Solaris Zones
API for managing Solaris Zones (containers) and virtualization on Oracle Solaris systems.
Solaris Zones publishes 26 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Archive Creation API, Archive Deployment API, Archive Information API, and 23 more. Tagged areas include Containers, Kernel Zones, Operating Systems, Oracle, and RAD.
The Solaris Zones catalog on APIs.io includes 11 JSON-LD contexts and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
Solaris Zones’ developer surface includes authentication, support, engineering blog, developer portal, getting-started guide, documentation, and 15 more developer resources.
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APIs 26
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Solaris Zones Archive Creation API
Create Unified Archives from zones
Solaris Zones Archive Deployment API
Deploy zones from Unified Archives
Solaris Zones Archive Information API
Query archive contents and metadata
Solaris Zones Configuration API
Zone configuration editing and commit operations
Solaris Zones CPU Statistics API
CPU utilization and allocation statistics
Solaris Zones Installation API
Zone install and uninstall operations
Solaris Zones Kernel Statistics API
Kernel statistics via kstat module
Solaris Zones Kernel Zone Configuration API
Configure kernel zone resources and properties
Solaris Zones Kernel Zone Lifecycle API
Kernel zone boot, halt, suspend, and resume operations
Solaris Zones Kernel Zone Management API
Create and manage kernel zones
Solaris Zones Kernel Zone Migration API
Live migration of kernel zones between hosts
Solaris Zones Lifecycle API
Zone lifecycle state transitions
Solaris Zones Memory Statistics API
Memory and swap utilization statistics
Solaris Zones Migration API
Zone attach, detach, move, and migration operations
Solaris Zones Resources API
Zone resource management (net, device, fs, rctl, etc.)
Solaris Zones State Query API
Zone state and property queries
Solaris Zones Statistics Discovery API
Discover available statistics and namespaces
Solaris Zones Statistics Retrieval API
Retrieve current and historical statistics data
Solaris Zones System Statistics API
System-wide performance statistics
Solaris Zones Zone Info API
Read-only zone information and status queries
Solaris Zones Zone Manager API
System-wide zone management operations including creation, deletion, and evacuation
Solaris Zones Zone Migration API
Live and cold zone migration operations between Solaris hosts
Solaris Zones Zone Recovery API
Recover zones from archives
Solaris Zones Zone State API
Zone state monitoring via zonemgr module
Solaris Zones Zone Statistics API
Per-zone resource utilization statistics
Solaris Zones Zones API
Individual zone operations including configuration, lifecycle, and resource management
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Open Collections 9
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Solaris Zones Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones API
OPEN COLLECTIONSolaris Zones Oracle Solaris RAD Zone Management REST API
OPEN COLLECTIONSolaris Zones Oracle Solaris StatsStore and Analytics API
OPEN COLLECTIONSolaris Zones Oracle Solaris Unified Archives Zones API
OPEN COLLECTIONSolaris Zones Solaris Zone Administration API
OPEN COLLECTIONSolaris Zones Solaris Zone Configuration API
OPEN COLLECTIONSolaris Zones Solaris Zone Monitoring API
OPEN COLLECTIONSolaris Zones Monitoring Statistics API
OPEN COLLECTIONSolaris Zones Management API
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Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Solaris Zones Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Solaris Zones Finops
FINOPSFeatures 7
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Zone Isolation
Hardware-enforced isolation between zones providing secure multi-tenant environments on a single physical system.
Live Migration
Move running zones between physical systems without downtime using live migration capabilities.
Kernel Zones
Non-global zones with their own independent kernel for enhanced security isolation and OS independence.
Unified Archives
Create portable system archives for zone cloning, recovery, and migration across Solaris systems.
StatsStore Analytics
Consolidated resource statistics and historical analytics for monitoring zone performance and capacity planning.
RAD Remote Administration
RESTful remote administration daemon enabling programmatic zone management over HTTP/JSON.
Resource Capping
Fine-grained CPU, memory, and swap resource controls with configurable caps per zone.
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Semantic Vocabularies 11
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Solaris Context
JSON-LDSolaris Kernel Zones Context
JSON-LDSolaris Rad Zonemgr Context
JSON-LDSolaris Statsstore Context
JSON-LDSolaris Zone Stats Context
JSON-LDSolaris Zones Context
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Spectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Solaris Zones API Rules
SPECTRALSolaris Zones API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 104
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
KernelZoneResource
JSON SCHEMAKernelZone
JSON SCHEMAProperty
JSON SCHEMARadError
JSON SCHEMAZoneResult
JSON SCHEMAEvacuationMigrationResult
JSON SCHEMAEvacuationResult
JSON SCHEMAProperty
JSON SCHEMARadInterface
JSON SCHEMAResource
JSON SCHEMAResultResponse
JSON SCHEMAResult
JSON SCHEMAZoneDetail
JSON SCHEMAZoneInfo
JSON SCHEMAZoneManagerDetail
JSON SCHEMAHistoricalStatistic
JSON SCHEMARadError
JSON SCHEMAStatisticIdentifier
JSON SCHEMAStatisticMetadata
JSON SCHEMAStatisticValue
JSON SCHEMASystemStatistic
JSON SCHEMAZoneStatistic
JSON SCHEMAProperty
JSON SCHEMARadError
JSON SCHEMAResource
JSON SCHEMAZoneResult
JSON SCHEMAZone
JSON SCHEMARadError
JSON SCHEMAZoneResult
JSON SCHEMAProperty
JSON SCHEMARadError
JSON SCHEMAResource
JSON SCHEMAOracle Solaris Zone Configuration
JSON SCHEMAZoneResult
JSON SCHEMAOracle Solaris Zone Evacuation
JSON SCHEMAOracle Solaris Zone Migration
JSON SCHEMACpuInfo
JSON SCHEMAKstatData
JSON SCHEMAKstatInterface
JSON SCHEMARadError
JSON SCHEMAVmCpuStats
JSON SCHEMAZoneCapStats
JSON SCHEMAZoneInterface
JSON SCHEMAOracle Solaris Zone Resource
JSON SCHEMAOracle Solaris Zone
JSON SCHEMAOracle Solaris Zone State
JSON SCHEMACpuCapStats
JSON SCHEMACpuInfo
JSON SCHEMAMemoryCapStats
JSON SCHEMARadError
JSON SCHEMAOracle Solaris Zone Statistics
JSON SCHEMASwapCapStats
JSON SCHEMASystemMemoryStats
JSON SCHEMAZoneCapStats
JSON SCHEMAZoneMiscStats
JSON SCHEMACpuCapStats
JSON SCHEMACpuInfo
JSON SCHEMACreateZoneRequest
JSON SCHEMAEvacuationMigrationResult
JSON SCHEMAEvacuationResult
JSON SCHEMAHistoricalStatistic
JSON SCHEMAKernelZone
JSON SCHEMAKernelZoneResource
JSON SCHEMAKstatData
JSON SCHEMAKstatInterface
JSON SCHEMACreateZoneRequest
JSON SCHEMAEvacuationMigrationResult
JSON SCHEMAEvacuationResult
JSON SCHEMAMigrateZoneRequest
JSON SCHEMAMigrationError
JSON SCHEMARadError
JSON SCHEMARadInterface
JSON SCHEMARadResult
JSON SCHEMAZoneInfo
JSON SCHEMAZoneManager
JSON SCHEMAZoneResult
