Ceph distributed storage systems to natively integrate with cloud-native environments. It automates the deployment, configuration, provisioning, scaling, upgrading, and monitoring of storage systems through Kubernetes operators and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs), with primary support for Ceph block storage, shared filesystems, and S3-compatible object storage.

Rook publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Buckets API, Multipart Uploads API, and Objects API. Tagged areas include Block Storage, CNCF, Ceph, Cloud-Native, and File Storage.

The Rook catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Rook’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, changelog, Stack Overflow tag, and 23 more developer resources.

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44.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 26/100 agent aware self hosted · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

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1 APIs

Block Storage CNCF Ceph Cloud-Native File Storage Graduated Kubernetes Object Storage Orchestration Storage

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Composite quality — 44.2/100 · developing

Contract Quality 12.2 / 20

Developer Ergonomics 7.2 / 16

Access Clarity 2.1 / 16

Operational Transparency 1.9 / 10

Contract Governance 2.8 / 10

Discoverability 4.7 / 8

Open Source Surface 10.0 / 10

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 26/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 6

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

Rook Ceph Custom Resource API

Rook extends Kubernetes through Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) to declaratively manage Ceph storage clusters. The CRD API includes resources for CephCluster, CephBlockPool, ...

Rook Ceph Block Storage API

Rook provides Ceph block storage (RBD) through Kubernetes StorageClasses and PersistentVolumeClaims. The CephBlockPool CRD and associated StorageClass allow applications to dyna...

Rook Ceph Shared Filesystem API

Rook manages CephFilesystem resources to provision shared POSIX-compliant file storage backed by CephFS. Multiple pods can simultaneously read and write to shared filesystem vol...

Rook Buckets API

S3-compatible bucket creation, listing, deletion, and configuration operations on Ceph Object Storage provisioned by Rook

Rook Multipart Uploads API

S3-compatible multipart upload operations for large objects, including initiation, part upload, completion, and abort

Rook Objects API

S3-compatible object upload, download, listing, deletion, and metadata operations within Ceph Object Storage buckets

Open Collections 5

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Rook Ceph Object Storage Buckets API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rook Ceph Object Storage API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rook Ceph Object Storage Buckets Multipart Uploads API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rook Ceph Object Storage Buckets Objects API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rook Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rook Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Rook Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Rook Context

0 classes · 6 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Rook API Rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Rook API Rules

17 rules · 2 errors 13 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 4

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

Rook CephBlockPool

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Rook Ceph CRD Resources

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Rook CephFilesystem

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Rook CephObjectStore

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 4

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Rook Ceph Block Pool Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Rook Ceph Cluster Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Rook Ceph Filesystem Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Rook Ceph Object Store Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Rook List Buckets Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Rook List Objects Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Rook Put Object Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

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

Rook Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Rook Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Rook Agentic Access

11 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 6

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONStructure

JSONLD

Vocabulary

Rules

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CodeOfConduct

CodeOfConduct

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Security

Security

Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

Releases

Community

Slack

ChangeLog

StackOverflow

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

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

Source (apis.yml)

