# Solaris Zones

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/solaris-zones/  
**Website:** https://docs.oracle.com/en/operating-systems/solaris/oracle-solaris/11.4/index.html  
**APIs profiled:** 26

API for managing Solaris Zones (containers) and virtualization on Oracle Solaris systems.

## Kin Score — 39.2 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 39.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 66.7 |
| Contract Quality | 61.6 |
| Governance | 13.6 |
| Contract Governance | 13.6 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 38.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 34.2 |
| Access Clarity | 34.2 |

## Agent readiness — 32.3 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| 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

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (26)

- **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

## Agentic access (1)

- **Solaris Zones Agentic Access** — 141 operations · 106 acting · 12 human-in-the-loop

## Security (2)

- **Solaris Zones Authentication** — apiKey · 2 schemes
- **Solaris Zones Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Solaris Zones Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **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.

## Tags

Containers, Kernel Zones, Operating Systems, Oracle, RAD, Resource Management, Solaris, StatsStore, Virtualization, Zones

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