JSON SCHEMAZone
JSON SCHEMAMemoryCapStats
JSON SCHEMAMigrateZoneRequest
JSON SCHEMAMigrationError
JSON SCHEMAProperty
JSON SCHEMARadError
JSON SCHEMARadInterface
JSON SCHEMARadResult
JSON SCHEMAResource
JSON SCHEMAResult
JSON SCHEMAResultResponse
JSON SCHEMAStatisticIdentifier
JSON SCHEMAStatisticMetadata
JSON SCHEMAStatisticValue
JSON SCHEMASwapCapStats
JSON SCHEMASystemMemoryStats
JSON SCHEMASystemStatistic
JSON SCHEMAVmCpuStats
JSON SCHEMAZone
JSON SCHEMAZoneCapStats
JSON SCHEMAZoneDetail
JSON SCHEMAZoneInfo
JSON SCHEMAZoneInterface
JSON SCHEMAZoneManager
JSON SCHEMAZoneManagerDetail
JSON SCHEMAZoneMiscStats
JSON SCHEMAZoneResult
JSON SCHEMAZoneStatistic
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JSON Structure 61
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Solaris Kernel Zones Kernel Zone Resource Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Kernel Zones Kernel Zone Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Kernel Zones Property Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Kernel Zones Rad Error Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Kernel Zones Zone Result Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Rad Zonemgr Evacuation Result Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Rad Zonemgr Property Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Rad Zonemgr Rad Interface Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Rad Zonemgr Resource Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Rad Zonemgr Result Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Rad Zonemgr Result Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Rad Zonemgr Zone Detail Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Rad Zonemgr Zone Info Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Rad Zonemgr Zone Manager Detail Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Statsstore Historical Statistic Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Statsstore Rad Error Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Statsstore Statistic Identifier Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Statsstore Statistic Metadata Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Statsstore Statistic Value Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Statsstore System Statistic Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Statsstore Zone Statistic Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Unified Archives Property Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Unified Archives Rad Error Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Unified Archives Resource Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Unified Archives Zone Result Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Unified Archives Zone Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Administration Rad Error Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Administration Zone Result Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Configuration Property Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Configuration Rad Error Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Configuration Resource Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Configuration Zone Result Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Monitoring Cpu Info Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Monitoring Kstat Data Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Monitoring Kstat Interface Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Monitoring Rad Error Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Monitoring Vm Cpu Stats Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Monitoring Zone Cap Stats Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Monitoring Zone Interface Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Stats Cpu Cap Stats Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Stats Cpu Info Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Stats Memory Cap Stats Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Stats Rad Error Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Stats Swap Cap Stats Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Stats System Memory Stats Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Stats Zone Cap Stats Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zone Stats Zone Misc Stats Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zones Management Create Zone Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zones Management Evacuation Result Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zones Management Migrate Zone Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zones Management Migration Error Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zones Management Rad Error Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zones Management Rad Interface Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zones Management Rad Result Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zones Management Zone Info Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zones Management Zone Manager Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zones Management Zone Result Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zones Management Zone Structure
JSON STRUCTURESolaris Zones Structure
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Examples 153
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
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Security Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
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Use Cases 5
What developers build with this provider.
Server Consolidation
Consolidate multiple workloads onto a single physical system using zones for resource isolation and management.
Development and Testing
Create isolated development and testing environments that mirror production without dedicated hardware.
Disaster Recovery
Use Unified Archives and zone migration to implement disaster recovery workflows across Solaris systems.
Performance Monitoring
Monitor zone resource utilization and system performance using StatsStore and zonestat APIs.
Automated Provisioning
Programmatically create, configure, and deploy zones using RAD REST APIs for automated infrastructure provisioning.
Integrations 3
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Manage Solaris Zones through Oracle Enterprise Manager for centralized infrastructure monitoring and control.
Ansible
Automate zone provisioning and configuration management using Ansible playbooks with Oracle Solaris modules.
Puppet
Configure and manage Solaris Zones infrastructure as code using Puppet modules for Oracle Solaris.
Resources
Get Started 2
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 8
Reference material describing how the API behaves
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Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 1
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 3
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 1
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 1
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type