VMware Tanzu

VMware Tanzu (now part of Broadcom) is a portfolio of products for modernizing applications and infrastructure with a common approach to building, running, and managing Kubernetes across multi-cloud environments. Key APIs include the Tanzu Service Mesh REST API for cluster and global namespace management, Kubernetes CRD-based APIs for VM Operator, Projects Operator, and NSX Operator, and the Tanzu CLI plugin runtime.

VMware Tanzu publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Authentication API, Clusters API, Global Namespaces API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Cloud Native, Containers, Enterprise, Kubernetes, and Multi-Cloud.

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

VMware Tanzu’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, CLI, and 9 more developer resources.

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52.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

4 APIs

Cloud NativeContainersEnterpriseKubernetesMulti-CloudService MeshVMware

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Composite quality — 52.0/100 · developing

Contract Quality 18.1 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 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 4

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Vmware Tanzu Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 2

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

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup

Signup

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Broadcom TechDocs

Broadcom TechDocs

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

CLI

CLI

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Velero

Velero

Sonobuoy

Sonobuoy

Cartographer

Cartographer

Source (apis.yml)

aid: vmware-tanzu
name: VMware Tanzu
description: VMware Tanzu (now part of Broadcom) is a portfolio of products for modernizing applications and infrastructure
  with a common approach to building, running, and managing Kubernetes across multi-cloud environments. Key APIs include the
  Tanzu Service Mesh REST API for cluster and global namespace management, Kubernetes CRD-based APIs for VM Operator, Projects
  Operator, and NSX Operator, and the Tanzu CLI plugin runtime.
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/vmware-tanzu.png
tags:
- Cloud Native
- Containers
- Enterprise
- Kubernetes
- Multi-Cloud
- Service Mesh
- VMware
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vmware-tanzu/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: vmware-tanzu:vmware-tanzu-authentication-api
  name: VMware Tanzu Authentication API
  description: Exchange CSP API tokens for Bearer access tokens
  humanURL: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Service-Mesh/index.html
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vmware-tanzu-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Service-Mesh/services/api-programming-guide/GUID-6C5044B8-6950-42A6-87A5-3D88BEAE09DB.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/vmware-vsphere-with-tanzu/GUID-31BF8166-5FC8-4D43-933D-5797F3BE4A36.html
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vmware-tanzu/refs/heads/main/crd/tanzukubernetescluster-crd.yaml
- aid: vmware-tanzu:vmware-tanzu-clusters-api
  name: VMware Tanzu Clusters API
  description: Manage Kubernetes clusters onboarded to Tanzu Service Mesh
  humanURL: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Service-Mesh/index.html
  tags:
  - Clusters
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vmware-tanzu-clusters-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Service-Mesh/services/api-programming-guide/GUID-6C5044B8-6950-42A6-87A5-3D88BEAE09DB.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/vmware-vsphere-with-tanzu/GUID-31BF8166-5FC8-4D43-933D-5797F3BE4A36.html
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vmware-tanzu/refs/heads/main/crd/tanzukubernetescluster-crd.yaml
- aid: vmware-tanzu:vmware-tanzu-global-namespaces-api
  name: VMware Tanzu Global Namespaces API
  description: Manage global namespaces connecting workloads across clusters
  humanURL: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Service-Mesh/index.html
  tags:
  - Global Namespaces
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vmware-tanzu-global-namespaces-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Service-Mesh/services/api-programming-guide/GUID-6C5044B8-6950-42A6-87A5-3D88BEAE09DB.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/vmware-vsphere-with-tanzu/GUID-31BF8166-5FC8-4D43-933D-5797F3BE4A36.html
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vmware-tanzu/refs/heads/main/crd/tanzukubernetescluster-crd.yaml
- aid: vmware-tanzu:vmware-tanzu-resource-groups-api
  name: VMware Tanzu Resource Groups API
  description: Manage resource groups for policy enforcement and monitoring
  humanURL: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Service-Mesh/index.html
  tags:
  - Resource Groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vmware-tanzu-resource-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Service-Mesh/services/api-programming-guide/GUID-6C5044B8-6950-42A6-87A5-3D88BEAE09DB.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/vmware-vsphere-with-tanzu/GUID-31BF8166-5FC8-4D43-933D-5797F3BE4A36.html
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vmware-tanzu/refs/heads/main/crd/tanzukubernetescluster-crd.yaml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/vmware-tanzu-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/vmware-tanzu-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/vmware-tanzu-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmware-tanzu
- type: Website
  url: https://tanzu.vmware.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu/index.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu
- type: Blog
  url: https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://tanzu.vmware.com/pricing
- type: Signup
  url: https://tanzu.vmware.com/try
- type: Broadcom TechDocs
  url: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-tanzu.html
- type: CLI
  url: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-cli
- type: Velero
  url: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero
- type: Sonobuoy
  url: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy
- type: Cartographer
  url: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/cartographer
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

VMware Tanzu

APIs 4

Open Collections 1

Pricing Plans 1

Rate Limits 1

FinOps 1

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Spectral Rules 2

JSON Schema 2

JSON Structure 1