aid: calico name: Calico description: >- Calico is an open source networking and network security solution for containers, virtual machines, and native host-based workloads. Created and maintained by Tigera, it is the most widely adopted solution for container networking and security, powering over 8 million nodes daily across 166 countries. 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/calico.png tags: - CNI - Containers - eBPF - Kubernetes - Network Policy - Network Security - Networking - Open Source - Service Mesh url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/calico/refs/heads/main/apis.yml created: '2026-03-26' modified: '2026-04-23' specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: - aid: calico:calico-client-api name: Calico Client API description: >- The Calico Client Library provides programmatic access to manage Calico resources such as network policies, IP pools, BGP configuration, host and workload endpoints, and IPAM settings. It is the core programmatic interface consumed by calicoctl and other Calico components for managing container networking and security resources. humanURL: https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/ tags: - Client Library - CNI - Network Policy - Networking properties: - type: Documentation url: https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/ - type: GitHub url: https://github.com/projectcalico/calico - aid: calico:calicoctl-cli name: calicoctl CLI description: >- calicoctl is the command-line tool that enables operators and automation systems to create, read, update, and delete Calico resources such as policies, IP pools, BGP peers, host endpoints, and workload endpoints. It also supports datastore migration, IPAM management, node diagnostics, and cluster status operations. humanURL: https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/ tags: - CLI - IPAM - Network Policy - Operations properties: - type: Documentation url: https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/ - type: GitHub url: https://github.com/projectcalico/calicoctl - aid: calico:calico-kubernetes-crds name: Calico Kubernetes CRDs description: >- Calico exposes its networking and security primitives through Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) including NetworkPolicy, GlobalNetworkPolicy, IPPool, BGPConfiguration, BGPPeer, HostEndpoint, WorkloadEndpoint, FelixConfiguration, and others. These CRDs allow declarative management of container networking and security via the Kubernetes API. humanURL: https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/resources/ tags: - CRDs - Kubernetes - Network Policy - Security properties: - type: Documentation url: https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/resources/ - type: GitHub url: https://github.com/projectcalico/calico - aid: calico:calico-bgpconfiguration-api name: Calico BGPConfiguration API description: The BGPConfiguration API from Calico — 2 operation(s) for bgpconfiguration. humanURL: https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/ tags: - BGPConfiguration properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/calico-bgpconfiguration-api-openapi.yml - aid: calico:calico-bgppeer-api name: Calico BGPPeer API description: The BGPPeer API from Calico — 2 operation(s) for bgppeer. humanURL: https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/ tags: - BGPPeer properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/calico-bgppeer-api-openapi.yml - aid: calico:calico-globalnetworkpolicy-api name: Calico GlobalNetworkPolicy API description: The GlobalNetworkPolicy API from Calico — 2 operation(s) for globalnetworkpolicy. humanURL: https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/ tags: - GlobalNetworkPolicy properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/calico-globalnetworkpolicy-api-openapi.yml - aid: calico:calico-hostendpoint-api name: Calico HostEndpoint API description: The HostEndpoint API from Calico — 2 operation(s) for hostendpoint. humanURL: https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/ tags: - HostEndpoint properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/calico-hostendpoint-api-openapi.yml - aid: calico:calico-ippool-api name: Calico IPPool API description: The IPPool API from Calico — 2 operation(s) for ippool. humanURL: https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/ tags: - IPPool properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/calico-ippool-api-openapi.yml - aid: calico:calico-networkpolicy-api name: Calico NetworkPolicy API description: The NetworkPolicy API from Calico — 2 operation(s) for networkpolicy. humanURL: https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/ tags: - NetworkPolicy properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/calico-networkpolicy-api-openapi.yml - aid: calico:calico-profile-api name: Calico Profile API description: The Profile API from Calico — 2 operation(s) for profile. humanURL: https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/ tags: - Profile properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/calico-profile-api-openapi.yml common: - type: IssueTracker url: https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/issues - type: Releases url: https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/releases - type: SecurityPolicy url: https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/blob/master/SECURITY.md - type: ContributionGuide url: https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md - type: License name: Apache-2.0 url: https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/blob/master/LICENSE - type: AgenticAccess url: agentic-access/calico-agentic-access.yml - type: VulnerabilityDisclosure url: security/calico-vulnerability-disclosure.yml - type: DomainSecurity url: security/calico-domain-security.yml - type: Authentication url: authentication/calico-authentication.yml - type: LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/calico-life-sciences-llc - type: Website url: https://www.tigera.io/project-calico/ - type: Documentation url: https://docs.tigera.io/ - type: GettingStarted url: https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/getting-started/kubernetes/quickstart - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/projectcalico - type: GitHubRepository url: https://github.com/projectcalico/calico - type: Blog url: https://www.tigera.io/blog/ - type: Pricing url: https://www.tigera.io/tigera-products/calico/ - type: Slack url: https://slack.projectcalico.org/ - type: Training url: https://www.tigera.io/interactive-training/ - type: Certification url: https://www.tigera.io/lp/calico-certification/ - type: Integrations url: https://www.tigera.io/partners/ integrations: - name: AWS EKS - name: Azure AKS - name: Google GKE - name: Red Hat OpenShift - name: Fortinet - name: Mirantis maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com