aid: rook
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: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/rook.png
name: Rook
description: Rook is a CNCF graduated cloud-native storage orchestrator for Kubernetes, providing the platform, framework,
  and support for Ceph distributed storage systems to natively integrate with cloud-native environments. It automates the
  deployment, configuration, provisioning, scaling, upgrading, and monitoring of storage systems through Kubernetes operators
  and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs), with primary support for Ceph block storage, shared filesystems, and S3-compatible
  object storage.
type: Index
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rook/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Block Storage
- CNCF
- Ceph
- Cloud-Native
- File Storage
- Graduated
- Kubernetes
- Object Storage
- Orchestration
- Storage
tags_raw:
- Block Storage
- CNCF
- Ceph
- Cloud Native
- File Storage
- Graduated
- Kubernetes
- Object Storage
- Orchestration
- Storage
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: rook:rook-ceph-crd-api
  name: Rook Ceph Custom Resource API
  description: Rook extends Kubernetes through Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) to declaratively manage Ceph storage clusters.
    The CRD API includes resources for CephCluster, CephBlockPool, CephFilesystem, CephObjectStore, CephObjectStoreUser, CephNFS,
    CephRBDMirror, and related storage primitives, enabling operators to configure and manage Ceph storage entirely through
    Kubernetes manifests.
  humanURL: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Cluster/ceph-cluster-crd/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Cluster/ceph-cluster-crd/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rook-ceph-cluster-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rook-ceph-cluster-structure.json
  tags:
  - Ceph
  - CRD
  - Declarative
  - Kubernetes
  - Storage
- aid: rook:rook-ceph-block-storage-api
  name: Rook Ceph Block Storage API
  description: Rook provides Ceph block storage (RBD) through Kubernetes StorageClasses and PersistentVolumeClaims. The CephBlockPool
    CRD and associated StorageClass allow applications to dynamically provision block volumes backed by Ceph RADOS Block Device,
    supporting ReadWriteOnce access modes for stateful workloads.
  humanURL: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Block-Storage/ceph-block-pool-crd/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Block-Storage/ceph-block-pool-crd/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Block-Storage/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rook-ceph-block-pool-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rook-ceph-block-pool-structure.json
  tags:
  - Block Storage
  - Ceph
  - Kubernetes
  - PersistentVolume
  - RBD
- aid: rook:rook-ceph-filesystem-api
  name: Rook Ceph Shared Filesystem API
  description: Rook manages CephFilesystem resources to provision shared POSIX-compliant file storage backed by CephFS. Multiple
    pods can simultaneously read and write to shared filesystem volumes, making it suitable for workloads requiring ReadWriteMany
    access, configured through the CephFilesystem CRD and a corresponding StorageClass.
  humanURL: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Shared-Filesystem/ceph-filesystem-crd/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Shared-Filesystem/ceph-filesystem-crd/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Shared-Filesystem/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rook-ceph-filesystem-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rook-ceph-filesystem-structure.json
  tags:
  - CephFS
  - File Storage
  - Kubernetes
  - POSIX
  - Shared Filesystem
- aid: rook:rook-buckets-api
  name: Rook Buckets API
  description: S3-compatible bucket creation, listing, deletion, and configuration operations on Ceph Object Storage provisioned
    by Rook
  humanURL: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Cluster/ceph-cluster-crd/
  tags:
  - Buckets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rook-buckets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Object-Storage/ceph-object-store-crd/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Object-Storage/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rook-ceph-object-store-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rook-ceph-object-store-structure.json
- aid: rook:rook-multipart-uploads-api
  name: Rook Multipart Uploads API
  description: S3-compatible multipart upload operations for large objects, including initiation, part upload, completion,
    and abort
  humanURL: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Cluster/ceph-cluster-crd/
  tags:
  - Multipart Uploads
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rook-multipart-uploads-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Object-Storage/ceph-object-store-crd/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Object-Storage/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rook-ceph-object-store-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rook-ceph-object-store-structure.json
- aid: rook:rook-objects-api
  name: Rook Objects API
  description: S3-compatible object upload, download, listing, deletion, and metadata operations within Ceph Object Storage
    buckets
  humanURL: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Cluster/ceph-cluster-crd/
  tags:
  - Objects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rook-objects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Object-Storage/ceph-object-store-crd/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/CRDs/Object-Storage/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rook-ceph-object-store-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rook-ceph-object-store-structure.json
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/rook/rook/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/rook/rook/releases
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/rook/rook/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/rook/rook/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/rook/rook/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/rook-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/rook-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/rook-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rook-security
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/rook-ceph-cluster-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/rook-ceph-block-pool-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/rook-ceph-filesystem-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/rook-ceph-object-store-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/rook-ceph-cluster-structure.json
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/rook-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/rook-vocabulary.yml
- type: Rules
  url: rules/rook-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://rook.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://rook.io/docs/rook/latest/Getting-Started/quickstart/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/rook
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/rook/rook
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.rook.io/
- type: Community
  url: https://rook.io/community/
- type: Slack
  url: https://slack.rook.io
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/rook/rook/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- type: Security
  url: https://github.com/rook/rook/blob/master/SECURITY.md
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/rook
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/rook_io
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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