aid: f5-distributed-cloud-services
name: F5 Distributed Cloud Services
description: >-
  F5 Distributed Cloud Services (F5 XC) is a SaaS-based platform providing
  distributed multi-cloud application security, networking, and edge
  infrastructure including web application and API protection (WAAP), DDoS
  mitigation, bot defense, multi-cloud networking, DNS, load balancing, and
  edge compute across F5's global private backbone. The platform's REST API
  exposes 200+ resource types covering HTTP/TCP/UDP load balancers, security
  policies, certificate management, cloud connectors, and observability,
  authenticated via API tokens and service credentials managed in the F5
  Distributed Cloud Console.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Application Security
  - Web Application Firewall
  - API Security
  - Multi-Cloud Networking
  - DDoS Protection
  - Bot Defense
  - Load Balancing
  - Edge Compute
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/f5-distributed-cloud-services/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: f5-distributed-cloud-services:platform-api
    name: F5 Distributed Cloud Services API
    description: >-
      Comprehensive REST API for managing F5 Distributed Cloud Services
      including load balancers, WAF/WAAP policies, API security, DNS, origin
      pools, certificates, cloud site connectors, and observability resources.
      Authentication uses API tokens or service credentials issued from the
      F5 Distributed Cloud Console.
    humanURL: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/api
    baseURL: https://console.ves.volterra.io/api
    tags:
      - Application Security
      - Web Application Firewall
      - API Security
      - Multi-Cloud Networking
      - Load Balancing
      - DNS
      - Edge Compute
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/api
      - type: Getting Started
        url: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/tutorials/automation
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/administration/how-tos/user-mgmt/credentials

common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.f5.com/products/distributed-cloud-services
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.f5.com/products/distributed-cloud-services
  - type: Sign Up
    url: https://www.f5.com/trials/distributed-cloud-services
  - type: Console
    url: https://console.ves.volterra.io
  - type: Support
    url: https://my.f5.com/manage/s/
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com