computeAPIita

computeAPIita is a standardized, vendor-agnostic API specification designed to standardize programmatic control of compute resources across cloud providers, on-premises data centers, and edge environments. It provides a consistent interface for provisioning, configuring, and scaling workloads, including virtual machines, containers, and serverless functions, enabling developers to manage heterogeneous infrastructure through a single protocol.

The specification centers on a set of core resources and operations. Primary resources include ComputeEnvironment, ComputeInstance, ContainerCluster, Job, and Function. Common operations cover create, delete, start, stop, reboot, scale, update, and monitor, with state transitions such as pending, running, stopped, and terminated. A provider adapter layer translates the generic API into provider-specific calls.

Communication is designed to be transport- and language-agnostic. The API supports RESTful endpoints with JSON payloads and optional gRPC, and offers language bindings in multiple SDKs. The data model emphasizes explicit resource identifiers, metadata, and provenance. For security, computeAPIita supports OAuth 2.0 and API keys, role-based access control, auditing, and encryption in transit with TLS. It also defines standardized error codes and retry semantics.

Origin and governance: computeAPIita was initiated in 2023 by a consortium of cloud providers and open-source contributors to foster interoperability. Reference implementations and test suites exist for several languages, and the ecosystem includes community modules for monitoring, cost accounting, and policy enforcement. Limitations include varying levels of parity across providers and the additional overhead of adapter layers in hybrid deployments.