Virtana (Virtual Instruments)

Virtana (formerly Virtual Instruments) is an AI-powered hybrid infrastructure observability company whose platform monitors and optimizes performance, cost, and risk across on-premises, colocation, and cloud environments. The platform spans Infrastructure Observability, Container Observability, Application and Service Observability, AI Factory (GPU/AI workload) Observability, Storage Load Testing, and Cloud Cost Management. Virtana exposes public developer surfaces — the Global View APIs (alerts, external alert ingestion, on-prem storage dashboards), the Infrastructure Observability Public REST API (/api/sdk/p/2), and a Cloud Cost Management API — all secured with OAuth2 client-credentials bearer tokens, plus an official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI agents live access to metric, alert, inventory, relationship, and schema data over streaming HTTP.

Virtana (Virtual Instruments) publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Infrastructure, Observability, Monitoring, and Storage.

The Virtana (Virtual Instruments) catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Virtana (Virtual Instruments)’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, changelog, and 21 more developer resources.

44.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 35/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-23 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
3 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyInfrastructureObservabilityMonitoringStorageCloud Cost ManagementAIOpsPerformanceAlertsMCP

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scored 2026-07-23 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 44.9/100 · thin
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 5.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 35/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 3

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

Virtana Global View API

Global View APIs for alerts, external alert ingestion, and on-prem storage dashboards. Function-based JSON POST bodies over a Solr-style query engine, served from the Virtana cl...

Virtana Infrastructure Observability Public API

Versioned REST API (/api/sdk/p/2/...) with ~11 top-level endpoints (inventory, schema, and more). OpenAPI/Swagger is downloadable from the IO appliance (releases 7.1.0+). Per-en...

Virtana Cloud Cost Management API

Cloud Cost Management (CCM) APIs exposing the cost/usage slicing available in the Virtana Platform UI for integration into user dashboards, including filter-by options on API ca...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Security Posture 3

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

Virtual Instruments Authentication

oauth2/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Virtual Instruments Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Virtual Instruments Trust Center

SOC 2 Type II, TX-RAMP Level 2, CSA STAR Registry

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: virtual-instruments
name: Virtana (Virtual Instruments)
description: Virtana (formerly Virtual Instruments) is an AI-powered hybrid infrastructure observability company whose platform
  monitors and optimizes performance, cost, and risk across on-premises, colocation, and cloud environments. The platform
  spans Infrastructure Observability, Container Observability, Application and Service Observability, AI Factory (GPU/AI workload)
  Observability, Storage Load Testing, and Cloud Cost Management. Virtana exposes public developer surfaces — the Global View
  APIs (alerts, external alert ingestion, on-prem storage dashboards), the Infrastructure Observability Public REST API (/api/sdk/p/2),
  and a Cloud Cost Management API — all secured with OAuth2 client-credentials bearer tokens, plus an official Model Context
  Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI agents live access to metric, alert, inventory, relationship, and schema data over streaming
  HTTP.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/virtual-instruments/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.virtana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/virtana-logo.svg
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- lightspeed-venture-partners
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead-enriched
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Infrastructure
- Observability
- Monitoring
- Storage
- Cloud Cost Management
- AIOps
- Performance
- Alerts
- MCP
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- name: Virtana Global View API
  description: Global View APIs for alerts, external alert ingestion, and on-prem storage dashboards. Function-based JSON
    POST bodies over a Solr-style query engine, served from the Virtana cloud platform.
  humanURL: https://docs.virtana.com/en/global-view/using-global-view-apis.html
  baseURL: https://app.cloud.virtana.com
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.virtana.com/en/global-view/using-global-view-apis.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.virtana.com/en/virtana-platform/about-oauth-credentials/get-bearer-token.html
- name: Virtana Infrastructure Observability Public API
  description: Versioned REST API (/api/sdk/p/2/...) with ~11 top-level endpoints (inventory, schema, and more). OpenAPI/Swagger
    is downloadable from the IO appliance (releases 7.1.0+). Per-endpoint rate limiting applies.
  humanURL: https://docs.virtana.com/en/infrastructure-observability/io-user-guide/public-api/getting-started-with-the-public-api.html
  baseURL: https://app.cloud.virtana.com
  properties:
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.virtana.com/en/infrastructure-observability/io-user-guide/public-api/getting-started-with-the-public-api.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.virtana.com/en/infrastructure-observability/io-user-guide/public-api.html
- name: Virtana Cloud Cost Management API
  description: Cloud Cost Management (CCM) APIs exposing the cost/usage slicing available in the Virtana Platform UI for integration
    into user dashboards, including filter-by options on API calls to retrieve alert and cost information.
  humanURL: https://docs.virtana.com/en/cloud-cost-management/using-ccm-api.html
  baseURL: https://app.cloud.virtana.com
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.virtana.com/en/cloud-cost-management/using-ccm-api.html
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/virtual-instruments-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.virtana.com/
- type: Portal
  url: https://docs.virtana.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.virtana.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.virtana.com/en/global-view/using-global-view-apis.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.virtana.com/en/infrastructure-observability/io-user-guide/public-api/getting-started-with-the-public-api.html
- type: Support
  url: https://www.virtana.com/support/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.virtana.com/blog/
- type: Login
  url: https://app.cloud.virtana.com/ui/new-signin
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.virtana.com/privacy/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.virtana.com/legal-notices/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cloud.virtana.com/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://docs.virtana.com/en/what-s-new-in-virtana-.html
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/virtual-instruments-changelog.yml
- type: Training
  url: https://training.virtana.com
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/virtual-instruments-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/virtual-instruments-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/virtual-instruments-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/virtual-instruments-lifecycle.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/virtual-instruments-mcp.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/virtual-instruments-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/virtual-instruments-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/virtual-instruments-packages.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/virtual-instruments-trust-center.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.virtana.com/trust/
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/virtual-instruments-webhooks.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/virtual-instruments-sandbox.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/virtual-instruments
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 4
  pass: local-v1