IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center APIs
The OpenStack software has industry-standard interfaces that are released under the terms of the Apache License. IBM® Cloud Infrastructure Center interfaces are a subset of OpenStack northbound APIs. A number of interfaces were added or extended to enhance the capabilities that are associated with the IBM z/VM® platform.
You can use several types of interfaces to build solutions on top of IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center:
Supported OpenStack APIs - These APIs are a subset of the APIs provided by OpenStack and can be used with IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center without any modifications.
Extended OpenStack APIs - These APIs are a subset of the APIs provided by OpenStack, but their functions are extended by IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center.
IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center APIs - These APIs do not exist in OpenStack and are exclusive to IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center.
The APIs are available in the following two formats:
Preferred format:
https://\<ip-hostname\>:\<service-port\>/...
https://\<ip-hostname\>/icic/openstack/\<service\>/...
Notes:
Some strings are not translated.
Exceptions coming from external sources are never translated.